Amplitude decrease of cortical responses after repeated stimuli ('habituation') is a well-known phenomenon, the functional meaning of which is to prevent sensory overflow and to save resources for meaningful and novel stimuli. It is known that the primary low-frequency N20 somatosensory evoked potential (SEP) undergoes habituation in healthy subjects. By contrast, the presence of this phenomenon has never been tested in High Frequency Oscillations (HFOs), which probably reflect the activity of a somatosensory arousal system.
Restuccia, D., Del Piero, I., Martucci, L., Zanini, S., High-frequency oscillations after median-nerve stimulation do not undergo habituation: a new insight on their functional meaning?, <<Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology>>, 2011; 122 (1): 148-152. [doi:10.1016/j.clinph.2010.06.008] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/42206]
High-frequency oscillations after median-nerve stimulation do not undergo habituation: a new insight on their functional meaning?
Restuccia, Domenico;
2011
Abstract
Amplitude decrease of cortical responses after repeated stimuli ('habituation') is a well-known phenomenon, the functional meaning of which is to prevent sensory overflow and to save resources for meaningful and novel stimuli. It is known that the primary low-frequency N20 somatosensory evoked potential (SEP) undergoes habituation in healthy subjects. By contrast, the presence of this phenomenon has never been tested in High Frequency Oscillations (HFOs), which probably reflect the activity of a somatosensory arousal system.
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