Diffusion-based structural connectivity patterns of multiple sclerosis phenotypes.
Eloy Martinez-HerasElisabeth SolanaFrancesc VivóElisabet Lopez-SoleyAlberto CalviSalut Alba-ArbalatMenno Michiel SchoonheimEva M M StrijbisHugo VrenkenFrederik BarkhofMaria Assunta RoccaMassimo FilippiElisabetta PaganiSergiu GroppaVinzenz FleischerRobert A DineenBarbara BellenbergCarsten LukasDeborah ParetoÀlex RoviraJaume Sastre-GarrigaCollorone SaraFerran PradosAhmed ToosyOlga CiccarelliAlbert SaizYolanda BlancoSara LlufriuPublished in: Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry (2023)
In conclusion, brain connectivity is disrupted in MS and has differential patterns according to the phenotype. Secondary progressive is associated with more widespread changes in connectivity. Additionally, classification tasks can distinguish between MS types, with subcortical connections being the most important factor.