Cognitive functions in multiple sclerosis: Impact of gray matter integrity

Multiple Sclerosis Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 424-432

  Llufriu, Sara ^a,c   Martinez Heras, Eloy ^a,c   Fortea, Juan ^b   Blanco, Yolanda ^a,c   Berenguer, Joan ^c   Gabilondo, Iñigo ^a,c   Ibarretxe Bilbao, Naroa ^d   Falcon, Carles ^e,f   Sepulveda, Maria ^a,c   Sola Valls, Nuria ^a,c   Bargallo, Nuria ^c,e   Graus, Francesc ^a,c   Villoslada, Pablo ^a,c   Saiz, Albert ^a,c  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DEUSTO   (Spain)

^e INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

^f BIOMATERIALES Y NANOMEDICINA CIBER BBN   (Spain)

Author keywords

cognitive function; diffusion tensor imaging; MRI; Multiple sclerosis; tract based spatial statistics; voxel based analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PROBABILITY; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WHITE MATTER; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GRAY MATTER INTEGRITY; LESION PROBABILITY MAPPING; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICS; TRACT BASED SPATIAL STATISTICS; WHITE MATTER INTEGRITY;

COGNITIVE FUNCTION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; MRI; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; TRACT-BASED SPATIAL STATISTICS; VOXEL-BASED ANALYSIS;

ADULT; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84896132177     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: 14770970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458513503722     Document Type: Article

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