title: Somatosensory evoked response: application in neurology.
abstract: One technique used for short-latency somatosensory evoked response (SER) is described. SER following nerve stimulation is a unique non-invasive, clinical test used to evaluate the somatosensory pathways. It tests the physiological function of the median nerve, the brachial plexus, the C6-7 cervical roots, cervical spinal cord, the cuneate nuclei, the medial lemniscus, the thalamus, and the contralateral sensory cortex. It has been shown to be a reliable and useful clinical test particularly in multiple sclerosis and comatose patients. The promising technique of SER following peroneal nerve stimulation is mentioned.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D003128:Coma / Q000175:diagnosis; D005073:Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008475:Median Nerve / Q000502:physiology; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000503:physiopathology; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D013003:Somatosensory Cortex / Q000502:physiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis