Intraoperative cortico-subcortical stimulations in surgery of low-grade gliomas

Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 473-485

  Duffau, Hugues ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Anatomofunctional connectivity; Brain mapping; Cerebral plasticity; Direct cortical electrostimulation; Intraoperative subcortical stimulation; Low grade glioma; Tumor surgery

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN REGION; CANCER GRADING; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER SURGERY; COGNITION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GLIOMA; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LANGUAGE; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MOTOR SYSTEM; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PEROPERATIVE CARE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; VISUAL SYSTEM;

BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE;

EID: 22544466129     PISSN: 14737175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14737175.5.4.473     Document Type: Review

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