title: [Neurophysiological characteristics of early auditory waves of the brain stem and their clinical utilization].
abstract: The auditory brainstem electric response yields information on both the neurological and the audiological status of infants and adults. These early waves have particular properties as: non-habituation, absence of latency modifications between sleep, awake state, or under high doses of barbiturates. We have developed a procedure for extracting each type of information by measuring the latencies of wave I (auditory nerve) and wave V (inferior colliculus), then the speed of conduction between these two waves.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001303:Auditory Cortex / Q000502:physiology; D001463:Barbiturates / Q000008:administration & dosage; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000502:physiology*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D006185:Habituation, Psychophysiologic; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007245:Inferior Colliculi / Q000502:physiology; D009431:Neural Conduction; D012890:Sleep; D013997:Time Factors; D000159:Vestibulocochlear Nerve / Q000502:physiology; D014851:Wakefulness
chemical_list: D001463:Barbiturates
vernacular_title: Les propriétés neurophysiologiques des ondes précoces auditives du tronc cérébral et leur utilité en clinique.