Cognitively preserved MS patients demonstrate functional differences in processing neutral and emotional faces

Brain Imaging and Behavior

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 241-251

  Jehna, Margit ^a,b   Langkammer, Christian ^a   Wallner Blazek, Mirja ^a   Neuper, Christa ^b   Loitfelder, Marisa ^a,b   Ropele, Stefan ^a   Fuchs, Siegrid ^a   Khalil, Michael ^a   Pluta Fuerst, Aga ^a   Fazekas, Franz ^a   Enzinger, Christian ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Emotion recognition; fMRI; Multiple sclerosis; Neural plasticity; Precuneus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANGER; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BEHAVIORAL EMOTION RECOGNITION TEST; BRIEF REPEATABLE BATTERY FOR NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTION; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; SEX DIFFERENCE; WHITE MATTER; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST;

ADULT; BRAIN; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80355147073     PISSN: 19317557     EISSN: 19317565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11682-011-9128-1     Document Type: Article

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