summary: The authors, using a recently introduced MRI technique which measures brain activity, compared patterns of activation during cognitive tasks in people with MS and in normal controls. They found that the differences between the two groups were partially due to ongoing compensatory processes in people with MS.

authors: Morgen K, Sammer G, Courtney SM, Wolters T, Melchior H, Blecker CR, Oschmann P, Kaps M, Vaitl D.

source: Neuroimage. 2007 Sep 1;37(3):937-46

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