Atrophy mainly affects the limbic system and the deep grey matter at the first stage of multiple sclerosis

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 690-695

  Audoin, Bertrand ^a,b   Zaaraoui, Wafaa ^a   Reuter, Françoise ^a,b   Rico, Audrey ^a,b   Malikova, Irina ^a,b   Confort Gouny, Sylviane ^a   Cozzone, Patrick J ^a   Pelletier, Jean ^a,b   Ranjeva, Jean Philippe ^a  

^a University of Aix Marseille   (France)

^b TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CEREBELLUM; CINGULATE GYRUS; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; ERROR; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INSULA; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS; VOLUMETRY; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

EID: 77953694020     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2009.188748     Document Type: Article

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