Differential patterns of interhemispheric functional disconnection in mild and advanced multiple sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1308-1316

  Codecà, Claudia ^a,b   Mori, Francesco ^a,b   Kusayanagi, Hajime ^a,b   Monteleone, Fabrizia ^a,b   Boffa, Laura ^a,b   Paolillo, Andrea ^c   Bernardi, Giorgio ^a,b   Koch, Giacomo ^a,b   Centonze, Diego ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^c Area of Neurology   (Italy)

Author keywords

axonal loss; outcome measure; progressive

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; BETA1 INTERFERON; BETA1A INTERFERON; GLATIRAMER; MITOXANTRONE; NATALIZUMAB;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREMOTOR CORTEX; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 78449287479     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458510376957     Document Type: Article

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