Functional correlates of callosal atrophy in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis patients. A preliminary MRI study

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 245, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 153-158

  Barkhof, F ^a   Elton, M ^b   Lindeboom, J ^a   Tas, M W ^a   Schmidt, W F ^b   Hommes, O R ^c   Polman, C H ^a   Kok, A ^b   Valk, J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c University Hospital Njmegen   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Callosal atrophy; MRI; Multiple sclerosis; Periventricular lesions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DICHOTIC LISTENING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0031893721     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004150050196     Document Type: Article

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