Impaired functional integration in multiple sclerosis: a graph theory study

Brain Structure and Function

Volumn 221, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 115-131

  Rocca, Maria A ^a   Valsasina, Paola ^a   Meani, Alessandro ^a   Falini, Andrea ^a   Comi, Giancarlo ^a   Filippi, Massimo ^a  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; Graph analysis; Multiple sclerosis; Phenotype; Resting state fMRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN SIZE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CEREBELLUM; CINGULUM (BRAIN); COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONNECTOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRAPH THEORETICAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRECUNEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTING STATE NETWORK; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; IMAGE PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84955171220     PISSN: 18632653     EISSN: 18632661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-014-0896-4     Document Type: Article

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