Archiv nach Monat:: Juli 2017

BACKGROUND: Decision-making (DM) abilities deteriorate with multiple sclerosis (MS) disease progression which impairs everyday life and is thus clinically important. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the underlying neurocognitive processes and their relation to regional gray matter (GM) loss induced by MS. METHODS: We used a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) Iowa Gambling Task to measure DM-related brain… Read more »

BACKGROUND: Gender and age at onset are important epidemiological factros influencing prevalence, clinical presentation, and treatment response in autoimmune diseases. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the impact of female sex and fertile age on aquaporin-4-antibody (AQP4-ab) status, attack localization, and response attack treatment in patients with neuromyelitis optica (NMO) and its sprectrum disorders (neuromeyelitis optica spectrum disorder… Read more »