title: [Sympathetic evoked potentials of the perineum].
abstract: The authors describe the principles and indications of sympathetic evoked potentials recorded from the pelvic floor. The technique consists of an electrical stimulation of a somatic nerve (median nerve at the wrist or dorsal nerve of penis) with recording of the electrical activity induced by the sympathetic nerve terminals of the sweat glands from the perineal skin, using surface electrodes.
authors.affiliation: Cliniques Saint-Luc, Université de Louvain, Bruxelles, Belgique.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Opsomer
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Van Cangh
mesh_terms: D005073:Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008475:Median Nerve / Q000502:physiology; D010413:Penis / Q000294:innervation; D010502:Perineum / Q000294:innervation*; D013545:Sweat Glands / Q000294:innervation; D013564:Sympathetic Nervous System / Q000502:physiology*
vernacular_title: Les potentiels évoqués sympathiques du périnée.