Visual Evoked Potentials in Rett Syndrome

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-29-10-7

Visual Evoked Potentials in Rett Syndrome

Pediatr Neurol Briefs. 2015 Oct;29(10):80. doi: 10.15844/pedneurbriefs-29-10-7.

Author

J Gordon Millichap¹

Affiliation

¹ Division of Neurology, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL; Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL.

Abstract

Investigators from the Boston Children's Hospital recorded pattern-reversal visual evoked potentials (VEPs) in Mecp2 heterozygous female mice and in 34 girls with Rett syndrome (RTT).

Keywords: Cortical Processing Deficits; MECP2 Gene; Rett Syndrome; VEP.