A method to map the visual cortex during an awake craniotomy: Technical note

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 922-926

  Nguyen, Ha Son ^a   Sundaram, Seema Vishnu ^a   Mosier, Kristine M ^a   Cohen Gadol, Aaron A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Awake craniotomy; Brain stimulation; Brain tumor; Cortical mapping; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; TEMOZOLOMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; AWAKE CRANIOTOMY; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN MAPPING; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CRANIOTOMY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEADACHE; HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; MALE; NEURONAVIGATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANDRANTANOPSIA; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADULT; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CRANIOTOMY; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEMIANOPSIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELDS; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 79953673274     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.11.JNS101293     Document Type: Article

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