Amobarbital Effects and Lateralized Brain Function

This book summarizes and critically evaluates the body ofresults that has accumulated over the years on Wada testing,which is used in the pre-operative evaluation of epilepsysurgery patients. Also known as the Intracarotid Amobarbitalprocedure, this methods is commonly referred to as the Wadatest in tribute to Juhn Wada, the physician who devised thetechnique.