Abstract
Using topographic maps, we studied the scalp field distribution of somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) in response to the stimulation of the tibial (TN), sural (SN) and lateral femoral cutaneous (LFCN) nerves in 24 normal volunteers. Cortical peaks, i.e., N35, P40, N50 and P60 were generally dominant in the contralateral hemisphere for the LFCN-SEP, whereas all peaks except N35 had dominance in the ipsilateral hemisphere to TN- and SN-SEPs. The findings imply that ipsilateral or contralateral peak dominance for the lower extremity SEP is determined by where the cortical leg representation occurs. As a result, mesial hemisphere representation results in peak dominance projected to the hemisphere ipsilateral to stimulation. Representations at the superior lip of the interhemispheric fissure or lateral convexity lead to midline or contralateral peak dominance. These findings also suggest that the paradoxically lateralized P40 is not the result of a positive field dipole shadow generated by the primary negative wave in the mesial hemisphere, but is the primary positive wave, analogous to P26 of the median nerve SEP. Accordingly, contralaterally dominant N35 is likely equivalent to the first cortical potential of N20 in the media...Continue Reading
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