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Muscle Nerve
April 1999
Dipartimento Scienze Neurologiche, Viale Università 30, Roma, Italy.
Laser pulses selectively excite mechano-thermal nociceptors and evoke brain potentials that may reveal small-fiber dysfunction. We applied CO2-laser pulses to the perioral and supraorbital regions and recorded the scalp laser-evoked potentials (LEPs) and reflex responses in the orbicularis oculi, masticatory, and neck muscles in 30 controls and 10 patients with facial sensory disturbances. Low-intensity pulses readily evoked scalp potentials consisting of a negative component with a latency of 165 ms followed by a positive component at 250 ms.
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