title: Pattern-reversal visual evoked potentials in migraineurs with or without visual aura.
abstract: To determine the possible electrophysiologic changes in migraineurs with or without visual aura, we investigated pattern-reversal visual evoked potentials in 39 patients. We compared the mean P100 latency and amplitude of 16 patients with aura, 23 patients without aura, and 17 age- and sex-matched normal subjects. There were no significant differences between groups. There was no correlation between age and the parameters in any group. However, in 7 of 23 patients without aura, the P100 latency was longer than the mean control value +2 SD. The mean disease duration in this subgroup was significantly longer than the means of the remaining 16 patients without aura or the patients with aura (P < 0.05 for each). This suggests the possibility that P100 latency prolongation is a consequence, but not an entity caused by the pathogenetic mechanism of the disease from the beginning.
authors.affiliation: Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Turkey.
authors.forename: H O
authors.initials: HO
authors.lastname: Sener
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Haktanir
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Demirci
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005074:Evoked Potentials, Visual; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000503:physiopathology*