Objective To investigate the variations of auditory evoked potentials (AEP) and visual evoked potentials (VEP) of patients with idiot savant (IS) syndrome. Methods Both AEP and VEP were recorded from 7 patients wit...Objective To investigate the variations of auditory evoked potentials (AEP) and visual evoked potentials (VEP) of patients with idiot savant (IS) syndrome. Methods Both AEP and VEP were recorded from 7 patients with IS syndrome, 21 mentally retarded (MR) children without the syndrome and 21 normally age matched controls, using a Dantec concerto SEEG 16 BEAM instrument. Results Both AEP and VEP of MR group showed significantly longer latencies (P1 and P2 latencies of AEP, P<0.01; N1 and N2 latencies of VEP, P< 0.01/0.05), lower P2 amplitudes (P<0.01) and higher P3 amplitudes (P<0.01), as compared with normal controls. But none of above mentioned changes was found with IS group. Almost all MR patients (90.1%) presented P4 component in both AEP and VEP, which was also in sharp contrast with its incidence in other 2 groups (IS: 14.3%; normal controls: 9.5%). Conclusion Patients with idiot savant syndrome presented normalized AEP and VEP.展开更多
The effects of acupuncture on the sensory evoked cortical potentials were investigated in 31 rabbits anaesthetized with urethane of conscious, so as to see what happened to the functional state of cerebral cortex in t...The effects of acupuncture on the sensory evoked cortical potentials were investigated in 31 rabbits anaesthetized with urethane of conscious, so as to see what happened to the functional state of cerebral cortex in the meantime. The visual, auditory and somatosensory evoked potentials as well as raw EEGs were recorded from the animal’s scalp. In most cases, an electro-acupuncture instrument was used instead of manual acupuncture. The main component amplitudes of evoked potentials,the frequency band powers and the total integral values of raw EEGs were analyzed. Results showed that during acupuncture the main components of evoked potentials were significantly depressed and the raw EEGs appeared desynchronized while the experimental animals were slightly activated. Moreover,both the total integral values of raw EEGs and the powers of lower frequency waves (1 - 3. 99 Hz)were decreased and positively correlated well with the amplitudes of main components of the evoked potentials. Therefore, the possibility that the effects of acupuncture on the evoked potentials are secondary to the changes of raw EEGs remains to be ruled out, and it is suggested that the inhibition of evoked potentials during acupuncture does not necessarily mean that the cerebral cortex is in an inhibitory展开更多
文摘Objective To investigate the variations of auditory evoked potentials (AEP) and visual evoked potentials (VEP) of patients with idiot savant (IS) syndrome. Methods Both AEP and VEP were recorded from 7 patients with IS syndrome, 21 mentally retarded (MR) children without the syndrome and 21 normally age matched controls, using a Dantec concerto SEEG 16 BEAM instrument. Results Both AEP and VEP of MR group showed significantly longer latencies (P1 and P2 latencies of AEP, P<0.01; N1 and N2 latencies of VEP, P< 0.01/0.05), lower P2 amplitudes (P<0.01) and higher P3 amplitudes (P<0.01), as compared with normal controls. But none of above mentioned changes was found with IS group. Almost all MR patients (90.1%) presented P4 component in both AEP and VEP, which was also in sharp contrast with its incidence in other 2 groups (IS: 14.3%; normal controls: 9.5%). Conclusion Patients with idiot savant syndrome presented normalized AEP and VEP.
文摘The effects of acupuncture on the sensory evoked cortical potentials were investigated in 31 rabbits anaesthetized with urethane of conscious, so as to see what happened to the functional state of cerebral cortex in the meantime. The visual, auditory and somatosensory evoked potentials as well as raw EEGs were recorded from the animal’s scalp. In most cases, an electro-acupuncture instrument was used instead of manual acupuncture. The main component amplitudes of evoked potentials,the frequency band powers and the total integral values of raw EEGs were analyzed. Results showed that during acupuncture the main components of evoked potentials were significantly depressed and the raw EEGs appeared desynchronized while the experimental animals were slightly activated. Moreover,both the total integral values of raw EEGs and the powers of lower frequency waves (1 - 3. 99 Hz)were decreased and positively correlated well with the amplitudes of main components of the evoked potentials. Therefore, the possibility that the effects of acupuncture on the evoked potentials are secondary to the changes of raw EEGs remains to be ruled out, and it is suggested that the inhibition of evoked potentials during acupuncture does not necessarily mean that the cerebral cortex is in an inhibitory
