PRE-SURGICAL FMRI LOCALIZATION OF THE HAND MOTOR CORTEX IN BRAIN TUMORS: COMPARISON BETWEEN FINGER TAPPING TASK AND A NEW VISUAL-TRIGGERED FINGER MOVEMENT TASK

Introduction: Pre-surgical mapping is clinically essential in the surgical management of brain tumors to preserve functions.A common technique to localize eloquent areas is functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).In tumors involving the peri-rolandic regions, the finger tapping task (FTT) is typically administered to delineate the functional a

Blinks and saccades, both ubiquitous in natural viewing conditions, cause rapid changes of visual inputs that are hardly consciously perceived.The neural dynamics in early visual areas of the human brain underlying this remarkable visual stability are still incompletely understood.We used electrocorticography (ECoG) from electrodes directly implant

PASTEL INDIGO Animal farming has intensified significantly in recent decades, with the emergence of concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) in industrialized nations.The congregation of susceptible animals in CAFOs can lead to heavy environmental contamination with pathogens, promoting the emergence of hyper-transmissible, and virulent patho

Low back pain is a common ailment that affects millions of individuals each year and is linked to degeneration of the intervertebral discs in the spine.Intervertebral disc degeneration is known to result from an imbalance in anabolic and catabolic activity by disc cells.Due to the avascular nature of the intervertebral disc, oxygen deficiency may o