title: Giant somatosensory evoked magnetic field in patients with myoclonus epilepsy.
abstract: We investigated somatosensory evoked magnetic fields (SEFs) and somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) in patients with myoclonus epilepsy. The median nerve was stimulated at the wrist, and responses were recorded over the contralateral hemisphere. The source of the enlarged cortical component of the giant SEF was localized on the post-central sensory cortex. The P1 component of the giant cortical response was composed mainly of a tangentially oriented dipole at area 3b. This is the first magnetoencephalographic analysis of an abnormally enlarged somatosensory cortical response.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Uesaka
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ugawa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yumoto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sakuta
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kanazawa
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001931:Brain Mapping; D004831:Epilepsies, Myoclonic / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005073:Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D015225:Magnetoencephalography; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology