Cognitive impairment in multiple sclerosis

Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 618-627

  Lovera, Jesus ^a   Kovner, Blake ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphetamine; Assessment; Cholinesterase inhibitors; Cognitive impairment; Cognitive rehabilitation; Complementary and alternative treatments; Cortical pathology; Disease modifying therapies(DMTs); Domains of impairment; Exercise; FMRI; Functional connectivity; Imaging correlates of MS; Incidence; Interferon; Lesion load; Memory; MRI; Multiple sclerosis (MS); Neuropsychological tests; Prevalence; Processing speed; Symptomatic treatment; Theory of mind; Yoga

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; BETA1A INTERFERON; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; DONEPEZIL; FINGOLIMOD; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; GLATIRAMER; INTERFERON BETA SERINE; MEMANTINE; METHYLPHENIDATE; MODAFINIL; NATALIZUMAB; PLACEBO; RIVASTIGMINE;

CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE REHABILITATION; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; EXERCISE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; THEORY OF MIND; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; YOGA;

COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREVALENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84870523440     PISSN: 15284042     EISSN: 15346293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11910-012-0294-3     Document Type: Review

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