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Language brain dominance in patients with refractory temporal lobe epilepsy: a comparative study between functional magnetic resonance imaging and dichotic listening test
Fontoura, Denise Ren da; Branco, Daniel de Moraes; Anés, Mauricio; Costa, Jaderson Costa da; Portuguez, Mirna Wetters.
  • Fontoura, Denise Ren da; PUCRS. Hospital São Lucas. Serviço de Neurologia. Programa de Cirurgia de Epilepsia. Porto Alegre. BR
  • Branco, Daniel de Moraes; PUCRS. Hospital São Lucas. Serviço de Neurologia. Programa de Cirurgia de Epilepsia. Porto Alegre. BR
  • Anés, Mauricio; PUCRS. Hospital São Lucas. Serviço de Neurologia. Programa de Cirurgia de Epilepsia. Porto Alegre. BR
  • Costa, Jaderson Costa da; PUCRS. Hospital São Lucas. Serviço de Neurologia. Programa de Cirurgia de Epilepsia. Porto Alegre. BR
  • Portuguez, Mirna Wetters; PUCRS. Hospital São Lucas. Serviço de Neurologia. Programa de Cirurgia de Epilepsia. Porto Alegre. BR
Arq. neuropsiquiatr ; 66(1): 34-39, mar. 2008. tab
Article in English | LILACS | ID: lil-479646
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE: To identify brain dominance for language functions with DLT and correlate these results with those obtained from fMRI in patients suffering from intractable temporal lobe epilepsy. METHOD: This study reports on 13 patients who underwent pre-surgical epileptic evaluation between April and October 2004 at the Epilepsy Surgery Program, Hospital Sao Lucas, PUCRS. In DLT, dominance was assessed through a consonant-vowel task, whereas in fMRI patients performed a verb generation task. RESULTS: Our results identified a correlation between the fMRI lateralization index and the DLT ear predominance index and reply difference index (r=0.6, p=0.02; Pearson Correlation Coefficient), showing positive correlation between results obtained from fMRI and DLT. CONCLUSION: DLT was found to significantly correlate with fMRI. These findings indicate that DLT (a non-invasive procedure) could be a useful tool to evaluate language brain dominance in pre-surgical epileptic patients as it is cheaper to perform than fMRI.
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OBJETIVO: Identificar a dominância cerebral para funções de linguagem através do teste de escuta dicótica (TED) e correlacionar com os resultados de ressonância magnética funcional (RMf) em pacientes com epilepsia refratária de lobo temporal. MÉTODO: Foram estudados 13 pacientes com epilepsia refratária de lobo temporal, que realizaram avaliações pré-cirúrgicas no período de abril a outubro de 2004 no Programa de Cirurgia de Epilepsia do Hospital São Lucas da PUCRS. Realizada investigação da dominância hemisférica para linguagem através do TED Consoante-Vogal e da RMf pela geração de verbos. RESULTADOS: Verificou-se a existência de correlação entre os índices de lateralidade (RMf) e os índices de predomínio de orelha e de diferença de resposta (TED) (r=0,6, p=0,02). CONCLUSÃO: Existe correlação entre os resultados obtidos através da RMf (índice de lateralidade) e do TED (índice de predomínio de orelha e índice de diferença de resposta) em pacientes com epilepsia refratária de lobo temporal.
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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Language / Functional Laterality Type of study: Prognostic study Limits: Adolescent / Adult / Female / Humans / Male Language: English Journal: Arq. neuropsiquiatr Journal subject: Neurology / Psychiatry Year: 2008 Type: Article Affiliation country: Brazil Institution/Affiliation country: PUCRS/BR

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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Language / Functional Laterality Type of study: Prognostic study Limits: Adolescent / Adult / Female / Humans / Male Language: English Journal: Arq. neuropsiquiatr Journal subject: Neurology / Psychiatry Year: 2008 Type: Article Affiliation country: Brazil Institution/Affiliation country: PUCRS/BR