Preserved brain adaptive properties in patients with benign multiple sclerosis

Neurology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 142-149

  Rocca, M A ^a   Ceccarelli, A ^a   Rodegher, M ^a   Misci, P ^a   Riccitelli, G ^a   Falini, A ^a   Comi, G ^a   Filippi, M ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROIMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUTAMEN; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA; VISUAL CORTEX; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 75649136616     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181c91a00     Document Type: Article

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