The grey matter correlates of impaired decision-making in multiple sclerosis

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 530-536

  Muhlert, Nils ^a,b   Sethi, Varun ^a   Cipolotti, Lisa ^c   Haroon, Hamied ^d   Parker, Geoff J M ^d   Yousry, Tarek ^c   Wheeler Kingshott, Claudia ^a   Miller, David ^a   Ron, Maria ^a   Chard, Declan ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e Natl Inst for Hlth Res ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; REACTION TIME; WHITE MATTER; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; DECISION MAKING; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; WHITE MATTER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927645166     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2014-308169     Document Type: Article

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