evoked potential
1Evoked potential — Intervention MeSH D005071 An evoked potential (or evoked response ) is an electrical potential recorded from the nervous system of a human or other animal following presentation of a …
2evoked potential — ē vōkt n an electrical response esp. in the cerebral cortex as recorded following stimulation of a peripheral sense receptor * * * (EP) the electrical signal recorded from a sensory receptor, nerve, muscle, or area of the central nervous system… …
3evoked potential — noun the electrical response of the central nervous system produced by an external stimulus he measured evoked potentials with an electroencephalogram • Hypernyms: ↑electric potential, ↑potential, ↑potential difference, ↑potential drop, ↑voltage… …
4evoked potential — noun An electrical potential recorded from a human or animal following presentation of a stimulus, as distinct from spontaneous potentials as detected by electroencephalograms or electromyograms …
5evoked potential — an electrical response of a nerve cell or group of nerve cells to externally induced stimulation, esp. to determine whether or not an area of the brain receives sensory information from a particular stimulus. [1965 70] * * * …
6brainstem auditory evoked potential — (BAEP) that portion of the auditory evoked potential which comes from the brainstem; abnormalities can be analyzed to evaluate comas, to support diagnosis of multiple sclerosis, and to detect early posterior fossa tumors. Brainstem auditory… …
7cortical evoked potential — an evoked potential recorded from the cerebral cortex. Called also evoked cortical p …
8motor evoked potential — the evoked potential of motor nerves, which can be measured to determine the integrity of the motor pathways …
9evoked potential audiometer — an instrument that detects response to sound stimuli by changes in the electroencephalogram …
10visual evoked potential — (VEP), visual evoked cortical potential in electroencephalography, changes in the evoked cortical potential when the eye is stimulated by light; variations are diagnostic for abnormalities of the visual system and for other disorders,… …
