Abstract:
:The purpose of this paper is to present a model for removing antidromically activated afferent input from cervically elicited neurogenic motor evoked potentials (nMEPs). nMEPs have recently been used clinically, purportedly for monitoring spinal cord motor function, during spine surgery. However, the nMEP response may be due, in part or in whole, to neural signals travelling through sensory rather than motor pathways. This complicates nMEP interpretation and may lead to false conclusions about the status of motor tracts and postoperative motor function. Moreover, transcranial stimulation techniques may also contain similar afferent contamination. Here I suggest a protocol for intraoperative use that should effectively remove such afferent contamination via an afferent action potential collision technique.
journal_name
Med Hypothesesjournal_title
Medical hypothesesauthors
Rose RDdoi
10.1016/s0306-9877(98)90201-8subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1998-02-01 00:00:00pages
147-54issue
2eissn
0306-9877issn
1532-2777pii
S0306-9877(98)90201-8journal_volume
50pub_type
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journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2009.07.027
更新日期:2010-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2017.10.002
更新日期:2017-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2010.01.017
更新日期:2010-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0306-9877(02)00225-6
更新日期:2003-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2015.08.014
更新日期:2015-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0306-9877(96)90071-7
更新日期:1996-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2018.08.026
更新日期:2018-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0306-9877(93)90033-m
更新日期:1993-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0306-9877(91)90016-r
更新日期:1991-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1054/mehy.2001.1375
更新日期:2001-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0306-9877(78)90004-x
更新日期:1978-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2008.07.028
更新日期:2008-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0306-9877(02)00363-8
更新日期:2003-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0306-9877(88)90093-x
更新日期:1988-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 历史文章,杂志文章
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更新日期:2018-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2006.02.043
更新日期:2006-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2006.06.042
更新日期:2007-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1054/mehy.1999.0979
更新日期:2000-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 社论
doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2007.07.006
更新日期:2008-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2012.05.031
更新日期:2012-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0306-9877(03)00029-x
更新日期:2003-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2005.09.004
更新日期:2006-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2018.08.028
更新日期:2018-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2020.110114
更新日期:2020-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1054/mehy.1999.0878
更新日期:2000-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1054/mehy.2000.1163
更新日期:2001-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Mandibular asymmetry (MA) is one of the most common craniofacial malformations. However, there is no optimal technique for this malformation nowadays. A novel technique for both children and adults with less disadvantages is a must. Parathyroid hormone (PTH) is a straight-chain polypeptide secreted by the parathyroid ...
journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2009.10.047
更新日期:2010-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2011.06.023
更新日期:2011-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Medical hypotheses
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0306-9877(92)90137-2
更新日期:1992-09-01 00:00:00