Structural abnormalities and altered regional brain activity in Multiple Sclerosis with Simple Spinal Cord Involvement.

CONCLUSION: Our results detected structural and functional abnormalities in MS-SSCI and functional parameters were associated with clinical abnormalities. Multimodal imaging plays an important role in detecting structural and functional abnormalities in MS-SSCI. Advances in knowledge: This is the first time to apply RS-fMRI, VBM and diffusion tensor tractography to study the structural and functional abnormalities in MS-SSCI, and to explore its correlation with EDSS score.
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Source: The British Journal of Radiology - December 11, 2017 Category: Radiology Authors: Yin P, Liu Y, Xiong H, Han Y, Sah SK, Zeng C, Wang J, Li Y Tags: Br J Radiol Source Type: research