Intellectual enrichment is linked to cerebral efficiency in multiple sclerosis: functional magnetic resonance imaging evidence for cognitive reserveJames F Sumowski
Kessler Foundation Research Centre, West Orange, NJ 07052, USA
Brain 133:362-74. 2010
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Retrieval practice improves memory in multiple sclerosis: clinical application of the testing effectJames F Sumowski
Kessler Foundation Research Center and University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, USA
Neuropsychology 24:267-72. 2010
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Intellectual enrichment lessens the effect of brain atrophy on learning and memory in multiple sclerosisJames F Sumowski
Neuropsychology and Neuroscience Laboratory, Kessler Foundation Research Center, Suite 10, West Orange, NJ 07052, USA
Neurology 74:1942-5. 2010
..The literature on cognitive reserve has focused mainly on Alzheimer disease. The current research examines whether greater intellectual enrichment lessens the negative effect of brain atrophy on learning and memory in patients with MS...
Retrieval practice: a simple strategy for improving memory after traumatic brain injuryJames F Sumowski
Neuropsychology and Neuroscience Laboratory, Kessler Foundation Research Center, West Orange, New Jersey 07052, USA
J Int Neuropsychol Soc 16:1147-50. 2010
..That is, retrieval practice greatly improves memory in persons with TBI, even when other mnemonic strategies (e.g., distributed learning) are less effective...
Premorbid cognitive leisure independently contributes to cognitive reserve in multiple sclerosisJ F Sumowski
Neuropsychology and Neuroscience Laboratory, Kessler Foundation Research Center, 300 Executive Drive, Suite 10, West Orange, NJ 07052, USA
Neurology 75:1428-31. 2010
..We investigated whether premorbid cognitive leisure protects patients with MS from cognitive impairment...
L-amphetamine improves memory in MS patients with objective memory impairmentJames F Sumowski
Kessler Foundation Research Center, West Orange, NJ 07052, USA
Mult Scler 17:1141-5. 2011
..Memory impairment is prevalent in multiple sclerosis (MS), but no drugs are approved to treat these memory problems...
Cognitive reserve protects against cognitive dysfunction in multiple sclerosisJames F Sumowski
Kessler Foundation Research Center, Neuropsychology and Neuroscience Laboratory, West Orange, NJ 07052, USA
J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 31:913-26. 2009
..No such interaction was found for simple processing efficiency. The protective influence of higher cognitive reserve against disease-related cognitive deficits is discussed...
Cognitive reserve moderates the negative effect of brain atrophy on cognitive efficiency in multiple sclerosisJames F Sumowski
Neuropsychology and Neuro Science Laboratory, Kessler Foundation Research Center, 300 Executive Drive, Suite 10, West Orange, New Jersey 07052, USA
J Int Neuropsychol Soc 15:606-12. 2009
..Results help explain the incomplete and inconsistent relationship between brain atrophy and IP efficiency in previous research...
Cognition in multiple sclerosis: a review of neuropsychological and fMRI researchHelen M Genova
Kessler Foundation Research Center, 300 Executive Drive, Suite 10, West Orange, NJ 07052, USA
Front Biosci 14:1730-44. 2009
..Additionally, directions for future research are discussed...