Large check size pattern reversal visual evoked potentials – Full and sectorial field stimulation in multiple sclerosis and controls

2020 ◽  
Vol 75 ◽  
pp. 181-187
Author(s):  
Emily Cheung ◽  
Jessica Hafner ◽  
Yi-Ching Lee ◽  
Sharon Coward ◽  
Amy Lofts ◽  
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1985 ◽  
Vol 62 (2) ◽  
pp. 234-237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shakir M. Alani

✓ Pattern-reversal visual evoked potentials (VEP's) in response to whole- and half-field stimulation were studied in 10 patients with hydrocephalus. Abnormalities consistent with optic nerve dysfunction were recorded in four patients. Two patients had response asymmetry to half-field stimulation, which suggested dysfunction of the visual pathway in the right hemisphere. The remaining four patients had normal responses. Measurement of VEP's was repeated after the surgical treatment of hydrocephalus in four patients, and showed marked improvement in two of the three patients with preoperative abnormalities. This study suggests that, in patients with hydrocephalus, VEP's are more sensitive than clinical methods in detecting visual pathway dysfunction and that they can be useful in the follow-up monitoring of surgically treated hydrocephalic patients.


2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 1010-1019
Author(s):  
Rafael Mancebo-Azor ◽  
José Antonio Sáez-Moreno ◽  
José Manuel Rodríguez-Ferrer

Objective: To study the effect of check width size of the stimuli on the amplitude and latency of the P100 component of visual evoked potentials recorded in patients with retinitis pigmentosa (RP). Methods: Pattern reversal visual evoked potentials (PVEPs) were recorded in 16 RP patients and 20 visually normal subjects. Pattern reversal stimuli with five different check widths and 100% of contrast were projected in the right eye of both patients and control subjects. PVEPs induced by stimuli with 78%, 16%, and 6% of contrast were also recorded in 10 of the control subjects. Results: In RP patients, the amplitude of P100 was smaller than controls in all check sized used and the peak P100 amplitude was obtained with a larger check width than in controls. P100 was also delayed in RP patients in all check sizes studied. The P100 amplitude- and latency-check size functions of RP patients were like those found in control subjects with low contrast stimuli of 16% and 6%. Conclusion: The PVEPs spatial functions of RP patients show quantitative and qualitative changes, suggesting disease induced alteration in the neural processing of stimulus contrast.


Author(s):  
Ade Wijaya ◽  
Manfaluthy Hakim ◽  
Nurhadi Ibrahim ◽  
Joedo Prihartono

NORMATIVE VALUES OF VISUAL EVOKED POTENTIALS` LATENCIES AND AMPLITUDES IN ADULTSABSTRACTIntroduction: Visual evoked potentials (VEP) is used to assess the visual pathway through the optic nerves and brain. VEP wave can be affected by physiological and non-physiological factors; some of which can be controlled, while others cannot. Thus, each VEP laboratory needs its own set of normative values. A normal VEP response to a stimulus is a positive occipital peak that occurs at a mean latency of 100ms. Most of the published normal value originated from abroad where demographical and environment condition are considered less appropriate with Indonesian population.Aims: To established normal value of adult VEP latency and amplitude in Clinical Naeurophysiology Laboratori- um, Neurology Clinic Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Jakarta.Method: A cross-sectional study on healthy subject between 18 to 55 years old. The anthropometric parameters including age, height, weight, body mass index and head circumference were recorded in all the subjects. VEP was record- ed with a Caldwell Sierra Summit machine and standard silver-silver chloride disc electrodes. A VEP monitor displaying checker board was used to give the pattern reversal stimulus. The VEP parameters recorded were latencies to P100 waves.Results: P100 latencies on 110 subjects, 55 male, and 55 female upon recording at  32’ check size were 117ms in male and 119 ms in female. Upper normal limit of interocular latency difference values in recording at the same size were 10,96ms in male and 10,2ms in female. No significant differences of P100 latencies between male and female were found, but there were significant differences in amplitudes.Discussion: In our population, gender is an important factor affecting P100 amplitudes but not P100 latencies.Keywords: Amplitude, latency, P100, visual evoked potentialABSTRAKPendahuluan: Visual evoked potentials (VEP) digunakan untuk menilai jaras visual dari nervus optikus hingga korteks visual. Gelombang VEP dapat dipengaruhi oleh berbagai faktor fisiologis dan non-fisiologis yang tidak semua dapat dikontrol, sehingga diperlukan referensi nilai normal latensi dan amplitudo gelombang VEP untuk di setiap laborato- rium. Sejauh ini mayoritas referensi berasal dari studi di luar negeri yang secara demografi maupun kondisi setempat dapat kurang sesuai dengan populasi di Indonesia.Tujuan: Mengetahui  nilai normal latensi dan amplitudo gelombang VEP pada subjek dewasa di Laboratorium Neurofisiologi Klinik, Poliklinik Saraf RSUPN Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo, Jakarta, sebagai referensi pemeriksaan VEP di kemudian hari.Metode: Studi potong lintang pada subjek sehat berusia antara 18 hingga 55 tahun. Subjek diukur antropometri, seperti usia, tinggi badan, berat badan, indeks massa tubuh, dan lingkar kepala. Perekaman VEP menggunakan alat Cald- well Sierra Summit, dan elektroda elektroensefalografi (EEG) standar. Stimulus VEP menggunakan layar berpola dan metode transient pattern reversal. Parameter VEP yang direkam adalah latensi dan amplitudo P100.Hasil: Pada perekaman terhadap 110 subjek yang terdiri dari 55 subjek laki-laki dan 55 subjek perempuan dengan ukuran kotak 32’, nilai batas atas latensi gelombang P100 adalah 117ms pada laki-laki dan 119ms pada perempuan. Nilai batas atas perbedaan latensi interokular pada perekaman dengan ukuran kotak yang sama adalah 10,96ms untuk laki-laki dan 10,2ms untuk perempuan. Tidak ada perbedaan bermakna antara latensi gelombang P100 pada kelompok laki-laki dan perempuan, tetapi terdapat perbedaan amplitudo P100 yang bermakna antara kelompok laki-laki dan perempuan.Diskusi: Terdapat perbedaan yang bermakna pada rerata amplitudo P100 antara subjek laki-laki dan perempuan pada perekaman dengan ukuran kotak 16’ maupun 32’.Kata kunci: Amplitudo, latensi, P100, visual evoked potentials


2003 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 529-534 ◽  
Author(s):  
B Weinstock-Guttman ◽  
M Baier ◽  
R Stockton ◽  
A Weinstock ◽  
T Justinger ◽  
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Background: Pattern reversal visual evoked potentials (PRVEPs) have a well-documented role in diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS), but their value as a visual function surrogate remains controversial. Methods: We evaluated PRVEP in 37 patients with MS who were participating in a long-term follow-up study following a phase III trial of interferon b-1a (A vonex®). Patients were examined to determine the Kurtzke Extended Disability Status Score (EDSS), multiple sclerosis functional composite (MSFC), contrast letter acuity (CLA), and had cranial MRI scans to determine whole brain atrophy (BPF). PRVEP was evaluated for P100 latency, amplitude, and waveform morphology. Two summary scores were created: for Score A, abnormal latencies, morphologies, and amplitudes of each individual eye were added; for Score B, abnormal latencies, morphologies, and amplitude ratio between eyes was determined. Sixteen patients in this group also had PRVEP at the time they enrolled in the clinical trial, eight years previously. Results: A t the follow-up exam, over 75% of patients had abnormal PVEP parameters while visual acuity (VA) was abnormal only in 59%. Increased PRVEP latency over the eight-year period correlated with deterioration assessed by EDSS (P = 0.006), BPF (P = 0.0001), and MSFC (P = 0.0041). Score A was significantly correlated with EDSS, BPF, C LA, cognitive function, and quality of life assessed with the Sickness Impact profile. No correlation was seen with the MSFC. Conclusions: The results indicate that PRVEP measures MS-related patho logy, and can provide not only diagnostic but also prognostic information during evaluation of MS patients.


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