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. 2015 May 28;16(6):12185–12198. doi: 10.3390/ijms160612185

Table 1.

Summary of works that found out a strong correlation between cerebellar abnormalities and cognitive impairment as measured by neuropsychological tests. For a list of abbreviation see Abbreviations section.

Article MS Phenotype No. of Subjects Imaging Method MRI Features Neuropsychological Findings Neuroimaging Findings
Valentino et al., 2009 RR-MSc 21 Semi-automated morhpometry Cerebellar and cortical TLL RR-MSc: Deficits in SDMT and COWAT with respect to RR-MSnc RR-MSc: No significant correlation between cognitive impairment and TLL
RR-MSnc 21
Cerasa et al., 2012 RR-MSc 12 Semi-automated morhpometry/fMRI task Cerebellar TLL and volume RR-MSc: Deficits in SDMT, ST and WLG with respect to controls RR-MSc: Cerebellar TLL correlated with fMRI activity of the superior parietal lobule during PVSAT
RR-MSnc 15
Controls 16
Cerasa et al., 2013 RR-MSc 12 Semi-automated morhpometry/VBM Cerebellar TLL and GM volume RR-MSc: Deficits in SDMT, COWAT and ROCFT with respect to RR-MSnc and controls RR-MSc: GM volume in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex correlated with SDMT; GM volume in superior temporal gyrus correlated with COWAT
RR-MSnc 14
Controls 20
Damasceno et al., 2014 RR-MS 42 Semi-automated morhpometry/FreeSurfer Cerebellar GM/WM volume, intracortical/leukocortical lesions (nr. and volume) RR-MS: deficits in SDMT and PASAT with respect to controls RR-MS: Cerebellar intracortical lesions associated with SDMT, Cerebellar leukocortical lesions associated with PASAT
Controls 30
Rocca et al., 2014 RR-MS 121 fMRI connectivity Global and regional network properties, hubs RR-MS: PASAT correlated with global network features, with absence of additional hubs in Lobule VII of right cerebellum, and with a decrease of nodal degree in right cerebellum
B-MS 45
SP-MS 80
Romascano et al., 2014 RR-MS 28 Automated morhpometry/fMRI connectivity Cerebellar lesion (nr. and volume), CPN parameters: T1 rt, T2 rt, MTR, GFA RR-MS: No cognitive deficit RR-MS: T1 rt, T2 rt, GFA associated with the SRT-LTS, GFA correlated SRT-CLTR and SDMT, T2 rt correlated with SPART-D
Controls 26
Weier et al., 2014 RR-MSc 120 Semi-automated morhpometry/SIENAX TCV, CGV, CWV RR-MSc: Deficits in SDMT and PASAT with respect to RR-MSnc RR-MSc: TCV correlated with SDMT, cerebellar T1 lesion volume significant predictor of PASAT
RR-MSnc 52
Deppe et al., 2015 RR-MS 68 DTI Cerebellar FA, AD, MD, RD RR-MS: Cerebellar FA correlated with motor disability scale (EDSS)
Controls 26