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The effects of low pass filtering on the brainstem auditory evoked potential (BAEP) were studied in the adult male rat. The bandpass of the recording system was progressively widened while the cut-off frequency of the high pass filter remained constant at 3.2 Hz. When the high frequency cut-off was 320 Hz or less, the principal waveform recorded in response to a click stimulus was a slow positive-negative complex. As the high frequency setting was raised from 800 Hz to 3.2 kHz, the slow components of the brainstem were replaced by four fast BAEP waves (I, II, III and IV). As the bandpass widened there was an increase in amplitude and a decrease in the absolute latency of all four fast waves in the order of 0.1 ms although the wave I–IV interpeak latency remained unaffected. The results confirm that the high frequency components of the BAEP are underlain by a slow positivity of uncertain origin followed by a slow negativity which probably arises within the inferior colliculus.
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This study was supported by the Medical Research Council of New Zealand
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Shaw, N.A. Effects of low pass filtering on the brainstem auditory evoked potential in the rat. Exp Brain Res 65, 686–690 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00235994
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