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Language recovery after epilepsy surgery of the Broca's area

Epilepsy and Behavior Case Reports, 2018
Epilepsy surgery is indicated in select patients with drug-resistant focal epilepsy. Seizure freedom or significant reduction of seizure burden without risking new neurological deficits is the expected goal of epilepsy surgery.
Lilit Mnatsakanyan, Sumeet Vadera, Christopher W. Ingalls, Jie Zheng, Mona Sazgar, Frank P. Hsu, Jack J. Lin   +6 more
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Focal Cortical Resection and Hippocampectomy in a Cat With Drug-Resistant Structural Epilepsy

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021
Epilepsy surgery is a common therapeutic option in humans with drug-resistant epilepsy. However, there are few reports of intracranial epilepsy surgery for naturally occurring epilepsy in veterinary medicine.
Daisuke Hasegawa, Daisuke Hasegawa, Rikako Asada, Yuji Hamamoto, Yoshihiko Yu, Takayuki Kuwabara, Shunta Mizoguchi, James K. Chambers, Kazuyuki Uchida   +8 more
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Uncovering the fast, directional signal flow through the human temporal pole during semantic processing

Scientific Reports, 2023
The temporal pole (TP) plays a central role in semantic memory, yet its neural machinery is unknown. Intracerebral recordings in patients discriminating visually the gender or actions of an actor, yielded gender discrimination responses in the ...
P. Tiesinga, A. Platonov, V. Pelliccia, G. LoRusso, I. Sartori, G. A. Orban   +5 more
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Aggressive cytoreduction and multiple subpial cortical transections may obtain good surgical outcomes in refractory epilepsy with multiple epileptic foci

Biomedical Journal, 2021
Backgrounds: Epilepsy surgery is the most efficacious therapeutic modality for patients with medical refractory epilepsy, especially resective surgery. However, the variable etiologies and multiple epileptic foci are usually associated with the outcomes.
Hsiang-Yao Hsieh, Chun-Wei Chang, Mei-Yun Cheng, Jiun-Lin Yan, Siew-Na Lim, Wei-En Johnny Tseng, Hsing-I. Chiang, Han-Tao Li, Bao-Luen Chang, Chih-Hong Lee, Chih Yin Lin, Tony Wu, Chen-Nen Chang   +12 more
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Preoperative amygdala fMRI in temporal lobe epilepsy [PDF]

, 2009
Purpose: Anterior temporal lobe resections (ATLR) benefit 70% of patients with refractory mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), but may be complicated by emotional disturbances.
Silvia B. Bonelli, Mahinda Yogarajah, Matthias J. Koepp, John S. Duncan, Mark R. Symms, Koepp, M.J., Robert Powell, Powell, R., Thompson, P. J., Duncan, J.S., Symms, M.R., Bonelli, S.B., Yogarajah, M., Pamela J. Thompson   +13 more
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National Epilepsy Surgery Support Activity

Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2014
While there are over one million people with drug-resistant epilepsy in India, today, there are only a handful of centers equipped to undertake presurgical evaluation and epilepsy surgery.
K Radhakrishnan, Chaturbhuj Rathore, Malla Bhaskara Rao   +2 more
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Insular Involvement in Cases of Epilepsy Surgery Failure

Brain Sciences, 2022
Background: Epilepsy surgery failure is not uncommon, with several explanations having been proposed. In this series, we detail cases of epilepsy surgery failure subsequently attributed to insular involvement.
Jimmy Li, Sandra Reiter-Campeau, Dina Namiranian, Dènahin Hinnoutondji Toffa, Alain Bouthillier, François Dubeau, Dang Khoa Nguyen   +6 more
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Subjective Experiences of Epilepsy Surgery in Adults [PDF]

, 2015
This chapter reviews the limited literature on patients’ subjective expectations and experiences of epilepsy surgery. Patients with drug-resistant epilepsy have widespread fears and misconceptions about epilepsy surgery and often see it as a “last resort.
Anneli Ozanne, Wilson, S. J., Ozanne, Anneli,, Malmgren, Kristina,, Kristina Malmgren, Sarah J. Wilson   +5 more
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Frequency of Mortality and Sudden Unexpected Death in Patients with Uncontrolled Epilepsy Underwent Epilepsy Surgery in Kashani Hospital, Isfahan, Iran, during the Years 2007 to 2017

مجله دانشکده پزشکی اصفهان, 2018
Background: Epilepsy is one of the most prevalent neurologic disorders in all ages. Epilepsy surgery is widely prescribed for patients with refractory epilepsy, and can control seizure episodes.
Jafar Mehvari-Habibabadi, Houshang Moein, Mohammad Zare, Seyed Navid Naghibi, Nasim Fazeli   +4 more
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Age of epilepsy onset as modulating factor for naming deficit after epilepsy surgery: a voxel-based lesion-symptom mapping study

Scientific Reports, 2023
Age at onset of epilepsy is an important predictor of deterioration in naming ability following epilepsy surgery. In 141 patients with left hemispheric epilepsy and language dominance who received epilepsy surgery at the Epilepsy Centre Erlangen, naming ...
Caroline Reindl, Katrin Walther, Anna-Lena Allgäuer, Johannes D. Lang, Tamara M. Welte, Jenny Stritzelberger, Stephanie Gollwitzer, Michael Schwarz, Regina Trollmann, Dominik Madzar, Michael Knott, Arnd Doerfler, Frank Seifert, Karl Rössler, Sebastian Brandner, Stefan Rampp, Stefan Schwab, Hajo M. Hamer   +17 more
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