Bastiaanse Roelien, Ohlerth Ann-Katrin
University of Groningen, P.O. Box 716, 9700 AS Groningen, The Netherlands.
Neurobiology of Language Department, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, P.O. Box 310, 6500 AH Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
J Pers Med. 2023 Feb 21;13(3):376. doi: 10.3390/jpm13030376.
Gliomas are brain tumors infiltrating healthy cortical and subcortical areas that may host cognitive functions, such as language. If these areas are damaged during surgery, the patient might develop word retrieval or articulation problems. For this reason, many glioma patients are operated on awake, while their language functions are tested. For this practice, quite simple tests are used, for example, picture naming. This paper describes the process and timeline of picture naming (noun retrieval) and shows the timeline and localization of the distinguished stages. This is relevant information for presurgical language testing with . This novel technique allows us to identify cortical involved in the language production process and, thus, guides the neurosurgeon in how to approach and remove the tumor. We argue that not only nouns, but also verbs should be tested, since sentences are built around verbs, and sentences are what we use in daily life. This approach's relevance is illustrated by two case studies of glioma patients.
胶质瘤是浸润可能承载认知功能（如语言功能）的健康皮质和皮质下区域的脑肿瘤。如果这些区域在手术中受损，患者可能会出现词汇检索或发音问题。因此，许多胶质瘤患者在清醒状态下接受手术，同时对其语言功能进行测试。对于这种做法，使用的测试相当简单，例如图片命名。本文描述了图片命名（名词检索）的过程和时间线，并展示了不同阶段的时间线和定位。这是术前语言测试的相关信息。这项新技术使我们能够识别参与语言生成过程的皮质，从而指导神经外科医生如何处理和切除肿瘤。我们认为不仅应该测试名词，还应该测试动词，因为句子是以动词为核心构建的，而句子是我们在日常生活中使用的。两个胶质瘤患者的案例研究说明了这种方法的相关性。
