Potencial evocado auditivo de longa latência em crianças com desenvolvimento típico / Long-latency auditory potential in children with typical development / Potencial evocado auditivo de larga latencia en niños con desarrollo típico

Introdução: O Potencial Evocado Auditivo de Longa Latência é utilizado para avaliar o processamento cortical da informação acústica. Objetivo: Descrever e comparar os valores de latência e amplitude do Potencial Evocado Auditivo de Longa Latência em crianças. Além disso, fornecer valores de referência. Material e Método: Estudo transversal e quantitativo, no qual foram avaliados 20 indivíduos com idade entre 5 e 9 anos e 11 meses, com desenvolvimento típico. Realizou-se tal potencial auditivo, com o equipamento Smart EP (Intelligent Hearing Systems), com estímulos verbais utilizando fones de inserção. Teste de Wilcoxon e teste de Mann-Whitney foram utilizados. Resultados: Não houve diferença estatisticamente significante em relação aos valores de latência e amplitude dos componentes deste potencial, considerando as variáveis orelha e gênero. Forneceram-se os valores de referência para latência e amplitude dos componentes deste potencial. Conclusão: A partir deste estudo foi possível propor valores de referência para os componentes deste potencial para a amostra estudada, considerando que não houve diferença estatisticamente significante para as variáveis estudadas.

Introduction: The Long Latency auditory evoked potential is used to evaluate the cortical processing of the acoustic information. Objective: To describe and compare the values of latency and amplitude of the Long Latency Evoked Potential in children. Also, to provide reference values. Material and Method: Quantitative and cross-sectional study. 20 individuals were evaluated with ages between 5:00 -9:11 with typical development. Evoked Potential was performed with the equipment Smart Ep (Intelligent Hearing Systems) with verbal stimuli using insert headphones. Wilcoxon test and Mann-Whitney test were used. Results: There were no statistical significant differences between latency values and components amplitude of this potential, considering variables of ear and gender. The following reference values for components latency and amplitude potential were obtained. Conclusion: By this study, it was possible to propose values of reference for the components of the potential into the sample, considering that no statistically significance difference was found in the variables studied.

Introducción: El Potencial Evocado Auditivo de Larga Latencia es usado para evaluar el procesamiento cortical de la información acústica. Objetivo: Describir y comparar los valores de latencia y amplitud del Potencial Evocado Auditivo de Larga Latencia en niños. Además, proporcionar valores de referencia. Material y método: Estudio transversal y cuantitativo, en el cual fueron evaluados 20 individuos con edad entre 5 a 9 años y 11 meses, con desarrollo típico. El potencial auditivo se evaluó con el equipo Smart EP(Intelligent Hearing Systems), con estímulos verbales utilizando auriculares de inserción. La prueba de Wilcoxon y la prueba de Mann-Whitneyfueron utilizadas. Resultados: No hubo diferencia estadísticamente significativa en relación a los valores de latencia y amplitud de los componentes de este potencial, considerando las variables oreja y género. Se han proporcionado los valores de referencia para la latencia y la amplitud de los componentes de este potencial. Conclusión: A partir de este estudio fue posible proponer valores de referencia para los componentes de este potencial para la muestra estudiada, considerando que no hubo diferencia estadísticamente significativa para las variables estudiadas.

Delayed latencies of auditory evoked potential P300 are associated with the severity of Parkinson's disease in older patients / O atraso das latências do potencial evocado auditivo P300 está associado à gravidade da doença de Parkinson em pacientes mais velhos

Electrophysiological methods could provide important information about the neurophysiological status in Parkinson's disease (PD). Objective: To investigate the prolonged auditory P300 latency in PD and its association with the disease clinical stage. Method: Clinical profiles of 44 patients were evaluated and those in initial and advanced stages of PD were identified. The frequency of altered latencies, median of latencies in each stage, and correlation between latencies and motor and non-motor clinical features were analyzed. Latencies were considered altered when they were more than two standard deviations from the mean of controls, per age group. Results: It was verified 10% of alterations in initial stages and 31% in advanced. There was correlation between latencies and non-motor clinical features. Subjects older than 65, in advanced stages, presented a significant increase of latencies. Conclusion: There was an association between PD severity and P300 prolonged latencies among subjects 65 years old or older. .

Exames eletrofisiológicos podem fornecer informações sobre o status neurofisiológico na doença de Parkinson (DP). Objetivo: Investigar o prolongamento das latências do P300 auditivo na DP e sua associação com o estágio da doença. Método: Foi avaliado o quadro clínico de 44 pacientes e identificados aqueles em estágio inicial e avançado da DP. Analisou-se a frequência de latências alteradas, mediana das latências em cada estágio e a correlação entre latências e quadro clínico motor e não motor da DP. As latências foram consideradas alteradas quando superiores a dois desvios-padrão da média dos controles, por grupo etário. Resultados: Verificaram-se 10% de alterações no estágio inicial e 31% no avançado. Houve correlação entre as latências e o quadro clínico não motor. Sujeitos com mais de 65 anos, em estágio avançado, apresentaram significativo aumento das latências. Conclusão: Existe associação entre gravidade da DP e prolongamento das latências do P300 nos sujeitos acima de 65 anos. .

Auditory event-related potentials in patients with mild cognitive impairment before and after donepezil treatment / 中华物理医学与康复杂志

Objective To explore the effects of donepezil on auditory event-related potentials in cases of mild cognitive impairment(MCI).Methods Thirty-four mildly impaired patients were examined using auditory event-related potentials and neuropsychological tests.All patients received 5 mg of donepezil orally each day.The patients were retested with the neuropsychological scales and re-examined for auditory event-related potentials after 3 months of treatment.Results All neuropsychological test scores among the MCI patients had improved significantly after treatment There was no significant change in average Boston naming test scores before and after treatment.PS0 amplitudes had decreased significantly after treatment,but P300 amplitude was elevated and latency significantly shortened compared with before treatment.PS0 amplitude was positively correlated with P300 latency in these MCI patients before treatment,but both P300 latencies and PS0 amplitudes showed a negative correlation with scores on the memory sub-tests.Conclusions These results suggest that donepezil may improve cognitive function among MCI patients,especially memory function.The PS0 and P300 components of auditory event-related potentials are objective and sensitive indicators to evaluate the cognition function of MCI patients,and they also can be used as indicators in assessing the efficacy of donepezil treatment of mild cognitive impairment.

Auditory P300 Event-Related Potentials in Fibromyalgia Patients

This study assessed the cognitive brain function measured by the cognitive P300 auditory event-related potentials (ERPs) in female fibromyalgia (FM) patients and compared the results with those from healthy age and education-matched controls. The relationship of the P300 potentials to the pain threshold of patients was also investigated. The P300 component of the auditory ERPs were studied in 11 female FM patients and 10 age and education-matched healthy controls. None of the patients were taking antidepressants such as amitriptyline or serotonin-reuptake inhibitors. The P300 latencies of the patients were not significantly different whereas the N2P3 amplitudes were significantly lower than the controls. The P300 latencies in the patients negatively correlated with the total myalgic scores (TMS) (r= -0.73) and the control point scores (CPS) (r=-0.85). On the other hand, the P300 amplitudes showed a significant correlation with the TMS (r=0.61) and the CPS (r=0.60). There was no significant correlation between the anxiety and depression scores with the P300 latency or amplitudes. These results showed cognitive impairment, which was mainly expressed by the lower N2P3 amplitudes in patients with FM, and its clinical relevance requires further research.

Altered Auditory Event Related Potentials Following Administration of Methylphenidate in Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder / 신경정신의학

OBJECTS: Event related potential(ERF) has been recently applied to examine the neurophysiological disturbance in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder(ADHD), particularly with regard to N100 and P300 which are known as one of ERP components closely linked with cognitive function. On the basis of these aspects, this study was designed to evaluate electrophysiologic characteristics and its availability for diagnosis and treatment of ADHD children by comparison of ERP between normal controls and ADHD children before and after methylphenidate (MFD) administration. METHODS: We examined the topographic auditory ERF and T.O.V.A.(Test of variables of attention), a standardized computerized visual continuous performance test following administration of stimulant drug, MPD 10mg in 13 ADHD children and compared these results with those of 11 normal controls. RESULTS: The results were as follows: 1) Thought the difference was not spastically significant(P=0.0548), N100 latencies seemed to be longer in ADHD children than in normal controls. N100 amplitudes also seemed to be larger in ADHD children than in normal controls(P=0.0629). 2) The F300 latencies significantly shortened after MFD administration when compared with those before MPD administration in ADHD group(P<0.01). 3) ADHD group performed significantly less well than normal controls in T.O.V.A.(P<0.05). And T.O.V.A. scores significantly improved after MFD administration in ADHD group(P<0.01). 4) The N100 and P300 latencies and the T.O.V.A. scores were significantly correlated before MPD administration in ADHD group(P<0.05). 5) The F300 latencies before MFD administration were significantly correlated with the amplitudes of changes of T.O.V.A. scores after MFD administration(P<0.05). CONCLUSION: It seems that prolonged N100 latency of ADHD children can be regarded as a relatively enduring trait marker and that F300 latency may reflect attentional response ability along with therapeutic effect by stimulant.