Topographic mapping of the visual evoked potential after source derivation. 1994

S V Carreño-Rimaudo, and A F Catelli-Infantosi
Programa de Engenharia Biomédica, COPPE-Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, UFRJ, Brazil.

Visual Evoked Potentials (VEP) have been considered an important complementary diagnostic method for the study of the physiology of the visual pathways and cortex. It is suggested that topographic maps of Visual Evoked Potentials (VEP) generate information related to the anatomy and physiology of the visual cortex. The source derivation technique applied to electroencephalographic signals has been shown to improve the sensitivity and spatial selectivity of the results. Mapping VEP after source derivation was implemented in order to facilitate the interpretation of the VEP signals and as an aid in identifying the distribution of the sources generating them. The signals were obtained from normal individuals stimulated with full-field and half-field pattern reversal checker-boards. The electrode system used (16 channels) was that proposed by Bodis-Wollner; this system concentrates the electrodes in the scalp areas related to the visual cortex. Signals were sampled simultaneously with a 10-bit A/D converter, saved and, thereafter, processed in an IBM/PC compatible microcomputer. After coherently averaging the responses, source derivation considering inter-electrode distances was applied. It was observed that the spatial spreading of the signals was reduced, leading to an improved spatial selectivity, locating the VEP sources in the expected brain regions and suggesting the existence of electrical dipoles.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D001931 Brain Mapping Imaging techniques used to colocalize sites of brain functions or physiological activity with brain structures. Brain Electrical Activity Mapping,Functional Cerebral Localization,Topographic Brain Mapping,Brain Mapping, Topographic,Functional Cerebral Localizations,Mapping, Brain,Mapping, Topographic Brain
D004569 Electroencephalography Recording of electric currents developed in the brain by means of electrodes applied to the scalp, to the surface of the brain, or placed within the substance of the brain. EEG,Electroencephalogram,Electroencephalograms
D005074 Evoked Potentials, Visual The electric response evoked in the cerebral cortex by visual stimulation or stimulation of the visual pathways. Visual Evoked Response,Evoked Potential, Visual,Evoked Response, Visual,Evoked Responses, Visual,Potential, Visual Evoked,Potentials, Visual Evoked,Response, Visual Evoked,Responses, Visual Evoked,Visual Evoked Potential,Visual Evoked Potentials,Visual Evoked Responses
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D000465 Algorithms A procedure consisting of a sequence of algebraic formulas and/or logical steps to calculate or determine a given task. Algorithm
D014793 Visual Cortex Area of the OCCIPITAL LOBE concerned with the processing of visual information relayed via VISUAL PATHWAYS. Area V2,Area V3,Area V4,Area V5,Associative Visual Cortex,Brodmann Area 18,Brodmann Area 19,Brodmann's Area 18,Brodmann's Area 19,Cortical Area V2,Cortical Area V3,Cortical Area V4,Cortical Area V5,Secondary Visual Cortex,Visual Cortex Secondary,Visual Cortex V2,Visual Cortex V3,Visual Cortex V3, V4, V5,Visual Cortex V4,Visual Cortex V5,Visual Cortex, Associative,Visual Motion Area,Extrastriate Cortex,Area 18, Brodmann,Area 18, Brodmann's,Area 19, Brodmann,Area 19, Brodmann's,Area V2, Cortical,Area V3, Cortical,Area V4, Cortical,Area V5, Cortical,Area, Visual Motion,Associative Visual Cortices,Brodmanns Area 18,Brodmanns Area 19,Cortex Secondary, Visual,Cortex V2, Visual,Cortex V3, Visual,Cortex, Associative Visual,Cortex, Extrastriate,Cortex, Secondary Visual,Cortex, Visual,Cortical Area V3s,Extrastriate Cortices,Secondary Visual Cortices,V3, Cortical Area,V3, Visual Cortex,V4, Area,V4, Cortical Area,V5, Area,V5, Cortical Area,V5, Visual Cortex,Visual Cortex Secondaries,Visual Cortex, Secondary,Visual Motion Areas
D014794 Visual Fields The total area or space visible in a person's peripheral vision with the eye looking straightforward. Field, Visual,Fields, Visual,Visual Field

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