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| Title |
Warmer outdoor temperature is associated with task-related increased BOLD activation in patients with multiple sclerosis
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| Published in |
Brain Imaging and Behavior, October 2013
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| DOI | 10.1007/s11682-013-9267-7 |
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| Authors |
Victoria M. Leavitt, Glenn Wylie, Nancy Chiaravalloti, John DeLuca, James F. Sumowski |
| Abstract |
Patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) demonstrate worse cognition on warmer days. Here, we examine the neurophysiology underlying this temperature-cognition relationship. The association between task-related BOLD fMRI activation and outdoor temperature was investigated in 28 MS patients who demonstrated worse cognitive function on warmer days. In MS patients, warmer outdoor temperature was associated with greater BOLD activation during performance of a simple sustained attention task. The brain areas that showed greater activation on warmer days (p = .01) were regions that have been shown to be more activated by MS patients during task performance: frontal, dorsolateral prefrontal, and parietal cortex. The relationship between outdoor temperature and cerebral activation was absent in healthy controls. The purpose of this study was to identify the neurophysiological basis for worse cognition among MS patients on warmer days. We show here that MS patients activate task-related brain regions more on warmer days. Increased brain activation required by MS patients on warmer days to perform a simple task may signify neural inefficiency. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| Unknown | 2 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 1 | 50% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 50% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| Unknown | 33 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 24% |
| Researcher | 5 | 15% |
| Other | 3 | 9% |
| Student > Master | 3 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 2 | 6% |
| Other | 4 | 12% |
| Unknown | 8 | 24% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Psychology | 10 | 30% |
| Neuroscience | 5 | 15% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 5 | 15% |
| Environmental Science | 1 | 3% |
| Social Sciences | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 11 | 33% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 72. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 01 September 2015.
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