title: Extreme somatosensory evoked potentials (ESEPs) elicited by tapping of hands or feet in children: a somatosensory cerebral evoked potentials study.
abstract: Six children with tactile-evoked spikes in the EEG, also defined as extreme somatosensory evoked potentials (ESEPs), underwent an SEPs study in order to define the characteristics of such evoked potentials. Short-latency SEPs showed normal mean latency and amplitude values. Mid- or long-latency SEPs of abnormally high amplitude were recorded after stimulation of one or more extremities. Such extreme responses which showed the same reactivity proper to normal long-latency SEPs could be considered to correspond to the evoked spikes in the EEG.
authors.affiliation: Neurological Clinic, School of Medicine, University of Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Tassinari
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: De Marco
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Plasmati
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pantieri
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Blanco
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Michelucci
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005073:Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010812:Physical Stimulation; D011930:Reaction Time