N D Chiaravalloti

Summary

Affiliation: Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Corporation
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Assessing the behavioral consequences of multiple sclerosis: an application of the Frontal Systems Behavior Scale (FrSBe)
    Nancy D Chiaravalloti
    Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Corporation, West Orange, New Jersey 07052, USA
    Cogn Behav Neurol 16:54-67. 2003
  2. ncbi Memory for faces dissociates from memory for location following anterior temporal lobectomy
    Nancy D Chiaravalloti
    Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
    Brain Cogn 54:35-42. 2004
  3. ncbi Validation of the WMS-III Facial Memory subtest with the Graduate Hospital Facial Memory Test in a sample of right and left anterior temporal lobectomy patients
    Nancy D Chiaravalloti
    Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Corporation, 1199 Pleasant Valley Way, West Orange, NJ 07052, USA
    J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 26:484-97. 2004
  4. ncbi Treating learning impairments improves memory performance in multiple sclerosis: a randomized clinical trial
    Nancy D Chiaravalloti
    Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Corporation, West Orange, NJ 07052, USA
    Mult Scler 11:58-68. 2005
  5. ncbi The Open-Trial Selective Reminding Test (OT-SRT) as a tool for the assessment of learning and memory
    Nancy D Chiaravalloti
    Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Center, Neuropsychology and Neuroscience Laboratory, West Orange, NJ 07052, USA
    Clin Neuropsychol 23:231-54. 2009
  6. ncbi Material-specific memory changes after anterior temporal lobectomy as predicted by the intracarotid amobarbital test
    N D Chiaravalloti
    Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    Epilepsia 42:902-11. 2001
  7. ncbi Naming and recognizing famous faces in temporal lobe epilepsy
    G Glosser
    Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104 4283, USA
    Neurology 61:81-6. 2003
  8. ncbi An investigation of working memory rehearsal in multiple sclerosis using fMRI
    F G Hillary
    Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Corporation, West Orange, NJ 07052, USA
    J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 25:965-78. 2003
  9. ncbi Deciphering components of impaired working memory in multiple sclerosis
    Jean Lengenfelder
    Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Corporation, Neuropsychology and Neuroscience Laboratory, West Orange, NJ 07052, USA
    Cogn Behav Neurol 16:28-39. 2003
  10. ncbi Is speed of processing or working memory the primary information processing deficit in multiple sclerosis?
    John DeLuca
    Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Corporation, 1199 Pleasant Valley Way, West Orange, NJ 07052, USA
    J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 26:550-62. 2004

Research Grants

  1. Improving Learning in MS: A Randomized Clinical Trial
    Nancy Chiaravalloti; Fiscal Year: 2007
  2. Improving Learning in MS: A Randomized Clinical Trial
    Nancy Chiaravalloti; Fiscal Year: 2007

Detail Information

Publications18

  1. ncbi Assessing the behavioral consequences of multiple sclerosis: an application of the Frontal Systems Behavior Scale (FrSBe)
    Nancy D Chiaravalloti
    Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Corporation, West Orange, New Jersey 07052, USA
    Cogn Behav Neurol 16:54-67. 2003
    ..The current study examines the utility of the Frontal Systems Behavior Scale (FrSBe) to document behavioral changes in people with multiple sclerosis (MS)...
  2. ncbi Memory for faces dissociates from memory for location following anterior temporal lobectomy
    Nancy D Chiaravalloti
    Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
    Brain Cogn 54:35-42. 2004
    ..Lesions in the right MTL, adjacent to the cortical structures believed to be specialized for facial recognition, specifically impair the memory encoding of new faces, but not spatial locations...
  3. ncbi Validation of the WMS-III Facial Memory subtest with the Graduate Hospital Facial Memory Test in a sample of right and left anterior temporal lobectomy patients
    Nancy D Chiaravalloti
    Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Corporation, 1199 Pleasant Valley Way, West Orange, NJ 07052, USA
    J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 26:484-97. 2004
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  4. ncbi Treating learning impairments improves memory performance in multiple sclerosis: a randomized clinical trial
    Nancy D Chiaravalloti
    Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Corporation, West Orange, NJ 07052, USA
    Mult Scler 11:58-68. 2005
    ..Appropriate patient selection is important, with moderately-severely impaired individuals showing significantly greater benefit from treatment...
  5. ncbi The Open-Trial Selective Reminding Test (OT-SRT) as a tool for the assessment of learning and memory
    Nancy D Chiaravalloti
    Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Center, Neuropsychology and Neuroscience Laboratory, West Orange, NJ 07052, USA
    Clin Neuropsychol 23:231-54. 2009
    ..This paper presents normative data on the OT-SRT for 117 healthy controls (Study 1) and 151 participants with clinically definite multiple sclerosis (Study 2)...
  6. ncbi Material-specific memory changes after anterior temporal lobectomy as predicted by the intracarotid amobarbital test
    N D Chiaravalloti
    Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    Epilepsia 42:902-11. 2001
    ..surgery, the memory score after injection ipsilateral to the seizure focus, the memory score after injection contralateral to the seizure focus, or the IAT asymmetry score, comprising the ipsilateral minus contralateral injection scores?..
  7. ncbi Naming and recognizing famous faces in temporal lobe epilepsy
    G Glosser
    Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104 4283, USA
    Neurology 61:81-6. 2003
    ..To assess naming and recognition of faces of familiar famous people in patients with epilepsy before and after anterior temporal lobectomy (ATL)...
  8. ncbi An investigation of working memory rehearsal in multiple sclerosis using fMRI
    F G Hillary
    Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Corporation, West Orange, NJ 07052, USA
    J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 25:965-78. 2003
    ..The potential explanations for increased right hemisphere activation in persons with MS are discussed...
  9. ncbi Deciphering components of impaired working memory in multiple sclerosis
    Jean Lengenfelder
    Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Corporation, Neuropsychology and Neuroscience Laboratory, West Orange, NJ 07052, USA
    Cogn Behav Neurol 16:28-39. 2003
    ..CONCLUSIONS: Results indicated that the primary WM impairment in MS is within the central executive rather than the phonological loop...
  10. ncbi Is speed of processing or working memory the primary information processing deficit in multiple sclerosis?
    John DeLuca
    Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Corporation, 1199 Pleasant Valley Way, West Orange, NJ 07052, USA
    J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 26:550-62. 2004
    ..To examine whether processing speed or working memory is the primary information processing deficit in persons with MS...
  11. ncbi A comparison of memory performance in relapsing-remitting, primary progressive and secondary progressive, multiple sclerosis
    E A Gaudino
    Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Corporation, West Orange, New Jersey 07052, USA
    Neuropsychiatry Neuropsychol Behav Neurol 14:32-44. 2001
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  12. ncbi Cognitive dysfunction in advanced heart failure and prospective cardiac assist device patients
    Ralph J Petrucci
    College of Medicine, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102, USA
    Ann Thorac Surg 81:1738-44. 2006
    ..It is also not clear how intravenous inotropic therapy and mechanical cardiac assist devices (MCAD) affect cognitive function...
  13. ncbi Self-generation as a means of maximizing learning in multiple sclerosis: an application of the generation effect
    Nancy D Chiaravalloti
    Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Corp, Neuropsychology and Neuroscience Laboratory, West Orange, NJ 07052, USA
    Arch Phys Med Rehabil 83:1070-9. 2002
    ..Memory for the source of the information was deficient for generated words compared with provided words. CONCLUSIONS: The generation effect was present in MS and control subjects and may be a viable way of maximizing new learning in MS...
  14. ncbi Cognitive impairment in multiple sclerosis
    Nancy D Chiaravalloti
    Neuropsychology and Neuroscience Laboratory, Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Center, West Orange, NJ 07052, USA
    Lancet Neurol 7:1139-51. 2008
    ..Moreover, examination of efforts to treat the cognitive deficits in MS is still in the early stages...
  15. ncbi Differentiating simple versus complex processing speed: influence on new learning and memory performance
    Nancy D Chiaravalloti
    Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Corporation, West Orange, NJ 07052, USA
    J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 25:489-501. 2003
    ..The implications of this intriguing relationship are discussed...
  16. ncbi Can the repetition effect maximize learning in multiple sclerosis?
    Nancy D Chiaravalloti
    Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Corporation, Neuropsychology and Neuroscience Laboratory, West Orange, New Jersey 07052, USA
    Clin Rehabil 17:58-68. 2003
    ..The present study tested the hypothesis that an increased number of learning trials improves recall ability in persons with a neurological disorder, namely multiple sclerosis (MS)...
  17. ncbi Differential cerebellar activation on functional magnetic resonance imaging during working memory performance in persons with multiple sclerosis
    Yali Li
    Southside Hospital, Bay Shore, NY, USA
    Arch Phys Med Rehabil 85:635-9. 2004
    ..CONCLUSIONS: The significantly decreased cerebellar activation in the MS group suggests that the cerebellum may play a role in the working memory impairment observed in MS...
  18. ncbi Prefrontal modulation of working memory performance in brain injury and disease
    Frank G Hillary
    Department of Psychology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
    Hum Brain Mapp 27:837-47. 2006
    ..Finally, explanations are offered for the observed increased DLPFC activation and the potentially unique role of right DLPFC in mediating WM performance during periods of cerebral challenge...

Research Grants6

  1. Improving Learning in MS: A Randomized Clinical Trial
    Nancy Chiaravalloti; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..In addition, we will be able to draw conclusions regarding the impact of this particular memory remediation program on everyday life from questionnaires completed by the participant and a significant other. ..
  2. Improving Learning in MS: A Randomized Clinical Trial
    Nancy Chiaravalloti; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..Our study is designed to specifically address these issues. ..