When imaging meets neurophysiology: the value of navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation for preoperative neurophysiological mapping prior to brain tumor surgery.

Raffa, Giovanni; Quattropani, Maria Catena; Germanò, Antonino

Raffa, Giovanni; Quattropani, Maria Catena; Germanò, Antonino.

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Raffa G; 1Division of Neurosurgery, BIOMORF Department, University of Messina, Italy; and.
Quattropani MC; 2Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Italy.
Germanò A; 1Division of Neurosurgery, BIOMORF Department, University of Messina, Italy; and.

Neurosurg Focus ; 47(6): E10, 2019 12 01.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31786549

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Brain Mapping/methods; Brain Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging; Glioma/diagnostic imaging; Neuronavigation/methods; Preoperative Care/methods; Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation/methods; Adult; Aged; Brain Neoplasms/secondary; Brain Neoplasms/surgery; Diffusion Tensor Imaging/methods; Evoked Potentials, Motor; Female; Glioma/surgery; Humans; Language; Male; Middle Aged; Motor Cortex/diagnostic imaging; Speech/physiology; Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation/instrumentation

Key words

AF = arcuate fascicle; CST = corticospinal tract; DCS = direct cortical stimulation; DES = direct electrical stimulation; DSS = direct subcortical stimulation; DTI = diffusion tensor imaging; DTI tractography; FA = fractional anisotropy; IFOF = inferior frontooccipital fascicle; ILF = inferior longitudinal fascicle; M1 = primary motor cortex; MEP = motor evoked potential; RMT = resting motor threshold; ROI = region of interest; SLF = superior longitudinal fascicle; UF = uncinate fascicle; brain tumors; diffusion tensor imaging; eloquent areas; fMRI = functional MRI; nTMS = navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation; navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation; neurophysiological mapping; presurgical planning; rTMS = repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation

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Full text: 1 Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Brain Mapping / Brain Neoplasms / Preoperative Care / Neuronavigation / Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation / Glioma Limits: Adult / Aged / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Language: En Year: 2019 Type: Article

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