Increased functional connectivity within memory networks following memory rehabilitation in multiple sclerosis

Brain Imaging and Behavior

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 394-402

  Leavitt, Victoria M ^a,b   Wylie, Glenn R ^a,b   Girgis, Peter A ^a   DeLuca, John ^a,b   Chiaravalloti, Nancy D ^a,b  

^a KESSLER FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Default network; Functional connectivity; Memory; Multiple sclerosis; Neurorehabilitation

Indexed keywords

BETA1A INTERFERON; GLATIRAMER; INTERFERON BETA SERINE; NATALIZUMAB;

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE REHABILITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSULA; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; POSTCENTRAL GYRUS; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); THALAMUS; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TRACT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REST; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REST; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84907667973     PISSN: 19317557     EISSN: 19317565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11682-012-9183-2     Document Type: Article

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