title: Short latency somatosensory potentials in humans.
abstract: A sequence of high frequency potentials was averaged from the scalp of 10 normal human subjects during the first 25 msec following median nerve stimulation. There was a large positive component with a peak latency between 18.9 and 22.3 msec localized to the somatosensory area contralateral to stimulation. This was preceded by an early positive potential arising peripherally (peak latency 7.7-9.7) and at least 3 negative to positive deflections which appear to originate in multiple subcortical structures. When corrected for arm length, intersubject variability was less than 5% for all components. With further clarification, this method should allow one to study neural conduction along the entire somatosensory pathway.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D005071:Evoked Potentials; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008475:Median Nerve / Q000502:physiology; D013003:Somatosensory Cortex / Q000502:physiology*