2017
Improving language mapping in clinical fMRI through assessment of grammar
Połczyńska M, Japardi K, Curtiss S, Moody T, Benjamin C, Cho A, Vigil C, Kuhn T, Jones M, Bookheimer S. Improving language mapping in clinical fMRI through assessment of grammar. NeuroImage Clinical 2017, 15: 415-427. PMID: 28616382, PMCID: PMC5458087, DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2017.05.021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPre-operative fMRIIntraoperative cortical stimulationLeft hemisphereGood predictive valueHemisphere language dominanceLanguage-dominant hemisphereFunctional magnetic resonanceSurgical candidatesCortical stimulationFMRI testingBrain tumorsDominant hemisphereClinical fMRIPredictive valueBrain surgeryPatientsLanguage mappingStandard testsFMRI activationFMRI protocolFMRI testsRight hemisphereGrammar testRobust activationGroup level
2016
Language system organization in a quadrilingual with a brain tumor: Implications for understanding of the language network
Połczyńska MM, Benjamin CF, Japardi K, Frew A, Bookheimer SY. Language system organization in a quadrilingual with a brain tumor: Implications for understanding of the language network. Neuropsychologia 2016, 86: 167-175. PMID: 27143224, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2016.04.030.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLanguage mappingPre-operative functional magnetic resonance imagingLanguage-specific regionsFunctional magnetic resonance imagingAge of acquisitionIntraoperative language mappingAmount of exposureMultilingual speakersSecond languageFourth languageMultilingual individualsFrontal brain tumorLanguage similarityLanguage systemNeurocognitive modelsLanguageLanguage networkAge 5Different organizationsSpeakersMagnetic resonance imagingResonance imagingImpairmentSystem organizationOrganization