White matter variability, cognition, and disorders: a systematic review

SJ Forkel, P Friedrich, M Thiebaut de Schotten… - Brain Structure and …, 2022 - Springer
Inter-individual differences can inform treatment procedures and—if accounted for—have
the potential to significantly improve patient outcomes. However, when studying brain …

White matter tracts and executive functions: a review of causal and correlation evidence

M Ribeiro, YN Yordanova, V Noblet, G Herbet… - Brain, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Executive functions are high-level cognitive processes involving abilities such as working
memory/updating, set-shifting and inhibition. These complex cognitive functions are enabled …

Intraoperative mapping of the right hemisphere: a systematic review of protocols that evaluate cognitive and social cognitive functions

I Martín-Monzón, L Amores-Carrera… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The right hemisphere of the brain is often referred to as the non-dominant hemisphere.
Though this is meant to highlight the specialized role of the left hemisphere in language, the …

Direct electrical stimulation of the premotor cortex shuts down awareness of voluntary actions

L Fornia, G Puglisi, A Leonetti, L Bello, A Berti… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
A challenge for neuroscience is to understand the conscious and unconscious processes
underlying construction of willed actions. We investigated the neural substrate of human …

Network-behavior mapping of lasting executive impairments after low-grade glioma surgery

J Cochereau, AL Lemaitre, M Wager… - Brain Structure and …, 2020 - Springer
Executive functions (EF) may be significantly impaired following low-grade glioma (LGG)
surgery, especially in the event of white matter (WM) disruption. The aim of this study was to …

The parietal architecture binding cognition to sensorimotor integration: a multimodal causal study

L Fornia, A Leonetti, G Puglisi, M Rossi, L Viganò… - Brain, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Despite human's praxis abilities are unique among primates, comparative observations
suggest that these cognitive motor skills could have emerged from exploitation and …

Thalamostriatal disconnection underpins long-term seizure freedom in frontal lobe epilepsy surgery

D Giampiccolo, LP Binding, L Caciagli, R Rodionov… - Brain, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Around 50% of patients undergoing frontal lobe surgery for focal drug-resistant epilepsy
become seizure free post-operatively; however, only about 30% of patients remain seizure …

[HTML][HTML] Segregated circuits for phonemic and semantic fluency: A novel patient-tailored disconnection study

L Zigiotto, L Vavassori, L Annicchiarico, F Corsini… - NeuroImage: Clinical, 2022 - Elsevier
Phonemic and semantic fluency are neuropsychological tests widely used to assess
patients' language and executive abilities and are highly sensitive tests in detecting …

The frontal aslant tract and its role in executive functions: a quantitative tractography study in glioma patients

MJF Landers, SPL Meesters, M van Zandvoort… - Brain imaging and …, 2022 - Springer
Focal white matter lesions can cause cognitive impairments due to disconnections within or
between networks. There is some preliminary evidence that there are specific hubs and fiber …

Group-level stability but individual variability of neurocognitive status after awake resections of right frontal IDH-mutated glioma

M Barberis, I Poisson, V Facque, S Letrange… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Awake surgery for low-grade gliomas is currently considered the best procedure to improve
the extent of resection and guarantee a" worth living life" for patients, meaning avoiding not …