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Concept information

Preferred term

evoked potentials

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information The recorded electrical responses from nerve, muscle, sensory receptor, or area of the central nervous system following stimulation. They range from less than a microvolt to several microvolts. The evoked potential can be auditory, somatosensory, visual, or motor, or other modalities that have been reported.

Synonyms

  • auditory evoked potential
  • motor evoked potential
  • somatosensory evoked potential
  • visual evoked potential

In other languages

  • Spanish

  • potencial evocado auditivo
  • potencial evocado motor
  • potencial evocado somatosensor
  • potencial evocado visual

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/13828

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