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APPLICATION OF EVENT-RELATED SLOW BRAIN POTENTIALS IN OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE
Citation:
Otto, D. APPLICATION OF EVENT-RELATED SLOW BRAIN POTENTIALS IN OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/D-83/106 (NTIS PB83250365), 1983.
Description:
Workers exposed to solvents, pesticides, heavy metals and other neurotoxic chemicals frequently exhibit symptoms of mental confusion, impaired attention, and memory loss. These symptoms suggest the impairment of several aspects of cognitive function that can be assessed readily by noninvasive electrophysiological tests. Event-related slow potentials (ERSPs) of the brain constitute a family of scalp-recorded electrophysiological measures of cognitive and/or motor function. Applications of CNV, P300 and other ERSPs, as well as criteria for the selection and evaluation of neurotoxicity tests, in occupational health assessment are discussed.