Intra-operative detection of motor pathways using a simple electrode provides safe brain tumor surgery

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1106-1110

  Yamaguchi, Fumio ^a   Takahashi, Hiroshi ^b   Teramoto, Akira ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL MUSASHI KOSUGI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain mapping; Glioma; Pyramidal tract; Subcortical electrical stimulation; Subcortical fibers

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOTOR SYSTEM; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SAFETY; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NEURONS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS;

EID: 35348827337     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2006.12.013     Document Type: Article

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