Functional magnetic resonance imaging evidence for task-specific activation of developmentally abnormal visual association cortex

Authors
Smith, CD Trevathan, ER Zhang, M Andersen, AH Avison, MJ
Citation
Cd. Smith et al., Functional magnetic resonance imaging evidence for task-specific activation of developmentally abnormal visual association cortex, ANN NEUROL, 45(4), 1999, pp. 515-518
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Neurology,"Neurosciences & Behavoir
Journal title
ANNALS OF NEUROLOGY
ISSN journal
03645134 → ACNP
Volume
45
Issue
4
Year of publication
1999
Pages
515 - 518
Database
ISI
SICI code
0364-5134(199904)45:4<515:FMRIEF>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
Functional magnetic resonance imaging was performed on a 36-year-old woman with muscular dystrophy, intractable epilepsy, and bilateral temporo-occipi tal lissencephaly. We observed islands of task-specific activation in lisse ncephalic cortex homologous to visual association regions activated in norm al subjects on the same visual confrontation naming task. This result sugge sts lissencephalic cortex may develop specific functional connections with other brain regions.