Abstracts tagged "fMRI and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)"

Abstract Number: 1941 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018
Altered Cognitive Function in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Associations with Inflammation and Functional Brain Changes
Michelle Barraclough^1,2, Rebecca Elliott^2,3, Benjamin Parker^4,5, Shane McKie^2,3, Alan Jackson⁶, Philip Pemberton⁷ and Ian N. Bruce^2,4, ¹The University of Manchester, Arthritis Research UK Centre for Epidemiology, Division of Musculoskeletal and Dermatological Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Manchester, United Kingdom, ²NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom, ³The University of Manchester, Division of Neuroscience & Experimental Psychology, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁴Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, Division of Musculoskeletal and Dermatological Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁵NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁶Imaging Sciences, Wolfson Molecular Imaging Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁷Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Cognitive dysfunction is a common problem in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) but the cause is still unclear; measuring it can be difficult and, as…