Usefulness of intraoperative electrical subcortical mapping during surgery for low-grade gliomas located within eloquent brain regions: functional results in a …

H Duffau, L Capelle, D Denvil, N Sichez… - Journal of …, 2003 - thejns.org
Object. Although a growing number of authors currently advocate surgery to treat low-grade
gliomas, controversy still persists, especially because of the risk of inducing neurological …

Low-grade gliomas in adults: a review

N Sanai, S Chang, MS Berger - Journal of neurosurgery, 2011 - thejns.org
In recent years, advances in the understanding of low-grade glioma (LGG) biology have
driven new paradigms in molecular markers, diagnostic imaging, operative techniques and …

ESPResSo—an extensible simulation package for research on soft matter systems

HJ Limbach, A Arnold, BA Mann, C Holm - Computer Physics …, 2006 - Elsevier
We describe a new program package that is designed to perform numerical Molecular
Dynamics (MD) and Monte Carlo (MC) simulations for a broad class of soft matter systems in …

Language mapping with navigated repetitive TMS: proof of technique and validation

PE Tarapore, AM Findlay, SM Honma, D Mizuiri… - Neuroimage, 2013 - Elsevier
Objective Lesion-based mapping of speech pathways has been possible only during
invasive neurosurgical procedures using direct cortical stimulation (DCS). However …

An integrated functional magnetic resonance imaging procedure for preoperative mapping of cortical areas associated with tactile, motor, language, and visual …

J Hirsch, MI Ruge, KHS Kim, DD Correa, JD Victor… - …, 2000 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate an integrated battery of preoperative functional magnetic
resonance imaging (fMRI) tasks developed to identify cortical areas associated with tactile …

Awake craniotomy for brain tumor resection: the rule rather than the exception?

T Brown, AH Shah, A Bregy, NH Shah… - Journal of …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Objective: Awake craniotomy (AC) has seen an expanded role in brain tumor surgery over
the past few decades. AC allows intraoperative cortical mapping and the continuous …

[HTML][HTML] Operative techniques for gliomas and the value of extent of resection

N Sanai, MS Berger - Neurotherapeutics, 2009 - Elsevier
Refinement of neurosurgical technique has enabled safer operations with more aggressive
outcomes. One cornerstone of modern-day practice is the utilization of intraoperative …

Intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring in pediatric neurosurgery: why, when, how?

F Sala, MJ Kržan, V Deletis - Child's nervous system, 2002 - Springer
Heading Abstract Introduction. This review is primarily based on peer-reviewed scientific
publications and on the authors' experience in the field of intraoperative neurophysiology …

Spatiotemporal imaging of cortical activation during verb generation and picture naming

E Edwards, SS Nagarajan, SS Dalal, RT Canolty… - Neuroimage, 2010 - Elsevier
One hundred and fifty years of neurolinguistic research has identified the key structures in
the human brain that support language. However, neither the classic neuropsychological …

Intraoperative stimulation techniques for functional pathway preservation and glioma resection

N Sanai, MS Berger - Neurosurgical focus, 2010 - thejns.org
Although a primary tenet of neurosurgical oncology is that survival can improve with greater
tumor resection, this principle must be tempered by the potential for functional loss following …