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7874616

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-4-6
pubmed:abstractText
We studied the electrophysiological changes occurring in six patients with tethered cord syndrome. Evidence of spinal malformations was provided by magnetic resonance imaging. The functional assessment of the spinal cord was performed by analysing both spinal and cortical somatosensory evoked potentials. The evoked electrospinogram was recorded from the thoracic and lumbosacral spinous processes. The N22 lumbosacral potential was selectively affected, being rostrocaudally displaced and reduced in amplitude or even absent in patients with neurological signs indicating a segmental lower cord lesion. Inter-peak somatosensory evoked potentials latency was normal in all cases, suggesting that ascending axonal potentials in the dorsal column fibres may be synchronized. Segmental potentials of the lumbosacral response, originating from the post-synaptic activity of dorsal horn interneurons, are selectively affected in this syndrome resulting from the rostrocaudal displacement of the spinal cord due to tethering. Our findings in the clinical field are consistent with previous experimental evidence indicating a different sensitivity of the gray vs. white matter to progressive stretching.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0317-1671
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
21
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
325-30
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Spinal somatosensory evoked potentials in patients with tethered cord syndrome.
pubmed:affiliation
Dipartimento di Scienze Neurologiche E Della Visione, Universita Degli Studi di Veron, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial