title: Visual evoked magnetic fields to flash and pattern in 100 normal subjects.
abstract: The practicality of recording visual evoked magnetic fields in 100 subjects 15-87 yr of age using a single channel d.c. SQUID second order gradiometer in an unshielded environment was investigated. The pattern reversal response showed a major positive component between 90 and 120 msec (P100M) while the response to flash produced a major positive component between 90 and 140 msec (P2M). Latency norms of the P100M were more variable than the corresponding P100 and P2 visual evoked potentials. The latency of the P100M may show a steep increase with age in most subjects after about 55 yr whereas only a small trend of latency with age was detected for the flash P2M.
authors.affiliation: Department of Vision Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, England.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Armstrong
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Slaven
authors.forename: G F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Harding
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology; D004574:Electromagnetic Fields; D005074:Evoked Potentials, Visual / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009799:Ocular Physiological Phenomena; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology