Can fMRI safely replace the Wada test for preoperative assessment of language lateralisation? A meta-analysis and systematic review

PR Bauer, JB Reitsma, BM Houweling… - Journal of Neurology …, 2014 - jnnp.bmj.com
Recent studies have shown that fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging) may be of
value for pre-surgical assessment of language lateralisation. The aim of this study was to …

Functional MRI is a valid noninvasive alternative to Wada testing

JR Binder - Epilepsy & behavior, 2011 - Elsevier
Partial removal of the anterior temporal lobe (ATL) is a highly effective surgical treatment for
intractable temporal lobe epilepsy, yet roughly half of patients who undergo left ATL …

Practice guideline summary: Use of fMRI in the presurgical evaluation of patients with epilepsy: Report of the Guideline Development, Dissemination, and …

JP Szaflarski, D Gloss, JR Binder, WD Gaillard… - Neurology, 2017 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: To assess the diagnostic accuracy and prognostic value of functional MRI (fMRI)
in determining lateralization and predicting postsurgical language and memory outcomes …

Language lateralization by f MRI and Wada testing in 229 patients with epilepsy: rates and predictors of discordance

JK Janecek, SJ Swanson, DS Sabsevitz… - …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To more definitively characterize Wada/functional magnetic resonance imaging (f
MRI) language dominance discordance rates with the largest sample of patients with …

Characterization of atypical language activation patterns in focal epilepsy

MM Berl, LA Zimmaro, OI Khan, I Dustin… - Annals of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Functional magnetic resonance imaging is sensitive to the variation in language
network patterns. Large populations are needed to rigorously assess atypical patterns …

[HTML][HTML] Utility of MRI, PET, and ictal SPECT in presurgical evaluation of non-lesional pediatric epilepsy

C Juhász, F John - Seizure, 2020 - Elsevier
Children with epilepsy and normal structural MRI pose a particular challenge in localization
of epileptic foci for surgical resection. Many of these patients have subtle structural lesions …

[HTML][HTML] Quantifying cerebral asymmetries for language in dextrals and adextrals with random-effects meta analysis

DP Carey, LT Johnstone - Frontiers in psychology, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Speech and language-related functions tend to depend on the left hemisphere more than
the right in most right-handed (dextral) participants. This relationship is less clear in non …

Functional MRI connectivity as a predictor of the surgical outcome of epilepsy

M Negishi, R Martuzzi, EJ Novotny, DD Spencer… - …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: In planning epilepsy surgery, it is important to be able to assess the likelihood of
success of surgery for each patient so that the possible risk and benefit can be properly …

Dynamics of hemispheric dominance for language assessed by magnetoencephalographic imaging

AM Findlay, JB Ambrose, DA Cahn‐Weiner… - Annals of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Objective: The goal of the current study was to examine the dynamics of language
lateralization using magnetoencephalographic (MEG) imaging, to determine the sensitivity …

Temporal lobe surgery and memory: Lessons, risks, and opportunities

K Bauman, O Devinsky, AA Liu - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2019 - Elsevier
Careful study of the clinical outcomes of temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) surgery has greatly
advanced our knowledge of the neuroanatomy of human memory. After early cases resulted …