Higher education moderates the effect of T2 lesion load and third ventricle width on cognition in multiple sclerosis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Pinter, Daniela ^a   Sumowski, James ^b   DeLuca, John ^b   Fazekas, Franz ^a   Pichler, Alexander ^a   Khalil, Michael ^a   Langkammer, Christian ^a   Fuchs, Siegrid ^a   Enzinger, Christian ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b KESSLER FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; BRIEF REPEATABLE BATTERY OF NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; COGNITION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; T2 LESION LOAD; WHITE MATTER LESION;

ADULT; ATROPHY; COGNITION DISORDERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THIRD VENTRICLE;

EID: 84900321078     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0087567     Document Type: Article

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