Gender-related differences in functional connectivity in multiple sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 164-173

  Schoonheim, Menno M ^a   Hulst, Hanneke E ^a   Landi, Doriana ^b   Ciccarelli, Olga ^c   Roosendaal, Stefan D ^a   Sanz Arigita, Ernesto J ^a   Vrenken, Hugo ^a   Polman, Chris H ^a   Stam, Cornelis J ^a   Barkhof, Frederik ^a   Geurts, Jeroen J G ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cognition; connectivity; fMRI; gender; MRI; multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE DURATION; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY; WHITE MATTER; WHOLE BODY MRI;

EID: 84856714598     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: 14770970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458511422245     Document Type: Article

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