... and memory functions were evaluated in TLE patients using a standard IAT protocol that was performed as part of their clinical evaluation ( Glosser et al., 1995 ). Soon after an injection of 100–125 ml of sodium amobarbital, nine stimuli were presented for memory encoding. Three common objects...

... performance was evaluated in 169 patients (94 males and 75 females) who underwent left temporal lobe surgery and who had WADA testing of hemispheric language dominance prior to surgery. Verbal memory and figural memory were assessed by list‐learning paradigms. According to the Bonn intracarotid amobarbital...

..., it is difficult to infer intra‐ versus inter‐hemispheric language reorganization on the basis of clinical observations in the presence of early pathology to the left hemisphere. cerebral dominance; language; early pathology fMRI = functional MRI; ICA = intracarotid amobarbital; LI = lateralization index...

... after electrode implantation to ensure comparable baseline performance levels. All patients underwent IAI testing before electrode implantation. For each patient the left carotid artery was injected with 125 mg of amobarbital through a femoral catheter ( Hart et al., 1993 ). Speech...

.... cerebral dominance language functional MRI lateralization EHI = Edinburgh Handedness Inventory fMRI = functional MRI IAP = intracarotid amobarbital procedure LI = laterality index Hemispheric specialization for language functions has been a central topic in brain research for well over a century...

...; amobarbital; ISA; memory Introduction The mechanisms underlying denial of hemiplegia (anosog- are neither mentally impaired nor confused (Bisiach and nosia) have not been elucidated. In its commonest manifesta- Geminiani, 1991). Moreover, the fact that anosognosia can tion patients either verbally deny...

... memory function and quantitative hippocampal histology in patients undergoing anterior temporal lobectomy for the treatment of complex partial seizures. Recognition memory (objects, words, figures) was assessed preoperatively for each hemisphere by the intracarotid amobarbital procedure in 23 patients...

... hippocampal histology in patients undergoing anterior temporal lobectomy for the treatment of complex partial seizures. Recognition memory (objects, words, figures) was assessed preoperatively for each hemisphere by the intracarotid amobarbital procedure in 23 patients (mean age at the time of operation, 30.2...

... Wada J A amobarbital historical perspective intracarotid anaesthetic procedures IAP metrazol sodium amobarbital Grote C L Milner B lateralization Milner Brenda Montral Neurological Institute MNI surgery Fedio P Risse G L Weinberg L K etomidate Branch C Djordjevic J Kneebone A C...

...Oxford University Press For the many varieties of catatonia, all medical ministrations were applied with little success until sodium Amytal (amobarbital) was shown to be specifically successful beginning in the 1930s. Induced seizures as treatments for psychoses in 1930s were also found...

... onset zone. This chapter describes the current presurgical epilepsy evaluation using the EEG and SPECT scanning. epilepsy surgery electroencephalogram (EEG) SPECT scan depth wires subdural electrodes video-EEG intracarotid amobarbital Wada testing Epilepsy surgery evaluation...

... necessary for critical cognitive functions in order to minimize postoperative deficits such as aphasia and amnesia. This may be accomplished by examining the effects of temporary inactivation of the entire hemisphere and small areas of cerebral cortex. The intracarotid amobarbital procedure (IAP), also...