Disconnection Mechanism and Regional Cortical Atrophy Contribute to Impaired Processing of Facial Expressions and Theory of Mind in Multiple Sclerosis: A Structural MRI Study

• Andrea Mike,

  Affiliations Division of Clinical and Experimental Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurology, University of Pecs, Pecs, Hungary, Center for Neurological Imaging, Departments of Radiology and Neurology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America

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• Erzsebet Strammer,

  Affiliation Division of Clinical and Experimental Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurology, University of Pecs, Pecs, Hungary

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• Mihaly Aradi,

  Affiliation Diagnostic Center of Pecs, University of Pecs, Pecs, Hungary

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• Gergely Orsi,

  Affiliations Diagnostic Center of Pecs, University of Pecs, Pecs, Hungary, MTA-PTE Clinical Neuroscience MR Research Group, Pecs, Hungary

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• Gabor Perlaki,

  Affiliations Diagnostic Center of Pecs, University of Pecs, Pecs, Hungary, MTA-PTE Clinical Neuroscience MR Research Group, Pecs, Hungary

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• Andras Hajnal,

  Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Pecs, Pecs, Hungary

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• Janos Sandor,

  Affiliation Faculty of Public Health, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary

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• Miklos Banati,

  Affiliation Division of Clinical and Experimental Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurology, University of Pecs, Pecs, Hungary

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• Eniko Illes,

  Affiliation Division of Clinical and Experimental Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurology, University of Pecs, Pecs, Hungary

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• Alexander Zaitsev,

  Affiliation Center for Neurological Imaging, Departments of Radiology and Neurology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America

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• Robert Herold,

  Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Pecs, Pecs, Hungary

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• Charles R. G. Guttmann,

  Affiliation Center for Neurological Imaging, Departments of Radiology and Neurology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America

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• Zsolt Illes

  * E-mail: zsolt.illes@aok.pte.hu

  Affiliations Division of Clinical and Experimental Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurology, University of Pecs, Pecs, Hungary, MTA-PTE Clinical Neuroscience MR Research Group, Pecs, Hungary, Department of Neurology, Institute of Clinical Research, Odense University Hospital, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

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