Journal article
Origin of the "N10" Stationary-Field Potential After Median Nerve Stimulation
Journal of clinical neurophysiology, Vol.16(1), pp.69-76
01/1999
DOI: 10.1097/00004691-199901000-00007
PMID: 10082094
Abstract
The scalp far-field potentials after median nerve stimulation at the wrist consist of P9, P11, P13, and P14 positive components. Earlier, identified the "N10" negative potential in-between the P9 and P11 and claimed that this was not merely a passive return to the baseline after the P9 positive deflection but a distinct component reflecting a proximal brachial plexus volley. They thought N10 was a far-field potential having widespread distribution with a fixed latency. In this study we found that N10 was of higher amplitude after median nerve stimulation at the elbow than after stimulation at the wrist. Indeed the N10 latency was fixed from the lower anterior neck to the scalp, and its amplitude was maximum at the anterior lower neck. The latency of N10 was about 0.3 milliseconds longer than the Erb's potential and 0.15 milliseconds longer than the potential recorded from the lateral neck on the side of stimulation. The N10 amplitude increased in parallel with increased stimulus intensity. In order to explore the origin of the N10 stationary field potential, we designed a paired stimuli paradigm applied to the wrist (S1) and to the elbow (S2). The interstimulus interval between S1 and S2 was adjusted so that the timing of S2 was immediately after the traveling impulse produced by the S1 stimulus as it passed through the S2 stimulus site. This technique allowed stimulation of the anterior interosseous nerve selectively at the elbow while the median nerve originating from the wrist was undergoing refractory period. The response of (S1 + S2) - S1 showed only the N10 with absence of cervical and cortical responses, implying that N10 was activated, predominantly by the interosseous nerve, i.e., an antidromic motor volley, when the median nerve was stimulated at the elbow.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Origin of the "N10" Stationary-Field Potential After Median Nerve Stimulation
- Creators
- Yukihiko Fujita - Division of Clinical Electrophysiology, Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, U.S.AThoru YamadaKen InoueAtsushi SatoMari KatayamaAkira OfujiHiroko FujitaMalcolm Yeh
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of clinical neurophysiology, Vol.16(1), pp.69-76
- DOI
- 10.1097/00004691-199901000-00007
- PMID
- 10082094
- ISSN
- 0736-0258
- eISSN
- 1537-1603
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/1999
- Academic Unit
- Neurology
- Record Identifier
- 9984020719802771
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