Figure 4
From: Changes of medium-latency SEP-components following peripheral nerve lesion
Hypothetical explanation for changes of SEP-components. Schematic illustration of SEP-component generation in area 3b with an intact (A, B) and a lesioned (C) neighbouring hand nerve (R = radial nerve afference; M = median nerve afference). 4A The cortical recipients of radial nerve afference generate N20. Thalamo-cortical excitation spreads to the cortical representants of the neighbouring median nerve, which generate N35. 4B Threshold co-activation of the median nerve enhances selectively N35. 4C Inactivity due to nerve lesion makes the cortical representants of the lesioned nerve less excitable. Radial afference fails to co-activate cortical median neurons to generate N35.