evoked potential
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Evoked potential — Intervention MeSH D005071 An evoked potential (or evoked response ) is an electrical potential recorded from the nervous system of a human or other animal following presentation of a … Wikipedia
evoked potential — ē vōkt n an electrical response esp. in the cerebral cortex as recorded following stimulation of a peripheral sense receptor * * * (EP) the electrical signal recorded from a sensory receptor, nerve, muscle, or area of the central nervous system… … Medical dictionary
evoked potential — noun the electrical response of the central nervous system produced by an external stimulus he measured evoked potentials with an electroencephalogram • Hypernyms: ↑electric potential, ↑potential, ↑potential difference, ↑potential drop, ↑voltage… … Useful english dictionary
evoked potential — an electrical response of a nerve cell or group of nerve cells to externally induced stimulation, esp. to determine whether or not an area of the brain receives sensory information from a particular stimulus. [1965 70] * * * … Universalium
brainstem auditory evoked potential — (BAEP) that portion of the auditory evoked potential which comes from the brainstem; abnormalities can be analyzed to evaluate comas, to support diagnosis of multiple sclerosis, and to detect early posterior fossa tumors. Brainstem auditory… … Medical dictionary
cortical evoked potential — an evoked potential recorded from the cerebral cortex. Called also evoked cortical p … Medical dictionary
motor evoked potential — the evoked potential of motor nerves, which can be measured to determine the integrity of the motor pathways … Medical dictionary
evoked potential audiometer — an instrument that detects response to sound stimuli by changes in the electroencephalogram … Medical dictionary
visual evoked potential — (VEP), visual evoked cortical potential in electroencephalography, changes in the evoked cortical potential when the eye is stimulated by light; variations are diagnostic for abnormalities of the visual system and for other disorders,… … Medical dictionary
Evoked field — Evoked fields are part of the magnetoencephalogram. They are brain signals evoked by sensory stimulation, but usually buried by the ongoing brain activity. Repeating the stimulus multiple times and averaging the signals reduces the uncorrelated… … Wikipedia
