The effects of rivastigmine on processing speed and brain activation in patients with multiple sclerosis and subjective cognitive fatigue

Multiple Sclerosis Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1351-1361

  Huolman, S ^a,b,c   Hamalainen P ^b   Vorobyev, V ^c   Ruutiainen, J ^b   Parkkola, R ^d   Laine, T ^c   Hamalainen H ^c  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b Maskun Neurologinen Kuntoutuskeskus   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^d TURKU PET CENTRE   (Finland)

Author keywords

attention; cognitive fatigue; fMRI; multiple sclerosis; PVSAT; rivastigmine

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; PLACEBO; RIVASTIGMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MENTAL TASK; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; MOOD; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SUBJECTIVE COGNITIVE FATIGUE; SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 80655128163     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: 14770970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458511412061     Document Type: Article

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