Disconnection as a mechanism for cognitive dysfunction in multiple sclerosis

Brain

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 239-249

  Dineen, R A ^a   Vilisaar, J ^a   Hlinka, J ^a   Bradshaw, C M ^a   Morgan, P S ^a   Constantinescu, C S ^a   Auer, D P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; Diffusion tensor imaging; Disconnection; Magnetic resonance imaging; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE TRACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; RELAPSE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VISUAL MEMORY; WHITE MATTER; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 58849132291     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awn275     Document Type: Article

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