| auditory evoked potentials | <investigation> A special neurologic test, known as brainstem auditory evoked potentials, which measures the brain and brainstem nervous response to auditory stimulation. A test used to evaluate neurologic integrity and hearing in newborns. Can be used in the evaluation of stroke, acoustic neuroma, Meniere's disease and multiple sclerosis (27 Sep 1997) |
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| brainstem auditory evoked potentials | <investigation, physiology> A special neurologic test which measures the brainstem and brains nervous response to auditory stimulation. It is used to evaluate neurologic integrity and hearing in newborns. Can be used in the evaluation of stroke, acoustic neuroma, Meniere's disease and multiple sclerosis Acronym: BAEP (15 Nov 1997) |
| membrane potentials | Ratio of inside versus outside concentration of potassium, sodium, chloride and other ions in diffusible tissues or cells. Also called transmembrane and resting potentials, they are measured by recording electrophysiologic responses in voltage-dependent ionic channels of (e.g.) nerve, muscle and blood cells as well as artificial membranes. (12 Dec 1998) |
| cochlear microphonic potentials | The electric response of the cochlear hair cells to acoustic stimulation. (12 Dec 1998) |
| event-related potentials, p300 | A late-appearing component of the event-related potential. P stands for positive voltage potential and 300 represents 300 millisecond poststimulus. Its amplitude increases with unpredictable, unlikely, or highly significant stimuli and thereby constitutes an index of mental activity. (12 Dec 1998) |
| evoked potentials | <physiology> The use of electrodes to measure the electrical activity of nerves. May be used as a guide during surgical removal of tumours growing around important nerves. (16 Dec 1997) |
| evoked potentials, auditory | The electric response evoked in the cerebral cortex by acoustic stimulation or stimulation of the auditory pathways. (12 Dec 1998) |
| evoked potentials, auditory, brainstem | Electrical waves in the cerebral cortex generated by brainstem structures in response to auditory click stimuli. These are found to be abnormal in many patients with cerebellopontine angle lesions, multiple sclerosis, or other demyelinating diseases. (12 Dec 1998) |
| evoked potentials, motor | The electrical response evoked in a muscle or motor nerve by electrical or magnetic stimulation. Common methods of stimulation are by transcranial electrical and transcranial magnetic stimulation. It is often used for monitoring during neurosurgery. (12 Dec 1998) |
| evoked potentials, somatosensory | The electric response evoked in the cerebral cortex by stimulation of afferent pathways from peripheral nerves to cerebrum. (12 Dec 1998) |
| evoked potentials, visual | The electric response evoked in the cerebral cortex by visual stimulation or stimulation of the visual pathways. (12 Dec 1998) |
| excitatory postsynaptic potentials | The change in potential produced in the membrane of the next neuron when an impulse which has an excitatory influence arrives at the synapse; it is a local change in the direction of depolarisation; summation of these potentials can lead to discharge of an impulse by the neuron. (12 Dec 1998) |