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Somatosensory Evoked Potentials

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Somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) are used as an extension of the electrodiagnostic evaluation and nerve conduction tests that are performed in large myelinated sensory fibers of the peripheral and central nervous systems. SEP studies are noninvasive; SEPs are obtained by the repetitive submaximal stimulation of a sensory or mixed sensory/motor peripheral nerve and recording the average responses from electrodes placed over proximal portions of the nerves stimulated in the plexus, spine, and scalp.

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  1. Parkinson’s Clinic of Eastern Toronto and Movement Disorders Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Abdul Qayyum Rana

  2. McMaster University Department of Medicine, Hamilton, ON, Canada

    Ali T. Ghouse

  3. Department of Neurology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA

    Raghav Govindarajan

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Rana, A.Q., Ghouse, A.T., Govindarajan, R. (2017). Somatosensory Evoked Potentials. In: Neurophysiology in Clinical Practice. In Clinical Practice. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39342-1_23

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