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 levelPresurgical 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
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