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Translational Brain Mapping at the University of Rochester Medical Center: Preserving the Mind Through Personalized Brain Mapping
Published on: August 12, 2019
Translational Brain Mapping at the University of Rochester Medical Center: Preserving the Mind Through Personalized
Bradford Z Mahon1, Jeffrey A Mead2, Benjamin L Chernoff3
1Department of Neurosurgery, University of Rochester Medical Center; Department of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University; bmahon@andrew.cmu.edu.
Abstract:
The Translational Brain Mapping Program at the University of Rochester is an interdisciplinary effort that integrates cognitive science, neurophysiology, neuroanesthesia, and neurosurgery. Patients who have tumors or epileptogenic tissue in eloquent brain areas are studied preoperatively with functional and structural MRI, and intraoperatively with direct electrical stimulation mapping. Post-operative neural and cognitive outcome measures fuel basic science studies about the factors that mediate good versus poor outcome after surgery, and how brain mapping can be further optimized to ensure the best outcome for future patients. In this article, we describe the interdisciplinary workflow that allows our team to meet the synergistic goals of optimizing patient outcome and advancing scientific understanding of the human brain.
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