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Standardization of presurgical language fMRI in Greek population: Mapping of six critical regions
Author(s) -
Gkiatis Kostakis,
Garganis Kyriakos,
Benjamin Christopher F.,
Karanasiou Irene,
Kondylidis Nikolaos,
Harushukuri Jean,
Matsopoulos George K.
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
brain and behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.915
H-Index - 41
ISSN - 2162-3279
DOI - 10.1002/brb3.2609
Subject(s) - functional magnetic resonance imaging , lateralization of brain function , protocol (science) , population , first language , psychology , thalamus , brain mapping , computer science , neuroscience , medicine , alternative medicine , environmental health , pathology
Background Mapping the language system has been crucial in presurgical evaluation especially when the area to be resected is near relevant eloquent cortex. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) proved to be a noninvasive alternative of Wada test that can account not only for language lateralization but also for localization when appropriate tasks and MRI sequences are being used. The tasks utilized during the fMRI acquisition are playing a crucial role as to which areas will be activated. Recent studies demonstrated that key language regions exist outside the classical model of “Wernicke–Lichtheim–Geschwind,” but sensitive tasks must take place in order to be revealed. On top of that, the tasks should be in mother tongue for appropriate language mapping to be possible. Methods For that reason, in this study, we adopted an English protocol that can reveal six language critical regions even in clinical setups and we translated it into Greek to prove its efficacy in Greek population. Twenty healthy right‐handed volunteers were recruited and performed the fMRI acquisition in a standardized manner. Results Results demonstrated that all six language critical regions were activated in all subjects as well as the group mean map. Furthermore, activations were found in the thalamus, the caudate, and the contralateral cerebellum. Conclusion In this study, we standardized an fMRI protocol in Greek and proved that it can reliably activate six language critical regions. We have validated its efficacy for presurgical language mapping in Greek patients capable to be adopted in clinical setup.

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