Thalamocortical sensorimotor circuit in multiple sclerosis: An integrated structural and electrophysiological assessment

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1588-1600

  Dell'Acqua, Maria Luisa ^a   Landi, Doriana ^a   Zito, Giancarlo ^b,c   Zappasodi, Filippo ^d   Lupoi, Domenico ^b   Rossini, Paolo M ^a,b,c   Filippi, Maria M ^b   Tecchio, Franca ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^b FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Functional connectivity; Inter hemispheric asymmetry; Magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetoencephalography; Thalamus volume

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MOTOR CORTEX; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SENSORY CORTEX; SENSORY STIMULATION; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS;

EID: 78349277721     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.20961     Document Type: Article

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