Cognitive deficits following traumatic brain injury (TBI) commonly include difficulties with memory, attention, and executive dysfunction. These deficits are amenable to cognitive rehabilitation, but optimally selecting rehabilitation programs for individual patients remains a challenge. Recent methods for quantifying regional brain morphometry allow for automated quantification of tissue volum...

Handbook of Cognitive Rehabilitation | www.austinpublishinggroup.com/ebooks Gerry Leisman1,2,3 and Robert Melillo4 1The National Institute for Brain and Rehabilitation Sciences, Israel. 2Biomechanics Laboratory, O.R.T.-Braude College of Engineering, Israel. 3Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de la Habana, Facultad Manuel Fajardo, Cuba. 4Institute for Brain and Rehabilitation Sciences, USA. *Corre...

Introduction: The development of cognitive prosthetics closely follows that of treatment for traumatic brain injury. The field of traumatic brain injury originally focused on the needs of individuals who had an obvious serious medical crisis. Hospitalization was required, and frequently neurosurgery was required. Most of these individuals recovered and were able to resume their normal lives. Co...

I describe the findings of one of the largest randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of rehabilitation after traumatic brain injury (TBI) ever conducted, examine the theoretical relationship between cognitive and functional rehabilitation after TBI, and describe the historical preference for cognitive (top-down) rather than functional (bottom-up) interventions. I also contrast the goals and princi...

Stroke is one of the most common causes of acquired disability, leaving numerous adults with cognitive and motor impairments, and affecting patient’s capability to live independently. In post-stroke it is imperative to initiate a process of intensive rehabilitation and personalized objectives to maximize functional cognitive and motor recovery. Virtual Reality (VR) technology is being widely ap...

UNLABELLED Schizophrenic patients present cognitive dysfunctions which are currently regarded to be one of endophenotypical markers predisposing to schizophrenia. This indicates neurostructural changes underlying schizophrenia, which can be treated as a neurodegenerative and neurodeveloping disease. AIM The purpose of this study was to assess the possibility of neuropsychological rehabilitati...

S STUDIES have shown the important role acetylcholine pathways and transmission play for improving cognitive functions after sustained injuries.1,2 These results opened the way to test the efficacy of acetylcholinesterase inhibitors (AChEIs), among other drugs, for cognitive rehabilitation after traumatic brain injury (TBI). Early studies reported encouraging findings on the efficacy of first-g...