Author/Editor		Prevec, TS; Ribarić-Jankes, K
Title		Can somatosensory system generate frequency following response?
Type		članek
Source		Pflugers Arch
Vol. and No.		Letnik 431, št. 6 Suppl 2
Publication year		1996
Volume		str. R301-2
Language		eng
Abstract		The aim of this study was to establish whether functional characteristics of the somatosensory system structures in man comply with the frequency following response (FFR) generators. Somatosensory cerebral evoked potentials (SsCEP) were recorded by skin electrodes, and spinal somatosensory evoked potentials (SpEP) both by epidural and skin electrodes. In SpEP and SsCEP to trains of electrical or mechanical stimuli, a decrease of the amplitude to subsequent stimuli was found. SpEP were also attenuated by higher stimulation rates. It is highly improbable, therefore, that somatosensory system can contribute to the FFR-like response recorded in profoundly deaf people.
Descriptors		EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY ELECTRIC STIMULATION MEDIAN NERVE BRACHIAL PLEXUS VIBRATION PHYSICAL STIMULATION