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ArticleDocumenta ophthalmologica. Advances in ophthalmology2019

Semi-invasive and non-invasive recording of visual evoked potentials in mice.

Silvia Marenna, Valerio Castoldi, Raffaele d'Isa, Cursi Marco, Giancarlo Comi, Letizia Leocani

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Article in Documenta ophthalmologica. Advances in ophthalmology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Silvia MarennaUniversity Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Via Olgettina 60, 20132, Milan, Italy.
Valerio CastoldiDepartment of Neurology, Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), IRCCS-San Raffaele Hospital, Via Olgettina 60, 20132, Milan, Italy.
Raffaele d'IsaDepartment of Neurology, Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), IRCCS-San Raffaele Hospital, Via Olgettina 60, 20132, Milan, Italy.
Cursi MarcoDepartment of Neurology, Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), IRCCS-San Raffaele Hospital, Via Olgettina 60, 20132, Milan, Italy.
Giancarlo ComiUniversity Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Via Olgettina 60, 20132, Milan, Italy.
Letizia LeocaniUniversity Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Via Olgettina 60, 20132, Milan, Italy. letizia.leocani@hsr.it.
Vita-Salute San Raffaele University · ITIstituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeVisual evoked potentials (VEPs) are used to assess visual function in preclinical models of neurodegenerative diseases. VEP recording with epidural screw electrodes is a common method to study visual function in rodents, despite being an invasive procedure that can damage the tissue under the skull. The present study was performed to test a semi-invasive (epicranial) and a non-invasive (epidermal) VEP recording technique, comparing them with the classic epidural acquisition method.

methodsFlash VEPs were recorded from C57BL/6 mice on three separate days within 2 weeks. Waveforms, latencies and amplitudes of the components were compared between the three different methods, utilizing coefficient of repeatability, coefficient of variation and intersession standard deviation to evaluate reproducibility.

resultsWhile epidural electrodes succeeded in recording two negative peaks (N1 and N2), epicranial and epidermal electrodes recorded a single peak (N1). Statistical indexes showed a comparable reproducibility between the three techniques, with a greater stability of N1 latency recorded through epicranial electrodes. Moreover, N1 amplitudes recorded with the new less-invasive methods were more reproducible compared to the invasive gold-standard technique.

conclusionsThese results demonstrate the reliability of semi- and non-invasive VEP recordings, which can be useful to evaluate murine models of neurological diseases.

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AnimalsElectrodesElectroretinographyEpidermisEvoked Potentials, VisualFemaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLPhotic StimulationReproducibility of ResultsVisual PathwaysAnimal welfareEpicranial electrodeEpidermal electrodeEpidural electrodeFlash visual evoked potentialsNon-invasive electrophysiology

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