The effects on median nerve somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) of analgesic doses of fentanyl, meperidine or morphine and of sodium thiopental (STP) anesthesia (4 mg/kg) were tested in 36 surgical patients. We also explored changes in SEP components as a function of their scalp location. Before and after medication, responses were recorded from the scalp overlying the parietal cortex (ipsi- and contralateral to the stimulated arm) and the precentral (contralateral) cortex. None of the three opiates affected SEP latencies or amplitudes. The barbiturate increased the amplitudes of subcortical and early cortical components (N18, N20, P22, P25), whose latencies, however, were not significantly modified. The effect of STP on later SEP cortical components depended on their scalp topography: parietal N33 and P45 underwent significant changes in both latency and amplitude, whereas precentral N30 showed a significant amplitude increase only. Thiopental anesthesia produces clearer short-latency SEP recordings, from both parietal (components N20-P25) and precentral (P22, N30) areas.
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