Unilateral/Bilateral Hand Motion Lubdha M. Shah, MD Key Facts Imaging Anatomy Unilateral sequential finger tapping results in robust activity within cortex surrounding superior lateral central sulcus in expected somatotopic location…
Picture/Object Naming Lubdha M. Shah, MD Key Facts Terminology Intended to activate speech and language cortical functions for language lateralization Localization of inferior frontal and posterior parietal temporal speech and…
Silent Verb Generation Lubdha M. Shah, MD Key Facts Anatomy-based Imaging Issues Fluency-verb generation task produces consistent activation of both frontal and posterior language areas Broca area classically located in…
Phrase Recognition Lubdha M. Shah, MD Key Facts Anatomy-based Imaging Issues Syntactic processing predominantly shows brain activity in left hemisphere Sentence processing associated with expanded activation of frontal operculum and…
Sentence Completion Lubdha M. Shah, MD Key Facts Terminology Visual language comprehension task for language localization Anatomy-based Imaging Issues Language localization in Broca area (inferior frontal gyrus) and Wernicke area…
Parahippocampal Gyrus (Areas 28, 34, 35, 36) Jared A. Nielsen, PhD Jeffrey S. Anderson, MD, PhD Key Facts Location and Boundaries Areas 28, 34, 35, 36: Located on parahippocampal gyrus,…
Temporal Cortex (Areas 20, 21, 22) Jared A. Nielsen, PhD Jeffrey S. Anderson, MD, PhD Key Facts Location and Boundaries Temporal lobe, from posterior margin of the temporopolar cortex to…
Goals for Presurgical Mapping Lubdha M. Shah, MD Key Facts Concepts Identify regions of brain employed for functions that might be at risk because of the surgical approach Preservation of…
Premotor Cortex and Supplementary Motor Area (Area 6) Jared A. Nielsen, PhD Key Facts Location and Boundaries Caudal portions of inferior and middle frontal gyri and inferior frontal sulcus Caudal…
Primary Motor Cortex (Area 4) Jared A. Nielsen, PhD Key Facts Location and Boundaries Anterior surface of the central sulcus and superior portion of precentral gyrus Caudal: Central sulcus Rostral:…
