title: A paradigm for awake intraoperative memory mapping during forniceal stimulation.
abstract: A case report is presented detailing the successful use of awake intraoperative memory testing while using white matter stimulation in order to isolate the fornix tracks involved in memory function. The identification of the white matter tracks of the fornix that were involved in memory function was used to tailor the neurosurgical resection of a third ventricle tumor that was impinging on the fornix in order to successfully preserve memory functioning in the patient.
authors.affiliation: Valley Neuroscience Institute, Valley Medical Center, Renton, WA 98055, USA. ebrandlingbennett@gmail.com
authors.forename: Erica M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Brandling-Bennett
authors.forename: Susan Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Bookheimer
authors.forename: Jessica L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Horsfall
authors.forename: Parham
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Moftakhar
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sedrak
authors.forename: Charles T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Barkulis
authors.forename: Jeffrey H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Gertsch
authors.forename: Matthew G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: MacDougall
authors.forename: Willy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Boucharel
authors.forename: Marc R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Nuwer
authors.forename: Marvin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bergsneider
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D001931:Brain Mapping / Q000379:methods*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D004558:Electric Stimulation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D020712:Fornix, Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology*; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D014851:Wakefulness / Q000502:physiology*