OBJECTIVE To present a new stimulation method based on the use of a head-mounted display (HMD) during pattern reversal visual evoked potential (PR-VEP) testing and to compare variables of HMD to those of conventional cathode ray tube (CRT). METHODS Twenty-three normal subjects without visual problems were recruited. PR-VEPs were generated using CRT or HMD stimuli. VEP outcome measures include...

INTRODUCTION Multiple sclerosis is an idiopathic demyelinating disease that may affect the optic nerve leading to acute unilateral visual loss, which could be observed by means of evoked visual potential (VEP). This exam is much valued for studying prechiasmatic visual paths in multiple sclerosis. PURPOSE To analyze the findings of pattern reversal VEP in patients with prior diagnosis of mult...

Early visual evoked potentials (VEPs) measured in humans have recently been observed to be modulated by the image statistics of natural scene imagery. Specifically, the early VEP is dominated by a strong positivity when participants view minimally complex natural scene imagery, with the magnitude of that component being modulated by luminance contrast differences across spatial frequency (i.e.,...

PURPOSE There is evidence that multifocal visual evoked potentials (VEPs) can be used as an objective tool to detect visual field loss. The aim of this study was to correlate multifocal VEP amplitudes with standard perimetry data and retinal nerve fibre layer (RNFL) thickness. METHOD Multifocal VEP recordings were performed with a four-channel electrode array using 58 stimulus fields (pattern...

PURPOSE Temporal properties such as the peak latency of pattern-reversal (PR) visual evoked potentials (VEPs) have been found to be a sensitive indicator of visual development. Latency can be assessed from the slope of a plot of phase against temporal frequency (TF) for steady state VEP measurements as well as from the transient P1 peak. This study aimed to discover whether the two methods prov...

We congratulate Dr. Azarmina and colleagues on their study investigating the latency of visual evoked potentials (VEPs) among healthy females during and after menstruation.1 The authors found significantly increased latencies in pattern and flash VEP in their subjects. Their findings are particularly remarkable since the mean latency of the P100 wave was increased by approximately 20 ms (mean i...

KEY POINTS Short-term monocular deprivation in adult humans produces a perceptual boost of the deprived eye reflecting homeostatic plasticity. Visual evoked potentials (VEPs) to transient stimuli change after 150 min of monocular deprivation in adult humans. The amplitude of the C1 component of the VEP at a latency of about 100 ms increases for the deprived eye and decreases for the non-deprive...

Visual Evoked Potentials (VEPs) are evoked potentials generated in response to visual stimuli. The flash VEP (FVEP) is used less frequently than pattern-reversal VEP (PR-VEP) because; it shows great variations in both latency and amplitude in normal subjects. The advantage of FVEP is its feasibility in non-cooperative subjects, which circumvents the major limitation of PR-VEP. The present study...

PURPOSE To investigate multifocal visual evoked potentials (mfVEP) of the amblyopic and fellow eye in amblyopia due to anisometropia. METHODS We recorded mfVEP in both eyes of 15 anisometropic amblyopic patients and 15 normal control subjects. The responses from the central 7.0 degrees arc of the visual field were measured, and changes in latency and amplitude were compared between the amblyo...

It is well known that pattern reversal visual evoked potentials (VEPs) are age-sensitive. Through the use of this technique, it is possible to assess both of the major visual pathways (i.e., the magnocellular and parvocellular ones) in terms of function and development. What developmental path these pathways follow, and if they develop/age in parallel across the human lifespan is a matter of on...