The difference between electroencephalography and evoked potentials is that evoked potentials
a. record electrical and muscle activity.
b. monitor cerebral blood flow velocity.
c. record impulses generated by sensory stimuli.
d. cannot be used in the assessment of spinal cord injury.
C
Evoked potentials involve the recording of electrical impulses generated by a sensory stimulus as it travels through the brainstem and into the cerebral cortex.
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