Cognitive Neurorehabilitation: Evidence and Application

by Edited by Donald T. Stuss , Gordon Winocur , Ian H. Robertson

• ISBN13: 9780521691857
• ISBN10: 0521691850
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-06-14
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

This updated new edition summarizes the latest developments in cognitive neuroscience related to rehabilitation, reviews the principles of successful interventions and synthesizes new findings about the rehabilitation of cognitive changes in a variety of populations. With greatly expanded sections on treatment and the role of imaging, it provides a comprehensive reference for those interested in the science, as well as including the most up-to-date information for the practising clinician. It provides clear and practical guidance on why cognitive rehabilitation may or may not work. How to use imaging methods to evaluate the efficacy of interventions. What personal and external factors impact rehabilitation success. How biological and psychopharmacological changes can be understood and treated. How to treat different disorders of language and memory, and where the field is going in research and clinical application.

Table of Contents

Preface

Principles of Cognitive Neurorehabilitation: Introduction to section I

Principles of neuroplasticity and behaviour

Principles of compensation in cognitive neuroscience and neurorehabilitation

The patient as a moving target - the importance to rehabilitation of understanding variability

Steriods and allostasis in brain plasticity

Principles in conducting rehabilitation research

Outcome measurement in cognitive neurorehabilitation

Principles in evaluating cognitive rehabilitation research

Application of Imaging Technologies: Introduction to section II

Structural neuroimaging - defining the cerebral context for cognitive rehabilitation

Functional neuroimaging and cognitive rehabilitation - healthy aging as a model of plasticity

Functional brain imaging and neurological recovery

The role of neuroelectric and neuromagnetic recordings in assessing learning and rehabilitation effects

Factors Affecting Successful Outcome: Introduction to section III

Mood, affect and motivation in rehabilitation

Anosognosia and the process and outcome of neurorehabilitation

Psychosocial considerations for cognitive rehabilitation

Exercise, cognition, and dementia

Is there a role for diet in cognitive rehabilitation?

Pharmacological and Biological Approaches: Introduction to section IV

Pharmacologic approaches to cognitive rehabilitation

Pharmacologic treatment of cognitive impairment after traumatic brain injury

Pharmacological interventions for cognition in dementia

Neurogenesis-based regeneration in the adult brain, is it feasible?

The impact of cerebral small vessel disease on cognitive impairment

Intrinsic and extrinsic neural stem cell treatment of central nervous system injury and disease

Behavioural/Neuropsychological Approaches: Introduction to section V

The use of constraint-induced movement therapy (CI Therapy) to promote motor recovery following stroke

Effects of physical activity on cognition and brain

Aphasia Susan A. Leon

Rehabilitation of neglect

Rehabilitation of frontal lobe functions

Executive functioning in children with traumatic brain injury in comparison to developmental ADHD

Rehabilitation of attention following traumatic brain injury

Memory rehabilitation for people with brain injury

Memory rehabilitation in older adults

Overview

The future of cognitive neurorehabilitation

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