Intraoperative Electrical vs. Preoperative TMS Language Mapping: a Linguist’s Perspective
From ANT Neuro Educational Webinar Series
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Welcome to ANT Neuro Educational Webinar Series!
Intraoperative language mapping with direct electrical stimulation is becoming more and more linguistically informed, driven by understanding that brain areas differ in their specific functional contributions. In contrast, task-wise, preoperative mapping with Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) is still at the beginning of this journey. In this webinar, the current state of affairs in the two domains will be summarized from a linguistic perspective, and a trajectory for further methodological improvements in the language mapping will be suggested for neurosurgical purposes.
The presenter is Dr. Olga Dragoy who is the director of the Center for Language and Brain at the National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow, Russia). Her current research interests extend to neurosurgical populations (tumor and epilepsy), in which she transfers linguistic and neuroscientific advances to immediate clinical practice. As well as developing linguistically informed and methodologically robust fMRI paradigms for preoperative language mapping, she performs detailed perioperative language testing and uses voxel-based lesion-symptom mapping to correlate the metrics of a pathological locus/resection cavity with a post-surgery language outcome. Olga recently developed a comprehensive Russian intraoperative linguistic battery for mapping language with direct electrical stimulation during awake craniotomies, which is becoming the golden standard for Russian neurosurgery clinics.
The registration deadline is 24:00 (CET) on August 25th.
Looking forward to welcoming you to this webinar!
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ANT Neuro Education Department
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