title: Age-dependent changes of short-latency somatosensory evoked potentials in healthy adults.
abstract: Age-dependent changes of short-latency somatosensory evoked potentials following median nerve stimulation in humans were investigated in two groups of healthy adults aged 20-30 and 50-60 years. Normative values for both age groups are given. Compared to the younger group, in the older one P27 latency and N20-P27 interpeak latency were about 2 ms longer, and P27-N35 and P27-P45 interpeak latencies were significantly decreased. These findings suggest that N20 and P27 are generated by different structures and that the subsequent components do not depend on P27.
authors.affiliation: Neurosurgical Research Laboratory, Saarland University Medical School, Homburg, FRG.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Adler
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Nacimiento
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D005073:Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008475:Median Nerve / Q000502:physiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors