title: Clinical uses of the visually evoked potential.
abstract: The visually evoked potential is defined and described. The development of this test as a valuable clinical aid is traced. Its assistance in the diagnosis of Lesions of the Optic Nerve and Visual Pathways is shown, together with its use and assessment of visual acuity and visual fields both in infancy and adults. Future developments of this test are reviewed.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000639:trends; D005071:Evoked Potentials; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D009901:Optic Nerve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014793:Visual Cortex / Q000502:physiology*; D014794:Visual Fields; D014795:Visual Pathways