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18.07.2020 | Review Article
Pearl and pitfalls in brain functional analysis by event-related potentials: a narrative review by the Italian Psychophysiology and Cognitive Neuroscience Society on methodological limits and clinical reliability—part II
verfasst von:
Marina de Tommaso, Viviana Betti, Tommaso Bocci, Nadia Bolognini, Francesco Di Russo, Francesco Fattapposta, Raffaele Ferri, Sara Invitto, Giacomo Koch, Carlo Miniussi, Francesco Piccione, Aldo Ragazzoni, Ferdinando Sartucci, Simone Rossi, Massimiliano Valeriani
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Neurological Sciences
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Ausgabe 12/2020
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Abstract
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.