Temporal lobe regions essential for preserved picture naming after left temporal epilepsy surgery.
Jeffrey R BinderJia-Qing TongSara B PillayLisa L ConantColin J HumphriesManoj RaghavanWade M MuellerRobyn M BuschLinda AllenWilliam L GrossChristopher T AndersonChad E CarlsonMark J LoweJohn T LangfittMadalina E TivarusDaniel L DraneDavid W LoringMonica JacobsVictoria L MorganJane B AllendorferJerzy P SzaflarskiLeonardo BonilhaSusan BookheimerThomas GrabowskiJennifer VannestSara J Swansonnull nullPublished in: Epilepsia (2020)
The results provide the first statistical map relating lesion location in left temporal lobe epilepsy surgery to picture naming decline, and they support previous observations of transient naming deficits from electrical stimulation in the basal temporal cortex. The critical lesion is relatively posterior and could be avoided in many patients undergoing left temporal lobe surgery for intractable epilepsy.