Trial reportPloS one2015
Task type affects location of language-positive cortical regions by repetitive navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation mapping.
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- Application of Electric-Field-Optimized Augmented Reality-Guided Neuronavigation in Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Using Biosensors to Detect and Map Language Areas in the Brain for Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Adaptive short-term plasticity in the typical reading network.NeuroImage · 2023Article
- Validation of Non-invasive Language Mapping Modalities for Eloquent Tumor Resection: A Pilot Study.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2022Article
- Improving the efficacy and reliability of rTMS language mapping by increasing the stimulation frequency.Human brain mapping · 2021Article
- Bihemispheric Navigated Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Mapping for Action Naming Compared to Object Naming in Sentence Context.Brain sciences · 2021Article
- Dual-Task nTMS Mapping to Visualize the Cortico-Subcortical Language Network and Capture Postoperative Outcome-A Patient Series in Neurosurgery.Frontiers in oncology · 2021Article
- Mapping Verb Retrieval With nTMS: The Role of Transitivity.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2021Article
- Mapping and Preserving the Visuospatial Network by repetitive nTMS and DTI Tractography in Patients With Right Parietal Lobe Tumors.Frontiers in oncology · 2021Article
- The verb and noun test for peri-operative testing (VAN-POP): standardized language tests for navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation and direct electrical stimulation.Acta neurochirurgica · 2020Article
- Relationship Between Perisylvian Essential Language Sites and Arcuate Fasciculus in the Left Hemisphere of Healthy Adults.Neuroscience bulletin · 2017Article
- Results on the spatial resolution of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for cortical language mapping during object naming in healthy subjects.BMC neuroscience · 2016Article
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Abstract
objectivesRecent repetitive TMS (rTMS) mapping protocols for language mapping revealed deficits of this method, mainly in posterior brain regions. Therefore this study analyzed the impact of different language tasks on the localization of language-positive brain regions and compared their effectiveness, especially with regard to posterior brain regions.
methodsNineteen healthy, right-handed subjects performed object naming, pseudoword reading, verb generation, and action naming during rTMS language mapping of the left hemisphere. Synchronically, 5 Hz/10 pulses were applied with a 0 ms delay.
resultsThe object naming task evoked the highest error rate (14%), followed by verb generation (13%) and action naming (11%). The latter revealed more errors in posterior than in anterior areas. Pseudoword reading barely generated errors, except for phonological paraphasias.
conclusionsIn general, among the evaluated language tasks, object naming is the most discriminative task to detect language-positive regions via rTMS. However, other tasks might be used for more specific questions.
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