2021
Tumor location and reduction in functional MRI estimates of language laterality
Połczyńska MM, Beck L, Kuhn T, Benjamin CF, Ly TK, Japardi K, Cavanagh L, Bookheimer SY. Tumor location and reduction in functional MRI estimates of language laterality. Journal Of Neurosurgery 2021, 135: 1674-1684. PMID: 33799298, PMCID: PMC8909357, DOI: 10.3171/2020.9.jns202036.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRight hemisphere tumorsAnterior tumorsHemisphere tumorsLaterality indexLanguage lateralityBroca's areaFMRI laterality indicesLeft hemisphere tumorsPosterior ROIsWhole-brain levelPosterior tumorsTumor locationTumor resectionPreoperative fMRIInferior frontal gyrusTumor groupLanguage cortexBrain tumorsPatientsNumerous confoundersTumor hemisphereConfoundersRegion of interestLeft inferior frontal gyrusTumors
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