Multifocal VEP provide electrophysiological evidence of predominant dysfunction of the optic nerve fibers derived from the central retina in Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology = Albrecht Von Graefes Archiv Für Klinische Und Experimentelle Ophthalmologie
Lucia ZiccardiValerio Carelli

Abstract

To differentiate the bioelectrical cortical responses driven by axons from central and mid-peripheral retina in Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) by using multifocal visual evoked potentials (mfVEP). Seventeen genetically confirmed LHON patients (33.35 ± 8.4 years, 17 eyes) and 22 age-matched controls (C) (38.2 ± 6.0 years, 22 eyes) were studied by mfVEP and optical coherence tomography. MfVEP P1 implicit time (P1 IT, ms) and response amplitude density of the N1-P1 components (N1-P1 RAD, nV/deg(2)) of the second order binary kernel were measured for five concentric retinal areas between the fovea and mid-periphery: 0-20 degrees (R1 to R5). Mean mfVEP P1 ITs and N1-P1 RADs at all five foveal eccentricities were significantly different (p < 0.01) in LHON when compared to controls. In both groups, mean mfVEP responses obtained from R1 to R5 showed a progressive shortening of P1 ITs (linear fitting, LHON: r  = -0.95; C: r = -0.98) and decrease of N1-P1 RADs (exponential fitting, LHON: r (2) = 0.94; C: r (2) = 0.93). The slope of the linear fitting between mean mfVEP P1 ITs in the two groups was about three times greater in LHON than in controls (LHON: y = -13.33x +182.03; C: y = -4.528x +108.1). MfVEP P1 ITs detected in R1...Continue Reading

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Jan 9, 2021·Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology = Albrecht Von Graefes Archiv Für Klinische Und Experimentelle Ophthalmologie·Lucilla BarbanoVincenzo Parisi
Aug 20, 2021·Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience·Vincenzo ParisiFrancesco Oddone

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