Exploration of the relationships between regional grey matter atrophy and cognition in multiple sclerosis

Brain Imaging and Behavior

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 378-386

  Nocentini, Ugo ^a,b   Bozzali, Marco ^a   Spanò, Barbara ^a   Cercignani, Mara ^a,c   Serra, Laura ^a   Basile, Barbara ^a   Mannu, Rosalba ^a   Caltagirone, Carlo ^a,b   De Luca, John ^d,e  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d KESSLER FOUNDATION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Cognitive impairment; Grey matter; Memory; VBM

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPATIAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY; WHITE MATTER; WORKING MEMORY; ATROPHY; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; ATROPHY; BRAIN; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORGAN SIZE;

EID: 84907710943     PISSN: 19317557     EISSN: 19317565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11682-012-9170-7     Document Type: Article

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