Searching for the neural basis of reserve against memory decline: Intellectual enrichment linked to larger hippocampal volume in multiple sclerosis

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 39-44

  Sumowski, J F ^a,b   Rocca, M A ^c   Leavitt, V M ^d   Riccitelli, G ^c   Sandry, J ^a,b   Deluca, J ^a,b   Comi, G ^c   Filippi, M ^c  

^a KESSLER FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive disorders; Cognitive reserve; Hippocampus; Memory; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SIZE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INTELLECT; INTELLECTUAL ASSESSMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL TASK; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; THALAMUS; VERBAL MEMORY; COGNITIVE RESERVE; COMPLICATION; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; COGNITIVE RESERVE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING;

EID: 84955170185     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ene.12662     Document Type: Article

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