title: Essential Subcortical Tracts in Language and Reading. 3D-Tractography for Clinical Practice and Anatomic Correlation with Intraoperative Subcortical Electrostimulation.
abstract: Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and tractography provide the neurosurgeon with a valid 3D view of the white matter tracts of the brain for the presurgical planning of the treatment of lesions close to eloquent areas, this being one of the principal clinical applications of this technique. In this article, we describe through practical cases the anatomic relationships of white matter tracts that are essential for language and reading, based on DTI studies and the excellent anatomic correlation with the intraoperative subcortical map.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Quiron University Hospital. Madrid, Diego de Velazquez 1, 28223, Madrid, Spain. cataldo@telefonica.net.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Jiménez-Peña
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital Universitario Quirón Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gil-Robles
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Quiron University Hospital. Madrid, Diego de Velazquez 1, 28223, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cano-Alonso
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Quiron University Hospital. Madrid, Diego de Velazquez 1, 28223, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Recio-Rodríguez
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Quiron University Hospital. Madrid, Diego de Velazquez 1, 28223, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Carrascoso-Arranz
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital Universitario Quirón Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ruiz-Ocaña
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Quiron University Hospital. Madrid, Diego de Velazquez 1, 28223, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Martínez-Vega
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D046690:Deep Brain Stimulation / Q000379:methods; D056324:Diffusion Tensor Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods; D064795:Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring / Q000379:methods; D007802:Language; D009415:Nerve Net / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D011932:Reading; D066127:White Matter / Q000033:anatomy & histology*
keywords: Functional; Functional surgery; Glial tumors; MRI; Subcortical-mapping; Tractography