Spinal Cord Monitoring and Electrodiagnosis

Front Matter....Pages I-XIX
Front Matter....Pages XXI-XXI
The Spinothalamic Tract and Other Ascending Nociceptive Pathways of the Spinal Cord....Pages 1-7
Motor and Sensory Tract Activation Following Epidural Electrical Stimulation....Pages 8-12
Effects of Electric Current Application on the Evoked Spinal Cord Potentials in Dogs....Pages 13-19
The Significance of Motor Evoked Spinal Cord Potentials Recorded from the Ventral Root in Cats....Pages 20-26
Monitoring Motor Function of the Spinal Cord: The Descending Segmental Evoked Spinal Cord Potential....Pages 27-35
Experimental Study of the Origin of Transcranially Evoked Descending Spinal Cord Potentials....Pages 36-42
The Use of the Dog as a Model for Spinal Cord Monitoring Research....Pages 43-49
Neurotransmitter Receptors and Voltage-Operated Channels Expressed by Rat Spinal Cord mRNA in Xenopus Oocytes....Pages 50-57
Prototypical Features of the Inhibitory Synapses in the Frog Spinal Cord as Revealed Pharmacologically....Pages 58-64
Metabolic Depression of the Spinal Cord and Brain with Epidural Bupivacaine in Rats....Pages 65-69
The Effects of Sevoflurane on Heterosegmental Slow Positive Cord Potentials in the Rat....Pages 70-77
The Effects of Anesthetics on the Ventral Root Potential in Spinal Cats....Pages 78-84
The Effects of Anesthetics on Spinal Cord Nociceptive Neural Activities....Pages 85-91
Monitoring the Expression of the C- fos Proto-Oncogene to Study the Spinal Circuits that Contribute to Pain and its Control....Pages 92-100
Electrophysiological Differentiation Between Muscle and Sensory Nerve Funiculi for Peripheral Nerve Repair....Pages 101-106
Experimental Studies on the Spinal Cord Evoked Potentials in Cervical Spine Distraction Injuries....Pages 107-115
Experimental Studies on the Spinal Cord Evoked Potentials in Compression Injury of the Cervical Spinal Cord....Pages 116-128
Comparison Between Spinal Cord Evoked Potential and Cortical Evoked Potential by Experimental Dorsal Compression on the Thoracic Spinal Cord....Pages 129-133
Spinal Cord Functions with Spinal Evoked Potentials and Spinal Blood Flow by Retracting the Spinal Cord....Pages 134-140
New and Sensitive Methods for Detecting Acute Axonal Dysfunction After Experimental Spinal Cord and Root Compression Injury....Pages 141-151
Front Matter....Pages XXI-XXI
Physiological and Pharmacological Aspects of the Modulation of Nociceptive Transmission at the Dorsal Horn Level of the Spinal Cord....Pages 152-159
Etomidate Augmentation of Scalp Recorded Somatosensory Waves: Time Course, Reproducibility, and Dose Effect....Pages 163-170
Four Components and Their Origins of the Ascending Spinal Potential Evoked by Stimulation at the Conus Medullaris Level....Pages 171-176
Somatotopical Evoked Responses from the Spinal Cord and Cerebral Cortex to Finger Stimulation....Pages 177-185
Spinal Evoked Potentials and Abnormal Sensory Modalities in Spinal Cord Injuries and Peripheral Neuropathies....Pages 186-192
Spinal Evoked Potentials and Spine-Scalp Propagation Velocities: Origins, Conduction Characteristics, and Clinical Observations....Pages 193-201
Evoked Potential Patterns in Chronic Spinal Cord Lesions....Pages 202-213
Observation of the Circulation of Cauda Equina in Spinal Canal Stenosis Following Electrical Stimulation of Peripheral Nerves....Pages 214-219
Short Latency Somatosensory Evoked Potentials to Stimulation of Different Lower Extremity Nerves: Nature of Generator Sources as Inferred from Scalp Topography....Pages 220-225
Reflexes Evoked in Various Human Muscles During Voluntary Activity....Pages 226-236
Peripheral Electrophysiological Correlates to Magnetic Transcranial Stimulation....Pages 237-244
Motor Evoked Potentials Following Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Cervical Myelopathy....Pages 245-252
Magnetic Transcutaneous Stimulation of the Motor Pathway in Spinal Cord Disorders....Pages 253-261
Clinical Application of Motor Evoked Potentials in Disorders of the Spine....Pages 262-272
Motor Evoked Potentials: Issues in Safety and Operative Monitoring....Pages 273-283
Front Matter....Pages 285-285
Prognostication of Surgical Outcome in Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy Using Evoked Spinal Cord Potentials....Pages 287-295
Intraoperative Spinal Cord Monitoring Using Evoked Spinal Cord Potentials on Spinal Cord Tumors....Pages 296-304
Clinical Correlations of Intraoperative Evoked Potential Monitoring in Spinal Cord Disorders....Pages 305-312
Intraoperative Evoked Potential Monitoring: Fringe Benefits in the Operating Room....Pages 313-324
Ketamine as a Major Component of an Anesthetic Plan for Spinal Cord Monitoring....Pages 325-334
Front Matter....Pages 285-285
Sensory and Motor Thresholds to Electrical Stimulation of Ankles and Wrists During Spinal Cord Monitoring....Pages 335-345
Somatosensory Evoked Potential Recordings for Decision Making on Instrumentation During Scoliosis Surgery....Pages 346-352
Incidence of Spinal Cord Impairment Related to Extent of SEP Decline and Recovery, Aetiology and Instrumentation in Operations for Scoliosis....Pages 353-359
Pre- and Intraoperative Electrodiagnosis of Compressive Lumbosacral Nerve Root Lesions....Pages 360-369
Intraoperative Monitoring of Segmental Evoked Spinal Cord Potentials in Cervical Lesions....Pages 370-380
Intraoperative Evoked Potential Monitoring in Patients with Poliomyelitis....Pages 381-387
Motor Evoked Potentials Monitoring During Neurosurgical Operations on the Spinal Cord....Pages 388-395
Analysis of Conductive Spinal Cord Function Using Spinal Cord Evoked Potentials During Surgery of Spinal Cord Tumors....Pages 396-402
Anorectal Pressure Monitoring During Surgery for Reuntethering of the Spinal Cord in Cases of Lumbosacral Lipomyelomeningocele....Pages 403-411
The Effect of Hypothermia on SEPs Recorded from the Posterior Pharynx and the Scalp During Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Man....Pages 412-419
Spinal Cord Monitoring in Aortic Aneurysm Surgery....Pages 420-427
Somatosensory Evoked Potentials and Spinal Evoked Potentials in Patients with Cervical Myelopathy and Cerebrovascular Disease....Pages 431-438
Spinal Evoked Potentials After Stimulation of Ventral Roots: Do Ventral Root Afferents Exist in Man?....Pages 439-444
Dermatomal Somatosensory Evoked Potentials (DSSEPs) in Patients with Cervical Lesions and Brachial Plexus Injuries in Comparison with Somatosensory Evoked Potentials (SSEPs)....Pages 445-453
Level Diagnosis Using Spinal Cord Evoked Potentials in Cervical Myelopathy....Pages 454-460
Experience of Diagnosis of Thoracic Myelopathy Using Spinal Cord Evoked Potentials....Pages 461-471
Peripheral Versus Central Mechanisms for Integration....Pages 472-479
Central Somatosensory Conduction Time....Pages 480-484
Somatosensory Evoked Potentials After Posterior Tibial Nerve Stimulation in Children with Neurological Disorders....Pages 485-494
Lumbosacral Evoked Potentials and Nerve Conduction Study to Posterior Tibial Nerve Stimulation in Patients with Long-Term Anticonvulsant Therapy....Pages 495-502
Front Matter....Pages 285-285
Clinical Assessment of the Prognosis and Severity of Spinal Cord Injury Using Corticospinal Motor Evoked Potentials....Pages 503-510
Killed-End Corticospinal Motor Evoked Potential (MEP) in Patients with Spinal Cord Injury....Pages 511-515
Correlation of Somatosensory Evoked Potential Abnormalities with Brain and Cervical Cord Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Multiple Sclerosis....Pages 516-525
Comparison Between Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Somatosensory Evoked Potentials in Chronic Spinal Cord Injury Patients....Pages 526-533
Back Matter....Pages 535-546