Terms Related to Spike Potential

• Auditory Evoked Potential

  The electric response evoked in the cerebral cortex by acoustic stimulation or stimulation of the auditory pathways.

• Motor Evoked Potential

  The electrical response evoked in a muscle or motor nerve by electrical or magnetic stimulation. Common methods of stimulation are by transcranial electrical and transcranial ...

• Cochlear Microphonic Potential

  The electric response of the cochlear hair cells to acoustic stimulation.

• Visual Evoked Potential

  The electric response evoked in the cerebral cortex by visual stimulation or stimulation of the visual pathways.

• Somatosensory Evoked Potential

  The electric response evoked in the cerebral cortex by stimulation of afferent pathways from peripheral nerves to cerebrum.

• Auditory Evoked Response

  The electric response evoked in the cerebral cortex by acoustic stimulation or stimulation of the auditory pathways.

• Therapeutic Electric Stimulation

  Application of electric current in treatment without the generation of perceptible heat. It includes electric stimulation of nerves or muscles, passage of current into the ...