title: Functional magnetic resonance imaging for language mapping in temporal lobe epilepsy.
abstract: Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is a noninvasive technique that is increasingly used to understand the cerebral cortical networks and organizations. In this paper, we describe the role of fMRI for mapping language networks in the presurgical workup of patients with medically intractable temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). Studies comparing fMRI with the intracarotid sodium amobarbital (Wada) test and fMRI with intraoperative cortical stimulation mapping for language lateralization and/or localization in medically intractable TLE are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Imaging Research Laboratories, Robarts Research Institute, London, ON, Canada N6A 5K8.
authors.forename: An
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Terry M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Peters
authors.forename: Sandrine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: de Ribaupierre
authors.forename: Seyed M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Mirsattari