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There has been an increasing clinical demand to assess the function and integrity of thalamocortical (th-cx) circuitries very early in life in preterm babies. The conventional somatosensory evoked potential (SEP) paradigm has failed, mainly due to its inability to adapt to the specific properties of the early developing th-cx circuitry. Based on the anatomical and physiological knowledge from experimental studies, a paradigm has been introduced to enable bedside testing of somatosensory mechanisms as early as before 30th week after conception. This may open a novel way of early identification of patients at developmental risks.
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Vanhatalo, S. (2010). Early Development of Sensory Systems in Prematurely Born Babies. In: Supek, S., Sušac, A. (eds) 17th International Conference on Biomagnetism Advances in Biomagnetism – Biomag2010. IFMBE Proceedings, vol 28. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12197-5_53
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