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ArticleBrain connectivity2020

Graph Theoretic Analysis of Brain Connectomics in Multiple Sclerosis: Reliability and Relationship with Cognition.

Thomas Welton, Cris S Constantinescu, Dorothee P Auer, Rob A Dineen

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Article in Brain connectivity, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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20citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Thomas WeltonRadiological Sciences, Division of Clinical Neuroscience, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom.
Cris S ConstantinescuClinical Neurology, Division of Clinical Neuroscience, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom.
Dorothee P AuerRadiological Sciences, Division of Clinical Neuroscience, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom.
Rob A DineenRadiological Sciences, Division of Clinical Neuroscience, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom.
University of Nottingham · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Research suggests that disruption of brain networks might explain cognitive deficits in multiple sclerosis (MS). The reliability and effectiveness of graph theoretic network metrics as measures of cognitive performance were tested in 37 people with MS and 23 controls. Specifically, relationships with cognitive performance (linear regression against the paced auditory serial addition test-3 seconds [PASAT-3], symbol digit modalities test [SDMT], and attention network test) and 1-month reliability (using the intraclass correlation coefficient [ICC]) of network metrics were measured using both resting-state functional and diffusion magnetic resonance imaging data. Cognitive impairment was directly related to measures of brain network segregation and inversely related to network integration (prediction of PASAT-3 by small worldness, modularity, characteristic path length,

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AdultBrainCognitionConnectomeFemaleHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMiddle AgedMultiple SclerosisNeural PathwaysNeuropsychological TestsReproducibility of Resultsbrain networkscognitionconnectomefunctional magnetic resonance imagingmultiple sclerosisstructural connectivity

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PMID32079409
PMCPMC7196369
OpenAlexW3007919261

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