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11726088

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-11-29
pubmed:abstractText
The P300 complex was derived from the electroencephalogram (EEG) as subjects mentally counted infrequent large checkerboard visual stimuli, presented randomly among frequent small checkerboard stimuli. Use of low contrast (10%) stimuli and four midline scalp electrodes, facilitated separation of cognitive and sensory components and enabled the P300 complex to be resolved into three distinct components--N200, P3a, and P3b. In 20 healthy adult subjects normative data were established and the P3a and P3b components were shown to depend on cognitive function. In 19 age-matched cirrhotic patients without overt hepatic encephalopathy (HE) the EEG and visual evoked potentials (VEPs) were normal, but latencies of P3a and/or P3b were prolonged in 9. Prolonged latencies were not associated with an abnormal number connection test. Ten additional age-matched cirrhotic patients without overt HE, who were alcohol, drug, and caffeine free, were randomized to receive flumazenil (1 mg) and placebo intravenously, double-blind. After flumazenil or placebo, latencies of P3a and P3b and psychometric test results did not change significantly. These findings suggest that in cirrhotic patients without overt HE (i) impaired cognitive sensory function may occur in the absence of abnormalities of a standard psychometric test, the EEG, or VEPs, and (ii) increased latencies of P3a and P3b may constitute a component of subclinical HE, which is not mediated by increased brain levels of central benzodiazepine receptor agonist ligands.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0885-7490
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
43-53
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Visual event-related potentials in cirrhotic patients without overt encephalopathy: the effects of flumazenil.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. E.A.Jones@amc.uva.nl
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Randomized Controlled Trial