title: Functional anatomy of auditory brainstem nuclei: application to the anatomical basis of brainstem auditory evoked potentials.
abstract: Brainstem auditory evoked potentials (BAEP) are used routinely in clinical practice to evaluate the normality of the lower auditory system. The objective of this review is to describe the functional anatomy of the structures implicated in BAEP generation (cochlear nerve and the auditory brainstem nuclei). Indications and results of BAEP in clinical practice are presented and correlated with auditory structures, which generate each waveform of BAEP.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Research on the Physiology of the Hearing System, Formation Associée Claude Bernard and Formation CNRS UPRESA 7060, University Paris V, Boucicaut Hospital, 75015, Paris, France. bernard.biacabe@wanadoo.fr
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Biacabe
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Chevallier
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Avan
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bonfils
mesh_terms: D001306:Auditory Pathways / Q000502:physiology; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology*; D003056:Cochlear Nerve / Q000502:physiology; D017626:Cochlear Nucleus / Q000502:physiology; D016057:Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D013136:Spiral Ganglion / Q000502:physiology; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000502:physiology; D014725:Vestibular Nerve / Q000502:physiology