Grey matter damage in progressive multiple sclerosis versus amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a voxel-based morphometry MRI study

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 371-377

  Tavazzi, Eleonora ^a   Laganà, Maria Marcella ^a   Bergsland, Niels ^a,b,c   Tortorella, Paola ^a   Pinardi, Giovanna ^a   Lunetta, Christian ^d   Corbo, Massimo ^d   Rovaris, Marco ^a  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Grey matter; MRI; Multiple sclerosis; Voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLAUSTRUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DIAGONAL BAND OF BROCA; DISEASE DURATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FEMALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; INSULA; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; OCCIPITAL GYRUS; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; PARIETAL OPERCULUM; POSTCENTRAL GYRUS; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PRECUNEUS; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PUTAMEN; SMELLING; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA; SUPRAMARGINAL GYRUS; THALAMUS; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WERNICKE AREA; WORKING MEMORY; BRAIN; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BRAIN; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS;

EID: 84923818901     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: 15903478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-014-1954-7     Document Type: Article

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