Intellectual enrichment is linked to cerebral efficiency in multiple sclerosis: Functional magnetic resonance imaging evidence for cognitive reserve

Brain

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 362-374

  Sumowski, James F ^a,b   Wylie, Glenn R ^a,b   Deluca, John ^a,b   Chiaravalloti, Nancy ^a,b  

^a KESSLER FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's; disease; Cognitive reserve; Default network; Functional MRI; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN FUNCTION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MEMORY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OXYGEN BLOOD LEVEL; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMBOL DIGIT MODALITIES TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; BRAIN; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE NET;

EID: 77249142048     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awp307     Document Type: Article

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