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April 23, 2026Neurosurgical ReviewOpen Access

Unlocking the mind: brain mapping for the exploratory quest of functional and cognitive networks in awake neurosurgery

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RARoberto AltieriCLCiro De LucaGMGiovanni Maria De Martino

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Overview

Retrospective study investigates brain stimulation effects on cognitive function during awake surgery, indicating important neural connectivity.

Key Points

  • Investigate the efficacy of intraoperative brain stimulation in preserving cognitive function during lesion resection.
  • Retrospective analysis of 18 awake patients undergoing intracranial lesion resection
  • Direct electrical stimulation used at 91 sites during various cognitive tasks
  • Spatial response patterns analyzed using DBSCAN clustering.
  • All patients regained cognitive abilities post-surgery
  • Motor arrest was the most common response to stimulation
  • Only 1 out of 91 stimulation sites affected mentalizing function.

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Altieri et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69e9b71b85696592c86eb31bhttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10143-026-04225-w
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