title: The I' potential of the brain-stem auditory-evoked potential.
abstract: We have consistently recorded a positive wave which precedes wave I, and is called I', within the human brain-stem auditory-evoked potential. It is postulated that I' represents initial neural activity of the auditory nerve, which presumably has as its origin auditory nerve dendrites. Thus, I' may represent a summed far-field dendritic potential from currents of excitatory postsynaptic potentials. We report latency and amplitude values of I'.
authors.affiliation: Department of Audiology & Speech Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing.
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Semela
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rakerd
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Robb
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Ananthanarayan
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001300:Audiometry, Evoked Response; D016057:Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006198:Hair Cells, Auditory / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009431:Neural Conduction; D000159:Vestibulocochlear Nerve / Q000502:physiology*