Open AccessCognitive disorders in multiple sclerosis: correlation between neuropsychological, neurophysiological and neuroimaging characteristics
Author(s) -
Н. Ф. Мусина
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
bûlletenʹ sibirskoj mediciny
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.135
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1819-3684
pISSN - 1682-0363
DOI - 10.20538/1682-0363-2008-5-1-252-259
Subject(s) - multiple sclerosis , neuropsychology , atrophy , neuroimaging , cognition , neuroscience , neurophysiology , psychology , magnetic resonance imaging , medicine , audiology , pathology , psychiatry , radiology
Multiple sclerosis (MS) — autoimmune disease of CNS, characterized by myelin destruction and axonal damage. To study cognitive functions, the authors used the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), the frontal assessment battery, the procedure developed by A.R. Luriya, neurophysiological characteristics. 71 patients were underwent magnetic resonance imaging. The aim of the study was to analyse the parameters of neuropsychological method, cognitive evoked potentials P300 and the role of brain atrophy in MS. The cognitive functions, the activity of the disease and the expression of brain atrophy are bound by the certain way.