Tractography-based navigated TMS language mapping protocol [PDF]
Frontiers in Oncology, 2022 IntroductionThis study explores the feasibility of implementing a tractography-based navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation (nTMS) language mapping protocol targeting cortical terminations of the arcuate fasciculus (AF).
Klara Reisch +8 more
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A New Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Localizer for Preoperative Language Mapping Using a Sentence Completion Task: Validity, Choice of Baseline Condition, and Test–Retest Reliability [PDF]
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2022 To avoid post-neurosurgical language deficits, intraoperative mapping of the language function in the brain can be complemented with preoperative mapping with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).
Kirill Elin +7 more
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Electrical Cortical Stimulation for Language Mapping in Epilepsy Surgery—A Systematic Review [PDF]
Brain SciencesBackground: Language mapping is a critical component of epilepsy surgery, as postoperative language deficits can significantly impact patients’ quality of life.
Honglin Zhu +6 more
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Improving specificity of stimulation-based language mapping in stuttering glioma patients: A mixed methods serial case study [PDF]
Heliyon, 2023 Objective: Stimulation-based language mapping relies on identifying stimulation-induced language disruptions, which preexisting speech disorders affecting the laryngeal and orofacial speech system can confound.
Leonie Kram +5 more
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Intraoperative Techniques for Language Mapping in Brain Surgery: A Comparison Between Direct Electrical Stimulation (DES) and Electrocorticography (ECoG) [PDF]
Brain and BehaviorPurpose The purpose of this overview is to compare Direct Electrical Stimulation (DES) and Electrocorticography (ECoG) techniques, assessing their respective strengths, limitations, and roles in ensuring successful language mapping during awake brain ...
Patricia Silva deCamargo +3 more
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The Efficacy of Intraoperative Passive Language Mapping for Glioma Surgery: A Case Report [PDF]
Frontiers in Neurology, 2021 Background: Recently, electrocorticographic (ECoG) studies have emphasized the importance of gamma band-based functional mapping in the presurgical localization of the eloquent cortex.
Kohei Kanaya +4 more
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Pediatric awake epilepsy surgery: Intraoperative language mapping utilizing digital video gaming and electrocorticography [PDF]
Epilepsy & Behavior Reports, 2022 Intraoperative functional language mapping is vital to minimize the risks associated with surgical removal of the seizure onset zone in selected patients with epilepsy.
Faisal Alotaibi +4 more
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Factors Modifying the Amount of Neuroanatomical Overlap between Languages in Bilinguals—A Systematic Review of Neurosurgical Language Mapping Studies [PDF]
Brain Sciences, 2020 Neurosurgery on individuals with lesions around language areas becomes even more complicated when the patient is bilingual. It is thus important to understand the principles that predict the likelihood of convergent versus separate neuroanatomical ...
Monika M. Połczyńska +1 more
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The role of resting-state functional MRI for clinical preoperative language mapping [PDF]
Cancer Imaging, 2020 Background Task-based functional MRI (tb-fMRI) is a well-established technique used to identify eloquent cortex, but has limitations, particularly in cognitively impaired patients who cannot perform language paradigms.
Vinodh A. Kumar +13 more
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Intraoperative mapping of expressive language cortex using passive real-time electrocorticography
Epilepsy and Behavior Case Reports, 2016 In this case report, we investigated the utility and practicality of passive intraoperative functional mapping of expressive language cortex using high-resolution electrocorticography (ECoG).
AmiLyn M. Taplin +7 more
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