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Species | Sarah Tomaszewski FariasSummaryAffiliation: University of California Country: USA Publications
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Maximal brain size remains an important predictor of cognition in old age, independent of current brain pathologySarah Tomaszewski Farias
Department of Neurology, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
Neurobiol Aging 33:1758-68. 2012..Results suggest maximal brain development and measures of brain injury/atrophy jointly contribute to cognitive function in older people...- Idea density measured in late life predicts subsequent cognitive trajectories: implications for the measurement of cognitive reserveSarah Tomaszewski Farias
Department of Neurology, University of California, Davis, CA 95817, USA
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 67:677-86. 2012..The present study examined whether ID measured in late life continues to predict the trajectory of cognitive change... - The measurement of everyday cognition: development and validation of a short form of the Everyday Cognition scalesSarah Tomaszewski Farias
Department of Neurology, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, USA
Alzheimers Dement 7:593-601. 2011..Neuropsychology 2008;22:531-44], an informant-rated questionnaire designed to detect cognitive and functional decline... 
Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures: acute change in event frequency after presentation of the diagnosisSarah Tomaszewski Farias
Epilepsy Treatment Center, Department of Neurology, University of California Davis Medical Center, 4860 Y Street, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
Epilepsy Behav 4:424-9. 2003..Long-term follow-up is needed to determine if such feedback alters the course of the disorder...- Demographic, neuropsychological, and functional predictors of rate of longitudinal cognitive decline in Hispanic older adultsSarah Tomaszewski Farias
Department of Neurology, University of California, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 19:440-50. 2011..This study evaluated which baseline demographic, neuropsychological, and functional variables were most strongly associated with future longitudinal decline in global cognitive function... - Progression of mild cognitive impairment to dementia in clinic- vs community-based cohortsSarah Tomaszewski Farias
Department of Neurology, University of California, Davis, 4860 Y St, Ste 3700, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
Arch Neurol 66:1151-7. 2009..Annual conversion rates, however, vary across different studies with clinic samples showing higher rates of conversion than community-based samples... - Longitudinal changes in memory and executive functioning are associated with longitudinal change in instrumental activities of daily living in older adultsSarah Tomaszewski Farias
Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
Clin Neuropsychol 23:446-61. 2009..Findings indicate that declines in MEM and EXEC over time make unique and independent contributions to declines in older adults' ability to function in daily life... - MCI is associated with deficits in everyday functioningSarah T Farias
Department of Neurology, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord 20:217-23. 2006..The current findings suggest that individuals with MCI demonstrate deficits in a wide range of everyday functions but that the magnitude of these changes is greatest for those functional abilities that rely heavily on memory... - The relationship between neuropsychological performance and daily functioning in individuals with Alzheimer's disease: ecological validity of neuropsychological testsSarah Tomaszewski Farias
Alzheimer s Disease Research Center, University of California, Davis 4860 Y Street, Suite 3900, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
Arch Clin Neuropsychol 18:655-72. 2003..The findings provide evidence of a relationship between neuropsychological test performance and ADLs in an Alzheimer disease patient population... - Everyday functioning in relation to cognitive functioning and neuroimaging in community-dwelling Hispanic and non-Hispanic older adultsSarah Tomaszewski Farias
Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, USA
J Int Neuropsychol Soc 10:342-54. 2004..The relationships between cognitive variables and functional status, as well as between the imaging variables and the IQCODE, did not differ across language-ethnic groups... - Degree of discrepancy between self and other-reported everyday functioning by cognitive status: dementia, mild cognitive impairment, and healthy eldersSarah Tomaszewski Farias
Department of Neurology, School of Public Health, University of California Davis, 4860 Y Street, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 20:827-34. 2005..In this study we examined whether degree of discrepancy between patient and informant-reported everyday functioning was associated with cognitive status... - Heterogeneity of cognitive trajectories in diverse older personsDan Mungas
Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of California, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
Psychol Aging 25:606-19. 2010.... - Measuring cognitive reserve based on the decomposition of episodic memory varianceBruce R Reed
Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
Brain 133:2196-209. 2010..Decomposing the variance in cognitive function scores offers a promising new approach to the measure and study of cognitive reserve... - The measurement of everyday cognition (ECog): scale development and psychometric propertiesSarah Tomaszewski Farias
Department of Neurology, University of California, CA 95817, USA
Neuropsychology 22:531-44. 2008..Different subtypes of MCI also showed different patterns. Results suggest the ECog shows promise as a useful tool for the measurement of general and domain-specific everyday functions in the elderly... - Age and education effects on relationships of cognitive test scores with brain structure in demographically diverse older personsDan Mungas
Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Sacremento, CA 95817, USA
Psychol Aging 24:116-28. 2009.... - Cognitive and neuroimaging predictors of instrumental activities of daily livingDeborah A Cahn-Weiner
Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143 0138, USA
J Int Neuropsychol Soc 13:747-57. 2007..Perhaps executive function is particularly important with respect to maintaining IADLs. Alternatively, executive dysfunction may be a sentinel event indicating widespread cortical involvement and poor prognosis... 
Neuropsychological assessment in the diagnosis of Alzheimer's diseaseSharelle Baldwin
University of California Davis Health System, Department of Neurology, Sacramento, California, USA
Curr Protoc Neurosci . 2009..This unit reviews the major cognitive and behavioral impairments associated with AD, and the practical application of current neuropsychological procedures used to assess these deficits...- Dementia in fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS): comparison with Alzheimer's diseaseAndreea L Seritan
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California Davis, Sacramento, California 95817, USA
Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 147:1138-44. 2008..Further research is needed to outline the neuropsychiatric profile in FXTAS and the correlation of genetic markers with the progression and severity of cognitive loss... - Everyday cognition in older adults: associations with neuropsychological performance and structural brain imagingSarah Tomaszewski Farias
1 Department of Neurology, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, California
J Int Neuropsychol Soc 19:430-41. 2013..Episodic memory and HC had more consistent associations with the ECog domains in older adults with MCI/dementia than in cognitively normal elderly. (JINS, 2013, 19, 1-12)... - Pyridoxine-dependent seizures and cognition in adulthoodKathleen Baynes
Department of Neurology, Center for Neurosciences, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
Dev Med Child Neurol 45:782-5. 2003..The similarity of the structural changes on MRI and the cognitive profile of this patient to those of others reported in the literature suggest that the underlying mechanism for both may be the same... - Determination of prevalence of depression in an epilepsy clinic using a brief DSM-IV-based self-report questionnaireNicole A Seminario
Department of Neurology, University of California, Davis, Medical Center, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
Epilepsy Behav 15:362-6. 2009..One-half of patients with scores consistent with major depression were not on antidepressant medication. The brevity of the PHQ-9 is conducive to routine screening of patients with epilepsy... - Criterion-referenced validity of a neuropsychological test battery: equivalent performance in elderly Hispanics and non-Hispanic WhitesDan Mungas
Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, California 95817, USA
J Int Neuropsychol Soc 11:620-30. 2005..Object naming improved discrimination of CIND from demented beyond that of verbal memory alone. These results provide evidence of equivalent validity across Hispanics and Whites... - Neuropsychiatric symptoms are associated with disability in cognitively impaired Latino elderly with and without dementia: results from the Sacramento Area Latino study on AgingLadson Hinton
Department of Psychiatry and Alzheimer s Disease Center, University of California, CA, USA
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 23:102-8. 2008..To examine the relationship between neuropsychiatric symptoms burden and disability in cognitively impaired older Latinos... - Improvement in seizure control and quality of life in medically refractory epilepsy patients converted from polypharmacy to monotherapySarah Pirio Richardson
Department of Neurology, University of California, Davis, 4860 Y Street, Suite 3700, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
Epilepsy Behav 5:343-7. 2004..Conversion to monotherapy in patients with MRE may be successful in achieving a reduction in seizure frequency and an improvement in quality-of-life parameters. A prospective, randomized trial is necessary to validate these findings...
Research Grants
- Measurement & Prediction of Everyday Function DementiaSarah Tomaszewski Farias; Fiscal Year: 2007..Measures of disability and preliminary assessment of handicap will also be included to examine the relationship between the different levels functional change set forth in the model. ..
- Understanding the Pathway to Functional Disability in Alzheimer's diseaseSarah Tomaszewski Farias; Fiscal Year: 2009..Understanding how disability develops in AD will have far reaching applications to public health, preventative medicine, and treatment development, and will also have important implications for the individualized care of patients. ..
- Understanding the Pathway to Functional Disability in Alzheimer's diseaseSARAH E TOMASZEWSKI FARIAS; Fiscal Year: 2010..Understanding how disability develops in AD will have far reaching applications to public health, preventative medicine, and treatment development, and will also have important implications for the individualized care of patients. ..
- Understanding the Pathway to Functional Disability in Alzheimer's diseaseSARAH E TOMASZEWSKI FARIAS; Fiscal Year: 2010..abstract_text> ..