title: Future directions for functional mapping.
abstract: The intracarotid amobarbital procedure and direct cortical stimulation are commonly used techniques for functional mapping in candidates for epilepsy surgery. The role of these two procedures has been challenged recently. Emerging technologies recently applied to functional mapping include optical imaging, functional positron emission tomography studies, transcranial magnetic stimulation, magnetoencephalography, and fast magnetic resonance imaging. Studies have used these new technologies and the potential for these procedures to replace the established but more invasive techniques is being considered.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, New York University School of Medicine, New York.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Perrine
mesh_terms: D000654:Amobarbital; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001931:Brain Mapping / Q000379:methods*; D002536:Cerebral Arteries; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000639:trends*; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005544:Forecasting; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007269:Injections, Intra-Arterial; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D015225:Magnetoencephalography; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed
chemical_list: D000654:Amobarbital