Altered cortical hubs in functional brain networks in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2097-2104

  Ma, Xujing ^a,b   Zhang, Jiuquan ^c   Zhang, Youxue ^a   Chen, Heng ^a   Li, Rong ^a   Wang, Jian ^c   Chen, Huafu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b Cangzhou Medical College   (China)

^c THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Cognitive impairment; Graph theory; Hub; Prefrontal cortex; Resting state fMRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL BRAIN NETWORK; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAL ORBITOFRONTAL CORTEX; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; NEUROANATOMY; PARIETAL CORTEX; PRECUNEUS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; VISUAL CORTEX; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REST;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; REST;

EID: 84945484498     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: 15903478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-015-2319-6     Document Type: Article

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