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. 1980 Sep;43(9):849–852. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.43.9.849

Effects of induced hyperthermia on visual evoked potentials and saccade parameters in normal subjects and multiple sclerosis patients.

S Bajada, F L Mastaglia, J L Black, D W Collins
PMCID: PMC490679  PMID: 7420109

Abstract

A convenient method for raising body temperature has been developed and used to evaluate temperature effects on visual evoked potentials and saccade reaction time and velocity in five normal subjects and five patients with multiple sclerosis.

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