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A paradigm for awake intraoperative memory mapping during forniceal stimulation.

Valley Neuroscience Institute, Valley Medical Center, Renton, WA 98055, USA.
Neurocase (impact factor: 1.11). 06/2011; 18(1):26-38. DOI:10.1080/13554794.2010.547509 pp.26-38
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ABSTRACT A case report is presented detailing the successful use of awake intraoperative memory testing while using white matter stimulation in order to isolate the fornix tracks involved in memory function. The identification of the white matter tracks of the fornix that were involved in memory function was used to tailor the neurosurgical resection of a third ventricle tumor that was impinging on the fornix in order to successfully preserve memory functioning in the patient.

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Keywords

awake intraoperative memory testing
 
case report
 
fornix
 
fornix tracks
 
impinging
 
memory function
 
neurosurgical resection
 
white matter stimulation
 
white matter tracks