Variable fMRI activation during two different language tasks in a patient with cognitive delay

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Sara Escorsi-rosset²  Lauro Wichert-ana¹  Marino Muxfeldt Bianchin¹  Tonicarlo Rodrigues Velasco¹  Américo C. Sakamoto¹  João Pereira Leite¹  Antonio Carlos Santos¹  Dráulio Barros De Araújo¹ 

[1] ,University of São Paulo Ribeirão Preto School of Medicine Department of Neurology, Psychiatry and Clinical PsychologyRibeirão Preto SP ,Brazil

关键词: fMRI;    language;    epilepsy surgery;    cognitive delay;    ressonância magnética funcional;    fMRI;    linguagem;    cirurgia de epilepsia;    retardo mental;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0004-282X2007000600012

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Functional MRI produces a more accurate localization of the language areas for epilepsy surgery purpose, but requires the patient cooperation. We report a 34 years-old woman with mental retardation who underwent two different verbal fluency tasks, category and word naming. We found a strong activation of the Broca’s area in the most difficult task. We suggest that a multi-task fMRI study could be successful in patients with cognitive delay.

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