Pattern reversal visual evoked potential using checkerboard stimulus in adult domestic cats/Potencial visual evocado por padrao reverso com tabuleiro de xadrez em gatos domesticos adultos

• Published in: Ciência rural 2015-05, p.842
• Main Authors: Ferreira, Nathalia Veronica Carneiro, Souza, Elton Hugo Lima da Silva, da Silva, Jessica Karla Alves, da Silva, Valdir Luna, de Souza, Bruno Oliveira Ferreira, de Sa, Fabricio Bezerra
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• ISSN: 0103-8478
• DOI: 10.1590/0103-8478cr20140075

The pattern reversal visual evoked potential (PRVEP) is an objective method, stablished for noninvasive functional investigations. This research aimed to obtain data from the PRVEP with checkerboard in adult domestic cats and the influence of different visual angles on the peak latency and implicit time of waves N75 and P100. It was used 13 adult cats (2-4 years old), of both sexes. Each animal was positioned 100 cm away from a video monitor located at 17.2°. The stimulus generated for the formation of wave VEPs was "square" with the frequency of 6Hz, presented in five spatial frequencies (16', 32', 64', 130' and 260' of arc). Mean values of implicit times (ms) and amplitudes (µvolts) of P100 were not statistically different and were not correlated (r=0.067). With the change in size of the angle of stimulus presented, the peak implicit time and amplitude of P100 showed a slight variation. At 32' of arc amplitude of P100 reached its peak with 14,94 ± 1,13 µV (mean ± SEM). N75 showed no variation in amplitude. With 16' of arc the implicit time N75 decreased and no correlation with amplitude values was observed (r=0,26). The visual angle that triggered higher peak amplitude and implicit time constant for P100, was 32' of arc. In adult cats, PR-VEP can be obtained without mydriatic and sedatives, with stimuli subtending angles between large as 64' and small as 16'.