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ReviewBasic and clinical neuroscience

Presurgical Language Mapping in Patients With Intractable Epilepsy: A Review Study.

Mahdieh Karami, Jafar Mehvari Habibabadi, Reza Nilipour, Majid Barekatain, William D Gaillard, Hamid Soltanian-Zadeh

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Review in Basic and clinical neuroscience. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Mahdieh KaramiInstitute for Cognitive Science Studies (ICSS), Tehran, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8527-2168
Jafar Mehvari HabibabadiIsfahan Neuroscience Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3209-7479
Reza NilipourDepartment of Speech Therapy, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4180-7989
Majid BarekatainDepartment of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4001-6261
William D GaillardCenter for Neuroscience and Behavioral Health, Children's National Medical Center, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5709-0033
Hamid Soltanian-ZadehDepartments of Communication, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7302-6856
Isfahan University of Medical Sciences · IRHenry Ford Health System · USInstitute for Cognitive Science Studies · IRUniversity of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences · IR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionabout 20% to 30% of patients with epilepsy are diagnosed with drug-resistant epilepsy and one third of these are candidates for epilepsy surgery. Surgical resection of the epileptogenic tissue is a well-established method for treating patients with intractable focal epilepsy. Determining language laterality and locality is an important part of a comprehensive epilepsy program before surgery. Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) has been increasingly employed as a non-invasive alternative method for the Wada test and cortical stimulation. Sensitive and accurate language tasks are essential for any reliable fMRI mapping.

methodsThe present study reviews the methods of presurgical fMRI language mapping and their dedicated fMRI tasks, specifically for patients with epilepsy.

resultsDifferent language tasks including verbal fluency are used in fMRI to determine language laterality and locality in different languages such as Persian. there are some considerations including the language materials and technical protocols for task design that all presurgical teams should take into consideration.

conclusionAccurate presurgical language mapping is very important to preserve patients language after surgery. This review was the first part of a project for designing standard tasks in Persian to help precise presurgical evaluation and in Iranian PWFIE.

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Brain mappingEpilepsyFunctional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI)LanguagePersian

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PMID34925713
PMCPMC8672671
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