Reversibility of changes in evoked spinal response following graded spinal cord compression.
The spinal evoked response obtained in cats at a site immediately rostral to the site of a graded spinal cord compression is described. They usually show an earlier decrease in amplitude than cortical SEP's and the appearance of a particular positive potential. The degree of reversibility after decompression is variable and is not correlated with histological damage.
D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D005071:Evoked Potentials; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000503:physiopathology; D012584:Sciatic Nerve / Q000503:physiopathology; D013003:Somatosensory Cortex / Q000503:physiopathology; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009435:Synaptic Transmission