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
1995
Functional magnetic resonance imaging of sensory and motor cortex: comparison with electrophysiological localization.
Puce A, Constable R, Luby M, McCarthy G, Nobre A, Spencer D, Gore J, Allison T. Functional magnetic resonance imaging of sensory and motor cortex: comparison with electrophysiological localization. Journal Of Neurosurgery 1995, 83: 262-70. PMID: 7616272, DOI: 10.3171/jns.1995.83.2.0262.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSensorimotor cortexFunctional magnetic resonance imagingMagnetic resonance imagingFunctional MR imagingMotor cortexElectrical stimulationResonance imagingMR imagingUseful noninvasive methodSensory tasksRefractory seizuresMedian nerveAxial gradient echo imagesNormal subjectsSensorimotor areasElectrophysiological localizationFunctional assessmentPrimary sensoryCentral sulcusThenar regionCortexMotor tasksNoninvasive methodGradient-echo imagesPatients