Introduction: The aim of this study is a comprehensive analysis of the parameters of exogenous evoked potentials (visual, brainstem auditory, and somatosensory) in patients with myasthenia gravis (MG), a prototype of both neuromuscular junction disea...
Cortical evoked potentials (EP) provide localized data regarding brain function and may offer prognostic information and insights into the pathologic mechanisms of malariamediated cerebral injury. As part of a prospective cohort study, we obtained so...
The choice of a proper electrode is determined mainly by the type of examination. For recording spontaneous activity of the brain (EEG), two types of reusable electrodes should be considered, i.e., cup (Au, Ag, Ag/AgCl) and sintered bridge electrodes...
Evoked potentials (EPs), including somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEPs) and motor evoked potentials (MEPs), are used to assess neural conduction in spinal cord injury (SCI) and multiple sclerosis (MS), conditions marked by demyelination, inflammat...
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a noninvasive technique mainly used for the assessment of corticospinal tract integrity and excitability of the primary motor cortices. Motor evoked potentials (MEPs) play a pivotal role in TMS studies. TMS...
Electroencephalographic (EEG) signals evoked by transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) are usually recorded with passive electrodes (PE). Active electrode (AE) systems have recently become widely available; compared to PE, they allow for easier elec...
Sensory evoked potentials (EPs), namely, somatosensory, visual, and brainstem acoustic EPs, are used in neurosurgery to monitor the corresponding functions with the aim of preventing iatrogenic neurological complications. Functional deficiency usuall...
Giant somatosensory evoked potentials (gSEPs) are abnormally high-amplitude cortical responses to peripheral nerve stimulation, traditionally regarded as electrophysiological hallmarks of progressive myoclonic epilepsies (PMEs). However, accumulating...
Visual evoked potentials (VEP) are visually evoked signals that extract electroencephalographic activity in the visual cortex that can detect retinal ganglion cells, optic nerves, chiasmal and retrochiasmal dysfunction, including optic radiations, an...
Somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEPs) are a valuable tool to assess functional integrity of the somatosensory pathways and for the prediction of sensorimotor outcome in perinatal injuries, such as perinatal hypoxia-ischemia (HI). In the present res...
Visually evoked potentials (VEPs) are widely used for diagnoses of different neurological diseases. Interestingly, there is limited research about the impact of the stimulus color onto the evoked response. Therefore, in our study we investigated the...
The evoked potential is a neuronal activity that originates when a stimulus is presented. To achieve its detection, various techniques of brain signal processing can be used. One of the most studied evoked potentials is the P300 brain wave, which usu...
Motion-based visual evoked potentials (mVEP) is a new emerging trend in the field of steady-state visual evoked potentials (SSVEP)-based brain–computer interfaces (BCI). In this paper, we introduce different movement-based stimulus patterns (st...
Objective. The aim of this study was to determine the sensitivity and specificity of this classical technique employed at the Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences for the patients with multiple sclerosis and to assess its possible cor...
The optimal indoor lighting comfort can enhance physical and mental health and improve work efficiency. The traditional methods for evaluating lighting comfort have problems such as limited data analysis and poor subjectivity. To establish objective...
Peripheral hearing loss is associated with the cross-modal re-organization of the auditory cortex, which can occur in both pre- and post-lingual deaf cases. Background/Objectives: Whether to rely on the visual cues in cases with severe hearing loss w...
Auditory evoked potentials (AEPs) are electroencephalographic (EEG) responses to auditory stimuli and are frequently used to evaluate auditory processing and cognitive integrity. Interpretation of AEPs today predominantly relies on standard linear te...
Excessive distraction in corrective spine surgery can lead to iatrogenic distraction spinal cord injury. Diagnosis of the location of the spinal cord injury helps in early removal of the injury source. The time-frequency components of the somatosenso...
Visual evoked potentials (VEP) are changes in potentials that arise in the central nervous system. In the interpretation of the VEP test results, it is assumed that the elongation of the latency time is caused by the demyelination of the nerve fibers...
Cochlear synaptic loss (termed cochlear synaptopathy) has been suggested to contribute to suprathreshold hearing difficulties. However, its existence and putative effects in humans remain inconclusive, largely due to the heterogeneous methods used ac...
Motor evoked potentials (MEPs) are used in neurology as part of a precise diagnostic method to study the transmission of efferent neural impulses at the central and peripheral levels of the nervous system. Previous attempts have been made to apply ME...
Brain–computer interfaces (BCIs) based on code-modulated visual evoked potentials (c-VEPs) typically utilize a synchronous approach to identify targets (i.e., after preset time periods the system produces command outputs). Hence, users have onl...
The aim of this study was to evaluate the parameters of visual and brainstem auditory evoked potentials in patients occupationally exposed to arsenic, cadmium and lead. The study group comprised 41 copper smelter and refinery workers (average age: 51...
Prenatal exposure to ZIKV can cause neurologic and auditory damage. The electrophysiological responses obtained by Cortical Auditory Evoked Potentials (CAEP) may provide an objective method to investigate the function of cortical auditory pathways in...
Background: Although diagnostic criteria have been established for superior canal dehiscence syndrome, cases in which the diagnosis is not easy are frequent. On those occasions, some tests such as vibration-induced nystagmus or vestibular-evoked myog...
The objective of the study was to assess the sacculocollic and otolith ocular pathway function using cervical vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (cVEMP) and ocular vestibular myogenic potentials (oVEMP) in dancers and non dancers. Total 16 subject...
Introduction: Masseter vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (M-VEMPs) are a recent tool for assessing a vestibulo-trigeminal pathway departing from the saccule, similarly to cervical VEMPs (C-VEMPs), that evaluate saccular function via the sternocle...
Anti-Myelin Associated Glycoprotein (anti-MAG) neurological involvement classically manifests as a peripheral neuropathy with prominent sensitive symptoms. We describe a case report of a patient with positive anti-MAG antibodies presenting with clini...
Objective: The electrically evoked compound action potential (ECAP) is an objective measure to indirectly assess spiral ganglion neurons. The ECAP provides inputs about the prognoses of cochlear implant (CI) recipients. Several factors such as cochle...
This study aimed to evaluate the effect of craniofacial surgical intervention on the visual pathway’s function by comparing pre- to post-operative patterned, visually-evoked potentials (pVEP). A retrospective review was conducted on craniosynos...
Background and Objectives: The most prevalent dementia are Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia. There is evidence that cortical synaptic function may differ in these two conditions. Habituation of cortical responses to repeated stimuli is...
Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) is a rare autoimmune disorder characterised by the progressive demyelination of peripheral nerves, resulting in motor and sensory deficits. While much research has focused on clinical and elect...
Background/Objectives: We defined the value of a machine learning algorithm to distinguish between the EEG response to no light or any light stimulations, and between light stimulations with different brightnesses in awake volunteers with closed eyel...
This study aimed to evaluate the predictive value of motor evoked potentials (MEP) in the resection of pediatric intradural extramedullary (IDEM) tumors. Additionally, we aimed to assess the impact of MEP alerts on the extent of tumor resection. Medi...
(1) Background: The brainstem plays an essential role in the early stage of Parkinson’s disease (PD), but it is not widely tested in clinical examinations of PD. Vestibular-evoked myogenic potentials (VEMPs) are recognized as fundamental tools...
Introduction: This study aimed to assess the prognostic role of visual evoked potentials (VEPs) of the non-neuritic eye at the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS). Patients and methods: We enrolled 181 MS patients (62% females, mean age at diagnosis...
Brain–computer interfaces (BCIs) enable direct communication between the brain and external devices using electroencephalography (EEG) signals. BCIs based on code-modulated visual evoked potentials (cVEPs) are based on visual stimuli, thus appr...
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To analyze the middle latency auditory evoked potential index (MLAEPi), compared to the standard bispectral index (BIS), as a method for evaluating the sedation level in drug-induced sleep endoscopy (DISE). In this controlled clinical study on a samp...
Objective: To compare the amplitude ratio and P-wave latency of cervical vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (c-VEMPs) for bone conduction (BC) and air conduction (AC) stimulation in children with otitis media with effusion (OME). Material and meth...
Auditory and visually evoked potentials (EP) have the ability to monitor cognitive changes after concussion. In the literature, decreases in EP are commonly reported; however, a subset of studies shows increased cortical activity after injury. We stu...
Background: We aimed to elucidate the quantitative relationship between the neuromuscular blockade depth and intraoperative motor-evoked potential amplitudes. Methods: This prospective, single-arm, open-label, observational study was conducted at a s...
Even on pain free days, recurrent neck pain alters sensorimotor integration (SMI) measured via somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs). Neck muscle fatigue decreases upper limb proprioception, and thus may interfere with upper limb motor task acquisit...
Aspartame and Stevia are widely substituted for sugar. Little is known about cerebral activation in response to low-caloric sweeteners in comparison with high-caloric sugar, whereas these molecules lead to different metabolic effects. We aimed to com...
Background and aim: First, to compare somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) in preterm newborns without major brain injury studied at term equivalent age (TEA) with a term historical control group. Second, to investigate the impact of pain exposure...
Background/Objectives: Total intravenous anesthesia (TIVA) typically combines propofol and remifentanil. Remifentanil exerts minimal influence on motor evoked potential (MEP), whereas propofol partially reduces MEP amplitude. Remimazolam, a novel age...
Auditory evoked potentials (AEPs) are brain-derived electrical signals, following an auditory stimulus, utilised to examine any obstructions along the brain neural-pathways and to diagnose hearing impairment. The clinical evaluation of AEPs is based...
Background: The utility of single-pulse TMS (transcranial magnetic stimulation)-evoked EEG (electroencephalograph) potentials (TEPs) has been extensively studied in the past three decades. TEPs have been shown to provide insights into features of cor...
L-menthol is known to activate transient receptor potential melastatin 8 (TRPM8) and induce analgesia to thermal stimuli. However, since thermal stimulation leads to the interaction among the other TRP channels, it was unclear whether L-menthol cause...
In this paper, a bibliometric review is conducted on brain–computer interfaces (BCI) in non-invasive paradigms like motor imagery (MI) and steady-state visually evoked potentials (SSVEP) for applications in rehabilitation and robotics. An explo...
Steady-state visual evoked potential (SSVEP) is a periodic response to a repetitive visual stimulus at a specific frequency. Currently, SSVEP is widely treated as an attention tag in cognitive activities and is used as an input signal for brain&ndash...
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