Clinical features and evoked potential recordings were analysed in 32 patients with congenital atlantoaxial dislocation before and after surgery. Seven patients (group 1) had atlantoaxial dislocation, while 22 patients had associated basilar invagination (group 2). In both groups, pyramidal tract signs, posterior column signs, wasting of the upper limbs, and abnormality of somatosensory evoked ...

we compare performance of adaptive schemes which are based on radial-basis functions and kalman filters for fast extraction of auditory evoked potentials. moreover, we propose a new method based on evoked potential modeling in the kalman filter framework, which can improve the accuracy compared to the existing methods. simulation results show that adaptive schemes and the kalman method are not ...

Patients with Myotonic Dystrophy (MyD) frequently suffer from a dysfunction of the primary sensory pathways, as documented by abnormalities of short-latency evoked potentials. Impairment of intellectual functions has been less extensively investigated. Short-latency brainstem auditory evoked potentials (BAEPs) as well as long-latency auditory event-related potentials (ERPs) were recorded from 5...

OBJECTIVE To compare the absolute latencies, the interpeak latencies, and amplitudes of different waveforms of brainstem auditory evoked potentials (BAEP) in different drug abusers and controls, and to identify early neurological damage in persons who abuse different drugs so that proper counseling and timely intervention can be undertaken. METHODS In this cross-sectional study, BAEP`s were a...

BACKGROUND Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome (CCHS) is a rare disease characterized by severe central hypoventilation due to abnormal autonomic control of breathing. The PHOX2B gene, mutations of which define the disease, is expressed in a group of nuclei located in brainstem areas. Pathways controlling breathing and auditory pathways traverse very similar anatomic structures. In the ...

Brainstem auditory evoked potential (BAEP) testing during microvascular decompression (MVD) is very important in the treatment of hemifacial spasm (HFS). The reason for this that vestibulocochlear nerve located immediately next to facial nerve, so may be affected by manipulation surgery. BAEP detecting damage has been further developed use In most HFS patients with normal nerves, degree caused ...

Evoked potentials are widely used in diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS), but not sufficient data are available for their prospective role in the course of disease. The presentation is a longitudinal study in the Clinic of Neurology at MHAT – NHH – Sofia from Aug 2009 to Mar 2012. It includes 52 patients with clinically definite multiple sclerosis according to revised MacDonald criteria (2005/...

The neurophysiological effects of exposure to power-frequency magnetic fields at two occupationally-relevant intensities were evaluated in a single-blind study with 18 male and 18 female volunteers. Auditory brainstem (BAEP) and somatosensory (SEP) evoked potentials were recorded before, during and after field exposure (duration = 45 min, frequency = 60 Hz, field intensities = 14.1 or 28.3 micr...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potentials (BAEP) show variations with age, sex and other physiological factors. The gonadal steroids may also alter the neuronal functioning, but an electrophysiological evidence is sparse. This study was undertaken to analyze the auditory evoked response in females of the reproductive age group during four different hormonal states of the me...

speech delay with an unknown cause is a problem among children. this diagnosis is the last differential diagnosis after observing normal findings in routine hearing tests. the present study was undertaken to determine whether auditory brainstem responses to click stimuli are different between normally developing children and children suffering from delayed speech with unknown causes. in this cr...