New insights into functional mapping in cerebral tumor surgery / Hugues Duffau.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Duffau, Hugues.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brain mapping.

Brain--Tumors--Surgery.

Brain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (105 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Contents: Preface; Introduction; Study of the Dynamic Biological Behavior of the Tumor; Study of the Dynamic Organisation of the Brain; Study of the Dynamic Interactions Between the Tumor and the Brain; Surgical Results; Conclusions and Perspectives; Index.

Contents:

""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""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-60741-397-3

OCLC:

429917216