2021
Electrical cortical stimulation can impair production of the alphabet without impairing counting
Rojas PH, Sivaraju A, Quraishi IH, Vanderlind M, Rofes A, Połczynska-Bletsos MM, Spencer DD, Hirsch LJ, Benjamin CFA. Electrical cortical stimulation can impair production of the alphabet without impairing counting. Epilepsy & Behavior Reports 2021, 15: 100433. PMID: 33778464, PMCID: PMC7985277, DOI: 10.1016/j.ebr.2021.100433.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical NotesElectrical stimulation mappingCortical electrical stimulation mappingDrug-resistant focal epilepsyPatient experienced lossDrug-resistant epilepsyElectrical cortical stimulationLanguage-dominant hemisphereSuperior temporal gyrusPosterior superior temporal gyrusCortical stimulationFocal epilepsyStimulation mappingDominant hemispherePatientsTemporal gyrusSelective impairmentLanguage functionEpilepsyExperienced lossImpairmentBrainRiskLanguage impairmentSurgerySole means
2014
Role of the Wada test and functional magnetic resonance imaging in preoperative mapping of language and memory: two atypical cases
Połczyńska MM, Benjamin CF, Moseley BD, Walshaw P, Eliashiv D, Vigil C, Jones M, Bookheimer SY. Role of the Wada test and functional magnetic resonance imaging in preoperative mapping of language and memory: two atypical cases. Neurocase 2014, 21: 707-720. PMID: 25372664, DOI: 10.1080/13554794.2014.977300.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFunctional magnetic resonanceWada testAtypical language representationRight-handed individualsLanguage dominanceLanguage lateralizationLanguage representationCognitive deficitsUnexpected memoryWada testingAtypical casesMemoryResective epilepsy surgeryEpilepsy surgeryPreoperative mappingSeizure onsetInvasive proceduresMagnetic resonanceLateralizationDeficitsPotential riskRiskLanguageIndividualsSurgery