Cortical thickness and surface area relate to specific symptoms in early relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 402-414

  Nygaard, Gro O ^a,b   Walhovd, Kristine B ^b   Sowa, Piotr ^b   Chepkoech, Joy Loi ^c   Bjørnerud, Atle ^b   Due Tønnessen, Paulina ^b   Landrø, Nils I ^c   Damangir, Soheil ^b   Spulber, Gabriela ^d   Storsve, Andreas B ^c   Beyer, Mona K ^b   Fjell, Anders M ^b   Celius, Elisabeth G ^b   Harbo, Hanne F ^b  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Brain function; cerebral cortex; cortical surface area; cortical thickness; depression; fatigue; magnetic resonance imaging; multiple sclerosis; neurological disability; relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis; symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); DEPRESSION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SURFACE PROPERTY; VERBAL MEMORY; ATROPHY; BRAIN CORTEX; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; PATHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; SPATIAL MEMORY; SURFACE AREA; SYMPTOM; VISUAL MEMORY;

ADULT; ATROPHY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84953380345     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: 14770970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458514543811     Document Type: Article

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