New insights into the functional significance of the frontal aslant tract: An anatomo-functional study using intraoperative electrical stimulations combined with diffusion tensor imaging-based fiber tracking

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 685-687

  Vassal, François ^a,b   Boutet, Claire ^a   Lemaire, Jean Jacques ^b,c   Nuti, Christophe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SAINT ETIENNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^c SERVICE DE RHUMATOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

Broca's area; Diffusion tensor imaging; Frontal aslant tract; Intraoperative stimulation mapping; Language; Supplementary motor area

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CASE REPORT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; SPEECH; SURGERY; WAKEFULNESS;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; SPEECH; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 84906886390     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02688697.2014.889810     Document Type: Article

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