2009
Language lateralization in epilepsy patients: fMRI validated with the Wada procedure
Arora J, Pugh K, Westerveld M, Spencer S, Spencer DD, Constable R. Language lateralization in epilepsy patients: fMRI validated with the Wada procedure. Epilepsia 2009, 50: 2225-2241. PMID: 19490042, DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2009.02136.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFunctional magnetic resonance imagingVerbal fluency taskWada procedureSentence comprehensionFluency taskLaterality scoresLanguage lateralizationLaterality indexAuditory sentence comprehensionFMRI language mappingAuditory taskReading taskConjunction analysisHemispheric dominanceLateralization scoresFMRI laterality indicesLanguage mappingWada testingMidline regionWada testLateralizationSpecific patient examplesQuantifying activationTaskComprehension
2001
Functional MRI of Language Processing: Dependence on Input Modality and Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
Carpentier A, Pugh K, Westerveld M, Studholme C, Skrinjar O, Thompson J, Spencer D, Constable R. Functional MRI of Language Processing: Dependence on Input Modality and Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. Epilepsia 2001, 42: 1241-1254. PMID: 11737158, DOI: 10.1046/j.1528-1157.2001.35500.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFunctional magnetic resonance imagingAuditory language taskLanguage tasksLanguage processingTask presentationLateralization scoresLanguage comprehension taskVisual language taskModality-specific areasInput modalitiesDifferent input modalitiesMagnetic resonance imagingTemporal lobe epilepsy patientsFMRI resultsBA 44FMRI findingsAuditory inputBroca's areaLanguage areasNeuropsychological testingVisual inputFMRI dataWada testingLanguage localizationAbstract dimensions