Organ or Tissue Function
evoked potential
Subclass of:
Cortical Excitability
Definitions related to evoked potentials:
  • Immediate nervous system electrical response to sensory input; may result from natural, electrical, or chemical stimulation of sensory or motor neurons; used to study neurophysiological phenomena or in clinical diagnosis.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Electrical responses recorded from nerve, muscle, SENSORY RECEPTOR, or area of the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM following stimulation. They range from less than a microvolt to several microvolts. The evoked potential can be auditory (EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY), somatosensory (EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY), visual (EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL), or motor (EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR), or other modalities that have been reported.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
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