Structural brain correlates of cognitive and behavioral impairment in MND

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1614-1626

  Agosta, Federica ^a   Ferraro, Pilar M ^a   Riva, Nilo ^a   Spinelli, Edoardo G ^a   Chiò, Adriano ^b   Canu, Elisa ^a   Valsasina, Paola ^a   Lunetta, Christian ^c   Iannaccone, Sandro ^a   Copetti, Massimiliano ^d   Prudente, Evelina ^a   Comi, Giancarlo ^a   Falini, Andrea ^c   Filippi, Massimo ^a  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c Neuromuscular OnmiCenter   (Italy)

^d CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Cognitive and behavioral impairment; Cortical thinning; Diffusion tensor MRI; Motor neuron disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; CINGULATE GYRUS; CINGULUM (BRAIN); COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE; TRACTOGRAPHY; UNCINATE FASCICULUS; WHITE MATTER; AGED; BRAIN CORTEX; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; MENTAL DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY;

AGED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE;

EID: 84957605655     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.23124     Document Type: Article

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