Common brain injury terms

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Evoked potentials

Electrical responses of the brain to stimulation, recorded from the scalp.

Somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEPs)

Electrical responses of the brain recorded from the scalp following stimulation of nerves in the limbs. Failure to obtain SSEPs in someone in coma following an anoxic brain injury is associated with a poor outcome.