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
Presurgical language fMRI: Mapping of six critical regions
Benjamin CF, Walshaw PD, Hale K, Gaillard WD, Baxter LC, Berl MM, Polczynska M, Noble S, Alkawadri R, Hirsch LJ, Constable RT, Bookheimer SY. Presurgical language fMRI: Mapping of six critical regions. Human Brain Mapping 2017, 38: 4239-4255. PMID: 28544168, PMCID: PMC5518223, DOI: 10.1002/hbm.23661.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLanguage lateralityWernicke's areaLanguage regionsBasal temporal language areaHum Brain MappTemporal language areaTumor patientsLanguage cortexIndependent cliniciansClinical fMRIExperienced cliniciansCliniciansLanguage mappingLanguage-critical areasSpeech areasAngular gyrusExner's areaLateralityFMRI taskBroca's areaBlind reviewNeurosurgical planningLanguage areasClinical neuropsychologistsFMRI data