Disconnection mechanism and regional cortical atrophy contribute to impaired processing of facial expressions and theory of mind in multiple sclerosis: A structural MRI study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Mike, Andrea ^a,c   Strammer, Erzsebet ^a   Aradi, Mihaly ^a   Orsi, Gergely ^a   Perlaki, Gabor ^a   Hajnal, Andras ^a   Sandor, Janos ^b   Banati, Miklos ^a   Illes, Eniko ^a   Zaitsev, Alexander ^c   Herold, Robert ^a   Guttmann, Charles R G ^c   Illes, Zsolt ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); EMOTION; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FRONTAL EYE FIELD; FUSIFORM FACE AREA; GAZE; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTOOCCIPITAL FASCICULUS; INFERIOR LONGITUDINAL BUNDLE; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SOCIAL COGNITION; TEMPORAL LOBE; THEORY OF MIND; UNCINATE FASCICULUS; WHITE MATTER LESION;

ADULT; ATROPHY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION; DEMOGRAPHY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THEORY OF MIND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892667180     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082422     Document Type: Article

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