The Contribution of Resting State Networks to the Study of Cortical Reorganization in MS
Joint Authors
Gallo, Antonio
Sacco, Rosaria
Tedeschi, Gioacchino
Esposito, Fabrizio
Bonavita, Simona
Source
Multiple Sclerosis International
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-10-31
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Resting State fMRI (RS-fMRI) represents an emerging and powerful tool to explore brain functional connectivity (FC) changes associated with neurologic disorders.
Compared to activation/task-related fMRI, RS-fMRI has the advantages that (i) BOLD fMRI signals are self-generated and independent of subject’s performance during the task and (ii) a single dataset is sufficient to extract a set of RS networks (RSNs) that allows to explore whole brain FC.
According to these features RS-fMRI appears particularly suitable for the study of FC changes related to multiple sclerosis (MS).
In the present review we will first give a brief description of RS-fMRI methodology and then an overview of most relevant studies conducted so far in MS by using this approach.
The most interesting results, in particular, regard the default-mode network (DMN), whose FC changes have been correlated with cognitive status of MS patients, and the visual RSN (V-RSN) whose FC changes have been correlated with visual recovery after optic neuritis.
The executive control network (ECN), the lateralized frontoparietal network (FPN), and the sensory motor network (SMN) have also been investigated in MS, showing significant FC rearrangements.
All together, RS-fMRI studies conducted so far in MS suggest that prominent RS-FC changes can be detected in many RSNs and correlate with clinical and/or structural MRI measures.
Future RS-fMRI studies will further clarify the dynamics and clinical impact of RSNs changes in MS.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Sacco, Rosaria& Bonavita, Simona& Esposito, Fabrizio& Tedeschi, Gioacchino& Gallo, Antonio. 2013. The Contribution of Resting State Networks to the Study of Cortical Reorganization in MS. Multiple Sclerosis International،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-7.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Sacco, Rosaria…[et al.]. The Contribution of Resting State Networks to the Study of Cortical Reorganization in MS. Multiple Sclerosis International No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-7.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Sacco, Rosaria& Bonavita, Simona& Esposito, Fabrizio& Tedeschi, Gioacchino& Gallo, Antonio. The Contribution of Resting State Networks to the Study of Cortical Reorganization in MS. Multiple Sclerosis International. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-503851
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-503851