Author(s): Escorsi-Rosset,Sara ; Wichert-Ana,Lauro ; Bianchin,Marino Muxfeldt ; Velasco,Tonicarlo Rodrigues ; Sakamoto,Américo C. ; Leite,João Pereira ; Santos,Antonio Carlos ; Araújo,Dráulio Barros de
Date: 2007
Origin: Oasisbr
Subject(s): fMRI; language; epilepsy surgery; cognitive delay
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 Brocas area in the most difficult task. We suggest that a multi-task fMRI study could be successful in patients with cognitive delay.
