Mapping the brain area for speech during surgery
Part of Brain & nervous system, Cancer clinical trials.
This study uses tiny brain electrodes placed during surgery to better understand how a brain region helps with speech. The results may guide safer brain mapping during surgery for people with epilepsy or brain tumors.
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Who can take part
- You have epilepsy or a brain tumor and are having surgery at UCSF where electrodes are placed to find the seizure area or guide tumor/epilepsy removal
- Your surgical plan includes electrodes in at least two targeted brain areas used for the study
- You are able and willing to cooperate with the study tasks during surgery (listening/doing tasks)
- You can give informed consent (or your legal representative can, if applicable)
- You do not have major brain damage that would interfere with the study
- You do not have significant thinking or memory problems that would prevent you from completing the tasks reliably
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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