Sodium Amytal Testing and Language

A. I. Tröster; T. D. Parsons

doi:10.1016/B0-08-044854-2/04171-7

Sodium Amytal Testing and Language

A. I. Tröster
, T. D. Parsons

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Abstract

The amobarbital (sodium amytal) test is a technique used to establish hemispheric language and memory capabilities in epilepsy surgery candidates, but its clinical use has also allowed insights into the neural correlates of cognitive functions, and especially language. In particular, the amobarbital test has contributed to the understanding of inter- and intrahemispheric differences in the organization of language, and how early brain injury may lead to the reorganization of cognitive functions and alter the relationship between language and hand dominance.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics
Publisher	Elsevier Ltd
Pages	500-502
Number of pages	3
ISBN (Print)	9780080448541
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B0-08-044854-2/04171-7
State	Published - 2006
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Amobarbital
Bilingualism
Crossed Aphasia
Crowding
Epilepsy
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Handedness
Hemispheric Dominance
Internal Carotid Artery
Sign Language
Temporal Lobe
Wada Test

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General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

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