New insights into functional mapping in cerebral tumor surgery [[electronic resource] /] / Hugues Duffau

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910778034703321
• Autore: Duffau Hugues
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2009
• ISBN: 1-60741-397-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (105 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.99/481059
• Soggetti: Brain mapping; Brain - Tumors - Surgery
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""NEW INSIGHTS INTO FUNCTIONAL MAPPING IN CEREBRAL TUMOR SURGERY""; ""NOTICE TO THE READER""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""STUDY OF THE DYNAMIC BIOLOGICAL BEHAVIOR OF THE TUMOR""; ""A NATURAL HISTORY""; ""B - METABOLIC NEURO IMAGING""; ""STUDY OF THE DYNAMIC ORGANIZATION OF THE BRAIN""; ""A THE PLASTIC BRAIN""; ""B NEW METHODS OF FUNCTIONAL BRAIN MAPPING""; ""1) Preoperative Neurofunctional Imaging""; ""2) Preoperative Diffusion Tensor Imaging""; ""3) Methods of Intraoperative Functional Brain Mapping""; ""4) Correlations Between Preoperative Neurofunctional Imaging and Intrasurgical Stimulation""""SURGICAL RESULTS""; ""STUDY OF THE DYNAMIC INTERACTIONS BETWEEN THE TUMOR AND THE BRAIN""; ""A BRAIN PLASTICITY INDUCED BY THE TUMOR""; ""1) Preoperative Plasticity""; ""2) Intraoperative Plasticity""; ""3) Postoperative Plasticity""; ""B THE SURGICAL USE OF BRAIN PLASTICITY""; ""1) Resection of Gliomas Involving the SMA""; ""2) Resection of Gliomas Involving the Insular Lobe""; ""3) Resection of Gliomas Involving Broca's Area""; ""4) Resection of Gliomas Involving the Primary Sensorimotor Area of the Face""""5) Resection of Gliomas Involving the (non dominant) Striatum""; ""6) Resection of Gliomas Involving the Corpus Callosum""; ""7) Other Locations""; ""C THE SURGICAL GUIDANCE OF BRAIN PLASTICITY""; ""SURGICAL RESULTS""; ""A FUNCTIONAL RESULTS""; ""B NEURO-ONCOLOGICAL RESULTS""; ""CONCLUSIONS AND ; PERSPECTIVES""; ""1) Methodological Perspectives: Improvement of the Reliability of Neuroimaging""; ""2) Pathophysiological Perspectives""; ""3) Surgical Perspectives""; ""4) Oncological Perspectives""; ""5) Quality of Life""""REFERENCES""; ""INDEX""