Abstract
Evoked potentials (EPs) are a pattern of electrophysiologic activity recorded from the brain (or spinal cord) shortly after the occurrence of an event, usually a form of sensory stimulation. Because an EP pattern can be obtained under various conditions, even upon the omission of an expected sensory event, the phenomenon is sometimes referred to as an event-related potential response. It is also referred to by other descriptive phrases such as cerebral-evoked potential, cortical-evoked potential, averaged-evoked response (AER) or by the sensory modality eliciting the response. Thus we have the auditory-evoked potential (AEP), visual-evoked potential (VEP) and somatosensory-evoked potential (SEP). Other modalities (i.e., olfactory, vestibular, pain, vibratory, etc.) can be employed but seldom are because of technical difficulties. Detafls of the methodology and procedures employed to obtain EP patterns are described later in this chapter.
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Rappaport, M. (1985). Evoked Potentials. In: Handbook of Psychiatric Diagnostic Procedures. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6728-4_5
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