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  • Title: Suprathreshold brain stimulation activates non-corticospinal motor evoked potentials in cats.
    Author: Konrad PE, Tacker WA.
    Journal: Brain Res; 1990 Jul 02; 522(1):14-29. PubMed ID: 2224506.
    Abstract:
    In the feline model of the motor evoked potential (MEP) test, a multiphasic spinal cord signal can be elicited in response to bipolar or transcranial brain stimulation. Previous studies have shown that signals produced by threshold stimulation travel mostly in the corticospinal tract. However, from this study we show that suprathreshold stimulation produces very large amplitude MEPs which travel in the ventral funiculus and therefore are most likely associated with extrapyramidal tract activation. The data supporting this conclusion are: (1) apparent conduction velocities of the first two large amplitude peaks are at least 80 m/s with transcranial stimulation; (2) latency of the transcranial MEP at L2 in the cord is less than or equal to 3.50 ms; (3) large amplitude, positive monophasic potentials are recorded in the ventral but not dorsal-lateral funiculus for either bipolar or transcranial MEPs; (4) both bipolar and transcranial MEPs are significantly reduced or abolished by selective lesion of the ventral funiculus. The two tracts which we believe are responsible for mediating the suprathreshold MEP in the cat are the reticulospinal and vestibulospinal tracts. This is significant because suprathreshold MEPs can be used to monitor feline ventral cord function. Furthermore, combining the use of threshold and suprathreshold MEPs may provide a differential diagnostic test for pyramidal vs. extrapyramidal motor function.
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