1Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, Mayo Institute of Medical sciences, Barabanki
2Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, Meenakshi Medical College & RI, Kanchipuram
3Professor, Department of Physiology, Chatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical College, Lucknow
4Professor & HOD, Department of Physiology, Chatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical College, Lucknow
*Corresponding author: Nitesh Mishra, Assistant Professor, Meenakshi Medical College & RI, Kanchipuram. Email: nitesh_rbl@rediffmail.com
Online published on 1 February, 2016.
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) is an acute, frequently severe and fulminant polyradicular neuropathy that is autoimmune in nature. GBS manifest as rapidly evolving areflexic motor paralysis with or without sensory disturbances. It mainly involves peripheral nervous system and autonomic nervous system. There are rare evidences about the involvement of central nervous system (CNS) in GBS.
The main objective of the study was to assess the CNS involvement in GBS using the Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potential (BAEP).
The study was conducted in the clinical neurophysiology lab in the department of physiology, CSMMU Lucknow. Study group involved 26 subjects (n=26) having GBS and control group involved 30 normal subjects (n=30). BAEPS were recorded by Neuroperfect-EMG 2000 EMG/NCV/EPsytem. The data so obtained were subjected to analysis using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) Version 13.0.
There was significant increase in PIII & PV peak latencies and PI-PIII & PI-PV interpeak latencies in both left and right ear in the study group, which showed the CNS involvement in GBS which can be assessed using BAEP.
Guillain-Barré Syndrome, Central Nervous System, Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potential
