Direct evidence for the causal role of the left supplementary motor area in working memory: A preliminary study

Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2014 Nov:126:201-4. doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2014.09.009. Epub 2014 Oct 2.

Authors

Riho Nakajima¹, Hirokazu Okita², Masashi Kinoshita³, Katsuyoshi Miyashita³, Mitsutoshi Nakada³, Tetsutaro Yahata², Jun-ichiro Hamada³, Yutaka Hayashi⁴

Affiliations

¹ Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan.
² Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Kanazawa University Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan.
³ Department of Neurosurgery, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan.
⁴ Department of Neurosurgery, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan. Electronic address: yuh@med.kanazawa-u.ac.jp.

PMID: 25306857
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2014.09.009

No abstract available

Keywords: 2-Back task; Awake surgery; Supplementary motor area; Working memory.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Craniotomy
Female
Functional Laterality / physiology*
Glioma / surgery*
Humans
Male
Memory, Short-Term / physiology*
Monitoring, Intraoperative / methods*
Motor Cortex* / pathology
Motor Cortex* / physiopathology
Motor Cortex* / surgery
Neuropsychological Tests
Pilot Projects
Supratentorial Neoplasms / surgery*