Causes of Differences in the Input-Output Characteristics of Simultaneously Recorded Auditory Evoked Magnetic Fields and Potentials: Causes de différences dans les caractéristiques d' entrée-sortie des champs magnétiques évoqués et des potentiels évoqués auditifs enregistrés simultanément
- 1 January 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of Audiology
- Vol. 25 (4-5) , 263-276
- https://doi.org/10.3109/00206098609078392
Abstract
The input-output characteristics of amplitude and latency of simultaneously recorded auditory-evoked magnetic fields (AEMF) and auditory-evoked potentials (AEP) are significantly different, although they are closely related to the same excitation process of the auditory system. As the source of both AEMF and AEP an equivalent-current dipole lying in the auditory cortex can be assumed. Differences in the input-output characteristics of AEMF and AEP can be explained by changes of one or more parameters of this dipole (depth, location in the tangential x-y plane and direction). Maps of the field distribution obtained at 60 and 80 dB HL indeed reveal a change of the location of the dipole in the x-y plane and the direction of the dipole momentum, whereas the depth of the dipole was found to be more or less constant. Les caractéristiques d'entrée-sortie de Pamplitude et de la latence des champs magnétiques évoqués acoustiquement (CMEA) et des potentiels évoqués auditifs (PEA), enregistrés simultanément, sont significativement différentes, bien qu'elles soient en rapport avec le měme processus d'excitation du système auditif. On peut supposer que la source commune à ces deux types de réponses évoquées (CMEA et PEA) est un courant dipolaire situé dans le cortex auditif. Les différences de caractéristiques entre CMEA et PEA peuvent s'expliquer par un changement d'un ou de plusieurs paramètres de ce dipo˘le (profondeur, localisation dans le plan tangentiel x-y et direction). En effet, la cartographie de la distribution de champs à 60 et 80 dB HL révèle un changement de la localisation du dipo˘le dans le plan x-y et de sa direction alors que sa profondeur reste plus ou moins constante.Keywords
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