Odotopia and Intraoperative Brain Mapping: Implications for Management of Patients with Diffuse Low-grade Gliomas

Abstract

Recent methods for diagnosis and surgery have really changed the relationships between structure and functioning in the brain, so bringing to a holistic vision and explicating the concept of odotopia with regard to gray and white matter interactions. Accordingly, the concept of brain plasticity and the surgical treatment have been revised in the light of new views as well, bringing to a new insight for multimodal management of diffuse low-grade gliomas.