Structural networks involved in attention and executive functions in multiple sclerosis

NeuroImage: Clinical

Volumn 13, Issue , 2017, Pages 288-296

  Llufriu, Sara ^a   Martinez Heras, Eloy ^a   Solana, Elisabeth ^a   Sola Valls, Nuria ^a   Sepulveda, Maria ^a   Blanco, Yolanda ^a   Martinez Lapiscina, Elena H ^a   Andorra, Magi ^a   Villoslada, Pablo ^a   Prats Galino, Alberto ^a   Saiz, Albert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cognition; Connectivity; Graph analysis; MRI; Multiple sclerosis; Tractography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; FRONTOPARIETAL CORTEX; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INSULA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROANATOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURAL CONNECTIVITY; TEMPORAL CORTEX; WHITE MATTER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ATTENTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 85006819035     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22131582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2016.11.026     Document Type: Article

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