Multimodal evoked potentials and the ovarian cycle in young ovulating women

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

FABÍOLA IMPEMBA¹  NÍDIA BORGES ACHÔA¹  MARIA DORVALINA SILVA¹  ARTHUR OSCAR SCHELP²  LUIZ ANTONIO DE LIMA RESENDE² 

[1] ;Universidade Estadual Paulista;

关键词: evoked potentials;    multimodal;    ovarian cycle;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0004-282X2000000300004

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

There is controversy over how hormonal conditions influence cerebral physiology. We studied pattern-shift visual evoked potentials (PS-VEP), brain stem auditory evoked potentials (BAEP) and short-latency somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEV) in 20 female volunteers at different phases of the menstrual cycle (estrogen phase, ovulatory day and progesterone phase). Statistical analysis showed decreased latencies for P100 (PS-VEP), N19 and P22 (SSEV) waves in the progesterone phase compared with the estrogen phase. There was no significant difference between the estrogen and the ovulation day values. Comparing the three above stages, there were no significant differences in the brainstem auditory evoked potentials. The reduction of the latencies of the potentials generated in multisynaptic circuits provides the first consistent neurophysiological basis for a tentative comprehension of human pre-menstrual syndrome.

【 授权许可】

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