Is the human left middle longitudinal fascicle essential for language? A brain electrostimulation study

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 962-973

  De Witt Hamer, Philip C ^a   Moritz Gasser, Sylvie ^b   Gatignol, Peggy ^c   Duffau, Hugues ^b,d  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b GUI DE CHAULIAC HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Brain mapping; Connectivity; Electrostimulation; Language; Middle longitudinal fascicle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN MAPPING; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GLIOMA; HUMAN; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MEDIAL LONGITUDINAL BUNDLE; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; SUBCORTEX; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS;

ADULT; APHASIA; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GLIOMA; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 79955713124     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.21082     Document Type: Article

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