TY - JOUR
T1 - Pearl and pitfalls in brain functional analysis by event-related potentials
T2 - a narrative review by the Italian Psychophysiology and Cognitive Neuroscience Society on methodological limits and clinical reliability—part II
AU - de Tommaso, Marina
AU - Betti, Viviana
AU - Bocci, Tommaso
AU - Bolognini, Nadia
AU - Di Russo, Francesco
AU - Fattapposta, Francesco
AU - Ferri, Raffaele
AU - Invitto, Sara
AU - Koch, Giacomo
AU - Miniussi, Carlo
AU - Piccione, Francesco
AU - Ragazzoni, Aldo
AU - Sartucci, Ferdinando
AU - Rossi, Simone
AU - Valeriani, Massimiliano
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, Fondazione Società Italiana di Neurologia.
PY - 2020/12
Y1 - 2020/12
N2 - This review focuses on new and/or less standardized event-related potentials methods, in order to improve their knowledge for future clinical applications. The olfactory event-related potentials (OERPs) assess the olfactory functions in time domain, with potential utility in anosmia and degenerative diseases. The transcranial magnetic stimulation-electroencephalography (TMS-EEG) could support the investigation of the intracerebral connections with very high temporal discrimination. Its application in the diagnosis of disorders of consciousness has achieved recent confirmation. Magnetoencephalography (MEG) and event-related fields (ERF) could improve spatial accuracy of scalp signals, with potential large application in pre-surgical study of epileptic patients. Although these techniques have methodological limits, such as high inter- and intraindividual variability and high costs, their diffusion among researchers and clinicians is hopeful, pending their standardization.
AB - This review focuses on new and/or less standardized event-related potentials methods, in order to improve their knowledge for future clinical applications. The olfactory event-related potentials (OERPs) assess the olfactory functions in time domain, with potential utility in anosmia and degenerative diseases. The transcranial magnetic stimulation-electroencephalography (TMS-EEG) could support the investigation of the intracerebral connections with very high temporal discrimination. Its application in the diagnosis of disorders of consciousness has achieved recent confirmation. Magnetoencephalography (MEG) and event-related fields (ERF) could improve spatial accuracy of scalp signals, with potential large application in pre-surgical study of epileptic patients. Although these techniques have methodological limits, such as high inter- and intraindividual variability and high costs, their diffusion among researchers and clinicians is hopeful, pending their standardization.
KW - Clinical application
KW - Event-related fields
KW - Event-related potentials
KW - Limits
KW - Magnetoencephalography
KW - Olfactory-evoked potentials
KW - Reliability
KW - TMS-EEG
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85088123532&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s10072-020-04527-x
DO - 10.1007/s10072-020-04527-x
M3 - Review article
C2 - 32683566
AN - SCOPUS:85088123532
SN - 1590-1874
VL - 41
SP - 3503
EP - 3515
JO - Neurological Sciences
JF - Neurological Sciences
IS - 12
ER -