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Sato, Yosuke; Oishi, Makoto; Fukuda, Masafumi; Fujii, Yukihiko – Brain and Language, 2012
We applied near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) and electrocorticography (ECoG) recordings during cortical stimulation to a temporal lobe epilepsy patient who underwent subdural electrode implantation. Using NIRS, changes in blood concentrations of oxyhemoglobin (HbO[subscript 2]) and deoxyhemoglobin (HbR) during cortical stimulation of the left…
Descriptors: Metabolism, Spectroscopy, Cognitive Processes, Brain Hemisphere Functions
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Gallagher, Anne; Beland, Renee; Lassonde, Maryse – Brain and Language, 2012
Before performing neurosurgery, an exhaustive presurgical assessment is required, usually including an investigation of language cerebral lateralization. Among the available procedures, the intracarotid amobarbital test (IAT) was formerly the most widely used. However, this procedure has many limitations: it is invasive and potentially traumatic,…
Descriptors: Epilepsy, Spectroscopy, Neurology, Receptive Language