Amobarbital Effects and Lateralized Brain Function - King, Don W.

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Résumé :
This book summarizes and critically evaluates the body of results that has accumulated over the years on Wada testing, which is used in the pre-operative evaluation of epilepsy surgery patients. Also known as the Intracarotid Amobarbital procedure, this methods is commonly referred to as the Wada test in tribute to Juhn Wada, the physician who devised the technique.

Sommaire:
1. Language.- Studies from the Montreal Neurological Institute.- Original Reports.- Milner, Branch & Rasmussen (1966).- Milner (1975)/Rasmussen & Milner (1975).- Rasmussen & Milner (1977).- Montreal Conclusions.- Bilateral Language.- Medical College of Georgia Study.- Reasons for Discrepancies.- Factors Associated with Atypical Representation.- Age of Injury.- Lesion Variables.- Handedness.- Summary.- Language Validation.- Validation of Non-Invasive Behavioral Techniques.- The Crowding Hypothesis.- Summary.- Clinical Application.- 2. Memory.- Historical Background.- Original Reports of Post-Surgical Amnesia.- Baldwin (1956).- Scoville & Milner (1957).- Walker (1957).- Penfield & Milner (1958).- Serafetinides & Falconer (1962).- Dimsdale, Logue & Piercy (1964).- Conclusions.- Rationale for Wada Memory Assessment.- Milner, Branch & Rasmussen (1962).- General Assessment Strategies.- Memory Studies Involving Continuous Material Recognition.- Conclusions.- Memory Studies Involving Discrete Item Presentation.- Comment.- Retrograde Amnesia.- Methodologic Considerations.- Psychometric Issues.- Limitations.- Posterior Cerebral Artery Injection.- Conclusions.- Practical Considerations.- 3. EEG and Neurologic Functions.- Review of Major Studies.- Neurological and EEG Effects.- Summary and Conclusions.- 4. Attention.- Arousal and Consciousness.- Medical College of Georgia Study.- Conclusions.- Hemispheric Specializations.- Medical College of Georgia Study on Tactile Attention.- Conclusions.- Boston Study on Visuospatial Neglect.- Conclusions.- Medical College of Georgia Study on Eye Gaze.- Conclusions.- 5. Emotion.- Emotional Perception and Expression.- Major Empirical Investigations.- Early Italian Investigations.- University of Genoa Study.- Montreal Neurologic Institute Study.- Medical College of Georgia Study.- Causes of Amobarbital Emotional Reactions.- Dosage and Degree of Drug Crossflow.- Type of Disease.- Premorbid Personality.- Hemispheric Specialization for Emotion.- Transcallosal Inhibition Hypothesis.- Summary.- Lateralization of Autonomic Function.- Summary and Conclusions.- 6. MCG Wada Protocol.- Language Rating.- Memory Testing.- Wada Protocol Form.- References.- Senior Author Index.