The neurobiology of language and verbal memory: Observations from awake neurosurgery

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 141-146

  Ojemann, George A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Awake neurosurgery; Stimulation mapping; Verbal memory

Indexed keywords

APTITUDE; AUDITORY MEMORY; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL POPULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDITIONING; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GENDER; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MICROELECTRODE; NERVE CELL; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; PARIETAL LOBE; PERCEPTION; READING; RECORDING; SEMANTICS; SUPRASYLVIAN GYRUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL MEMORY; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0037846388     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8760(03)00051-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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