Evoked potentials as predictors of outcome in neonatal intensive care unit survivors: Review of the literature

Evaluation of somatosensory cortical processing in extremely preterm infants at term with MEG and EEG

“…The functional integrity of the somatosensory pathways from periphery to the primary somatosensory areas, thus including afferent thalamocortical connections, has been assessed in preterm infants using median (for a review see Majnemer and Rosenblatt, 1996) and tibial nerve somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) (White and Cooke, 1994;Pierrat et al, 1997;Pike and Marlow, 2000) with somewhat contradictory results what comes to predicting outcome (Majnemer and Rosenblatt, 1996). However, these SEP studies did not consider higher level somatosensory processing and, in fact, the generally applied SEP recording setups adapted from adult studies do not even allow for optimal detection of evoked responses beyond the primary areas (see Vanhatalo and Lauronen, 2006).…”

Does very premature birth affect the functioning of the somatosensory cortex? — A magnetoencephalography study

“…These difficulties probably explain part of the variability in the specificity and sensitivity. The utility of evoked potentials as predictors of outcome in neonatal intensive care unit survivors has been reviewed by Majnemer and Rosenblatt (1996).…”

Auditory brainstem responses as a clinical evaluation tool in children after perinatal encephalopathy

“…Several neurological disorders are associated with reduced wave V amplitude, abnormal wave V/I amplitude ratio, and distorted wave I-III and III-V interpeak latency intervals (IPL) [3][4][5][6][7][8][9]. These aspects suggest an association between ABR and the neurological diagnosis and prognosis of these children [6,7,10]; however, some authors disagree regarding the predictive value of ABR [11].…”