Somatosensory evoked potentials in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
AUTOR(ES)
Cosi, V
RESUMO
Forty five patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis were investigated, by means of somatosensory evoked potentials, in order to detect the presence of subclinical sensory changes. Cervical SEPs from the median nerve and cortical SEPs from the median and tibial nerve were recorded, showing a delay of N13 and subsequent components; the latency of the first constant cortical potential was also increased in many patients. Only the SEPs from the tibial nerve showed a decrease of amplitude. These results suggest a pathological slowing of conduction along the central sensory pathways in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
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