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Brain Plasticity for Sensory and Linguistic Functions: A Functional Imaging Study Using Magnetoencephalography With Children and Young Adults

Department of Neurosurgery and the Vivian L. Smith Center for Neurologic Research The University of Texas-Houston Medical School, Houston, TX

Panagiotis G. Simos, PhD

Department of Neurosurgery and the Vivian L. Smith Center for Neurologic Research The University of Texas-Houston Medical School, Houston, TX

Joshua I. Breier, PhD

Department of Neurosurgery and the Vivian L. Smith Center for Neurologic Research The University of Texas-Houston Medical School, Houston, TX

James W. Wheless, MD

Department of Neurology The University of Texas-Houston Medical School, Houston, TX, Department of Pediatrics The University of Texas-Houston Medical School, Houston, TX

Pedro Mancias, MD

Department of Neurology The University of Texas-Houston Medical School, Houston, TX, Department of Pediatrics The University of Texas-Houston Medical School, Houston, TX

James E. Baumgartner, MD

Department of Surgery, The University of Texas-Houston Medical School, Houston, TX

William W. Maggio, MD

Department of Neurosurgery and the Vivian L. Smith Center for Neurologic Research The University of Texas-Houston Medical School, Houston, TX

William Gormley, MD

Department of Neurosurgery and the Vivian L. Smith Center for Neurologic Research The University of Texas-Houston Medical School, Houston, TX

Jules E.C. Constantinou, MD

Department of Neurology The University of Texas-Houston Medical School, Houston, TX, Department of Pediatrics The University of Texas-Houston Medical School, Houston, TX

Ian I. Butler, MD

Department of Neurology The University of Texas-Houston Medical School, Houston, TX, Department of Pediatrics The University of Texas-Houston Medical School, Houston, TX

In this report, the newest of the functional imaging methods, magnetoencephalography, is described, and its use in addressing the issue of brain reorganization for basic sensory and linguistic functions is documented in a series of 10 children and young adults. These patients presented with a wide variety of conditions, ranging from tumors and focal epilepsy to reading disability. In all cases, clear evidence of reorganization of the brain mechanisms of either somatosensory or linguistic functions or both was obtained, demonstrating the utility of magnetoencephalography in studying, completely noninvasively, the issue of plasticity in the developing brain. (J Child Neurol 2001;16:241-252).

Journal of Child Neurology, Vol. 16, No. 4, 241-252 (2001)
DOI: 10.1177/088307380101600403


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