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Determination of Cognitive Hemispheric Dominance by "Stereo" Transcranial Doppler Sonography
From the Departments of Neurology (F.R., M.S., H.P.M.), Neuropsychologic Rehabilitation (K.G., B.G.), and Neurosurgery (H.-J.S.), University of Berne, Inselspital, Berne, Switzerland.
Correspondence to Frank Rihs, MD, Department of Neurology, University of Berne, Inselspital, CH-3010 Berne, Switzerland.
Background and Purpose Transcranial Doppler sonography (TCD) can assess blood flow velocity changes induced by focal brain activation. Therefore, TCD may have the potential to identify hemispheric dominance for cognitive tasks.
Methods Using a system with two TCD probes ("stereo" TCD), we monitored simultaneously both middle cerebral arteries (MCAs) of 14 healthy right-handed volunteers while they performed cognitive tasks. The averaged blood flow velocity ratio of the two MCAs and the hemispheric blood flow velocity shift induced by the cognitive task were calculated.
Results In every subject, language tasks resulted in blood flow velocity shift to the left compared with visuospatial tasks. Mean MCA blood flow velocity shift to the left was 1.67%, 2.01%, and 2.31% in three language tasks. Mean blood flow velocity shift to the right was 1.67% and 2.31% in two visuospatial tasks.
Conclusions Bilateral simultaneous MCA blood flow velocity monitoring and averaging during cognitive tasks can help to identify hemispheric dominance for cognitive tasks in individuals.
Key Words: cerebral blood flow • dominance • cerebral • cognition • ultrasonics
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