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Auditory event related potentials in patients with epilepsy on sodium valproate monotherapy
Author(s) -
Panagopoulos G. R.,
Thomaides T.,
Tagaris G.,
Karageorgiou C. L.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
acta neurologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.967
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1600-0404
pISSN - 0001-6314
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1997.tb00240.x
Subject(s) - carbamazepine , epilepsy , event related potential , valproic acid , latency (audio) , anticonvulsant , electroencephalography , audiology , psychology , medicine , generalized epilepsy , anesthesia , neuroscience , electrical engineering , engineering
Objectives ‐ The effects of antiepileptic drugs on event related potentials (ERPs) have been studied, but with contradictory results. In this study we examine the effect of sodium valproate (VPA) on ERPs in patients with epilepsy. Material and methods ‐ Auditory event related potentials were recorded in 40 patients with idiopathic generalized epilepsy, 20 on monotherapy with sodium valproate (VPA), 20 on monotherapy with carbamazepine and 20 age and sex matched controls. All subjects performed a simple auditory discrimination task in which a target tone was presented on 20% of the trials. Results ‐ Mean P3 latency of the VPA group was significantly prolonged but not in carbamazepine group and healthy controls. Conclusion ‐ We conclude that VPA monotherapy has an effect on P300 latency in patients with epilepsy. This difference might be attributed to effects of troatmeni with VPA and mav clarifv in the future the mechanism of P300.