Title
Fibers from the dorsal premotor cortex elicit motor-evoked potential in a cortical dysplasia.
Abstract
To identify the fibers originating from the dorsal premotor cortex (dorsal PMC) that contribute to motor-evoked potentials (MEP), we have applied integrated functional neuronavigation and awake surgery during removal of an epileptic cortical dysplasia located in the right premotor cortex.Chronic subdural electrodes were employed for functional mapping during a routine invasive evaluation for intractable epilepsy. After the fibers originating from the dorsal PMC were plotted into the tractography-integrated functional neuronavigation, subcortical MEPs and clinical symptoms were examined during resection of the epileptogenic dorsal PMC.During removal of the epileptogenic area, MEPs were elicited by electrical stimulation of the fibers originating from the dorsal PMC, which were separated from the pyramidal tracts from the precentral gyrus. Resection of the dorsal PMC and its fibers caused a transient dysmetric movement of the left toe without motor weakness.Functional corticospinal tract fibers originating from the dorsal PMC can be defined and removed safely under local anesthesia with the aid of integration of functional neuronavigation and subcortical electrical stimulation.
Year
DOI
Venue
2007
10.1016/j.neuroimage.2006.09.005
NeuroImage
Keywords
Field
DocType
Dorsal premotor cortex,MEP,Fiber tracking,Neuronavigation,Cortical dysplasia
Neuroscience,Anatomy,Pyramidal tracts,Premotor cortex,Psychology,Epilepsy,Evoked potential,Precentral gyrus,Cortical dysplasia,Neuronavigation,Corticospinal tract
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
34
1
1053-8119
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.38
2
Authors
12
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Nobuhiro Mikuni110.38
Tsutomu Okada210.38
Junya Taki310.38
Riki Matsumoto410.72
Namiko Nishida510.38
Rei Enatsu610.38
Takashi Hanakawa7649.73
Akio Ikeda851.89
Yukio Miki913623.50
S Urayama10356.90
Hidenao Fukuyama11142.27
Nobuo Hashimoto1210.38