Right-hemispheric language evidence from cortical stimulation.
While the left-hemispheric dominance for language in most right-handers is unquestionable, clinical observations suggest that the right, nondominant hemisphere has a considerable capacity for language. Under certain neuroanatomical conditions, the right-hemispheric capacity becomes functional and, thus, measurable. This study focuses on evoked language responses during electrical stimulation of the right hemisphere in three left-dominant patients undergoing temporal lobe resections for medically intractable seizures.
D001931:Brain Mapping; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D012660:Semantics; D013060:Speech / Q000502:physiology*; D013068:Speech Production Measurement; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000502:physiology*