When the language-dominant hemisphere is damaged by a focal lesion, the brain may
reorganize the language network through functional and structural changes known as …

Glioma surgery represents a significant advance with respect to improving resection rates
using new surgical techniques, including intraoperative functional mapping, monitoring, and …

Tests of verbal fluency have been widely used to assess the cognitive functioning of
persons, and are typically classified into two categories (semantic and phonological …

Introduction Supplementary motor area (SMA) syndrome is a constellation of temporary
symptoms that may occur following tumors of the frontal lobe. Affected patients develop …

Gliomas exist within the framework of complex neuronal circuitry in which network dynamics
influence both tumor biology and cognition. The generalized impairment of cognition or loss …

Functional brain mapping during awake surgery procedures is the gold standard technique
in the management of left frontal lobe tumors. Nevertheless, a unified picture of the language …

Abstract Language is organized in large-scale networks in the human brain that show a
strong potential for flexible interactions and adaptation. Neuroplasticity is the central …

Object This study investigates the effect of tumor location on alterations of language network
by brain tumors at different locations using blood oxygenation level dependent (BOLD) fMRI …

Abstract Purpose Functional MRI (fMRI) can be employed to non-invasively localize brain
regions involved in functional areas of language in patients with brain tumour, for …

Objectives Language reorganization may follow tumor invasion of the dominant hemisphere.
Tumor location, grade, and genetics influence the communication between eloquent areas …