Reference Values of Binocular Pattern Reversal Visual Evoked Potentials in Bulgarian Population

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Mermeklieva
2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 600-605
Author(s):  
Elena A Mermeklieva

Aims: The aim of this study is to evaluate pattern visual evoked potentials as an objective electrophysiological method and to create reference values for Bulgarian population. Methods and Materials: Standardized four-channel equipment ‘Neuro-MEP 4’ produced by ‘Neurosoft’ Company was used. A group of 47 healthy individuals (94 eyes) was studied. The stimulation was monocular, with a contrast-reversing pattern from black to white and vice versa. The investigation was performed with a three-channel recording with equipment adjustments according to the latest published ISCEV standard for pattern visual evoked potentials (2016). Based on a comprehensive overview of the available literature, a protocol of stimulating, amplifying and recording the obtained potentials has been created. The values of pattern visual evoked potential wave components, P50, N75, P100, N145 and P200, were measured. Results: Based on a created protocol, latency and amplitudes of the individual wave components of pattern visual evoked potentials were obtained. The results were statistically processed to create reference values of all pattern visual evoked potentials components, which are used as reference of the laboratory for the Bulgarian population. Conclusion: Pattern visual evoked potentials are objective electrophysiological method which is used to diagnose and monitor numerous ophthalmological and neurological diseases as well as for objective study of visual acuity and visual field in children and aggravation. The creation of pattern visual evoked potentials reference values for the Bulgarian population and its implementation in clinical practice are of particular importance for studying the visual analyser function.


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.


1988 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vicki E. Pollock ◽  
Jan Volavka ◽  
Donald W. Goodwin ◽  
William F. Gabrielli ◽  
Sarnoff A. Mednick ◽  
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