Cognitive rehabilitation in multiple sclerosis: The role of plasticity

Frontiers in Neurology

Volumn 6, Issue APR, 2015, Pages

  Chiaravalloti, Nancy D ^a,b   Genova, Helen M ^a,b   DeLuca, John ^a,b  

^a KESSLER FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Cognitive rehabilitation; Cognitive remediation; FMRI; Multiple sclerosis; Neuroimaging

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE REHABILITATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPISODIC MEMORY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PHENOTYPE; RESTING STATE NETWORK; REVIEW; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 84930677841     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2015.00067     Document Type: Review

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