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Brainstem auditory evoked potentials (BAEPs) pathology in topographical diagnosis of posterior fossa lesions. 1995

I Koprdová, and L Cigánek

Department of Neurology, Comenius University, Derer's Hospital, Bratislava, Slovakia.

The authors tried to determine the level of the brainstem where possible generators of various BAEPs waves could be situated by correlating clinical neurological symptomatology and/or cranial computed tomography findings of 195 patients with posterior fossa lesions with distinct BAEPs waves pathology. Results of statistical analysis showed a significant dependence between the levels of lesions as revealed by clinical symptomatology and/or cranial computed tomography and distinct BAEPs waves I-V pathology. Only indirect proof exists for the supratentorial origin of waves VI and VII. Because of the frequently normal function of hearing, as revealed by routine audiometry, in every group of patients with distinct BAEPs waves pathology, the authors also suggest that structures not involved in behavioral mechanisms of hearing could participate in BAEPs waves generation.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007839	Functional Laterality	Behavioral manifestations of cerebral dominance in which there is preferential use and superior functioning of either the left or the right side, as in the preferred use of the right hand or right foot.	Ambidexterity,Behavioral Laterality,Handedness,Laterality of Motor Control,Mirror Writing,Laterality, Behavioral,Laterality, Functional,Mirror Writings,Motor Control Laterality,Writing, Mirror,Writings, Mirror
D008297	Male		Males
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D001933	Brain Stem	The part of the brain that connects the CEREBRAL HEMISPHERES with the SPINAL CORD. It consists of the MESENCEPHALON; PONS; and MEDULLA OBLONGATA.	Brainstem,Truncus Cerebri,Brain Stems,Brainstems,Cerebri, Truncus,Cerebrus, Truncus,Truncus Cerebrus
D002648	Child	A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.	Children
D003388	Cranial Fossa, Posterior	The infratentorial compartment that contains the CEREBELLUM and BRAIN STEM. It is formed by the posterior third of the superior surface of the body of the sphenoid (SPHENOID BONE), by the occipital, the petrous, and mastoid portions of the TEMPORAL BONE, and the posterior inferior angle of the PARIETAL BONE.	Clivus,Cranial Fossas, Posterior,Fossa, Posterior Cranial,Fossas, Posterior Cranial,Posterior Cranial Fossa,Posterior Cranial Fossas
D005260	Female		Females
D006309	Hearing	The ability or act of sensing and transducing ACOUSTIC STIMULATION to the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM. It is also called audition.	Audition
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293	Adolescent	A person 13 to 18 years of age.	Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths