Title: evoked potential
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - evoked potential
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.11762
Status: current

Definition
Electrical potential that is triggered by presentation of a stimulus (somatosensory, auditory, visual) and measured with electrodes near the nerve or near the brain region in which the signal is processed.

Note
Speed, amplitude and location of the evoked potential provide information about the intactness of the response.

Related Terms
- brain: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/11647
- nerve: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/11909

Source
- PAC, 2015, 87, 841. 'IUPAC Glossary of terms used in neurotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2015)' on page 866 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2015-0103)

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Citation: Citation: 'evoked potential' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.11762
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