Cerebellar-parietal dysfunctions in multiple sclerosis patients with cerebellar signs

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 237, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 418-426

  Cerasa, Antonio ^a   Passamonti, Luca ^a   Valentino, Paola ^b   Nisticò, Rita ^b   Pirritano, Domenico ^b   Gioia, Maria Cecilia ^a   Chiriaco, Carmelina ^a   Mangone, Graziella ^a   Perrotta, Paolo ^a   Quattrone, Aldo ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebellar signs; Cerebellum; Functional connectivity; Multiple sclerosis; Parietal cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARIETAL LOBE;

EID: 84865285563     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2012.07.020     Document Type: Article

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