title: Effects of carbamazepine on auditory brainstem response, middle-latency response, and slow cortical potential in epileptic patients.
abstract: Auditory brainstem responses, middle-latency responses, and slow cortical potentials (ABRs, MLRs, SCPs) were recorded in 21 epileptic patients before and during treatment with carbamazepine (CBZ). The peak-latencies, interpeak intervals, and amplitudes were estimated and evaluated statistically. CBZ monotherapy resulted in prolongation of peak latencies of ABR waves I, III, and V as well as of interpeak intervals I-III and I-V. A significant increase in the peak-latencies of MLR components Na, Pa, and Nb and of interpeak intervals V-Pa and Na-Nb was also observed along with the systematic NaPa amplitude reduction. CBZ also prolonged the peak-latencies of SCP components P1 and N1. Based on the obtained results, we suggest that CBZ exerts suppressive influences both on modally specific (lemniscal) and modally nonspecific (extralemniscal) auditory structures.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Clinical and Experimental Neurology, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Japaridze
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kvernadze
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Geladze
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Kevanishvili
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001303:Auditory Cortex / Q000187:drug effects; D001306:Auditory Pathways / Q000187:drug effects; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects; D002220:Carbamazepine / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005071:Evoked Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D005072:Evoked Potentials, Auditory / Q000187:drug effects*; D016057:Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem / Q000187:drug effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D002220:Carbamazepine