August 16, 2022 News by Marisa Wexler, MS Healthy Connections in Brain May Be Needed for Cognitive Rehab People with multiple sclerosis (MS) who responded to cognitive rehabilitation showed healthier connections between certain brain regions on functional MRI scans than did MS patients who did not respond to the rehab program, a new study reports. These results indicate that certain brain regions need to be working…
July 29, 2019 News by Ana Pena PhD $1.83M NIH Grant Supports Trial into STEM, Learning and Memory Training for Adults with MS The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded a $1.83 million grant to aĀ Kessler Foundation researcher leading a clinical trial to test if a month-long cognitive training program can improve learning and memory in adults with multiple sclerosis (MS). Nancy Chiaravalloti, PhD, director of the Centers…
September 21, 2018 News by Diogo Pinto Processing Speed Training May Help Improve Cognitive Function in MS Patients, Pilot Study Suggests A brain training technique that helps boost processing speed was seen to significantly improve the cognitive capacity of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients, as well as their ability to perform everyday activities, a pilot study shows. The study, āA Pilot Study Examining Speed of Processing Training (SPT) to Improve…
August 13, 2018 News by Jose Marques Lopes, PhD Treating Patients’ Perceived Stress and Poor Sleep Important as Both Fuel Depression, Study Reports Patients’ perceptions of stress and sleep quality are both linked to their sense of cognitive difficulties and depression, and focusing on these perceptions may be a way of treating depressive symptoms in multiple sclerosis (MS),Ā a study reports. The research, āPerceived cognitive deficits and depressive symptoms in…
June 6, 2016 News by Margarida Azevedo, MSc #CMSC16 – MS Research Highlights How Sensory Processing, Fatigue, and Cognition Assessment May Improve Clinical Care Melissa A. Colbeck, an investigator at the Occupational Therapy, Health Sciences CentreĀ in Winnipeg, Canada, studied how different sensory processing approaches, cognition, and fatigue influence the quality of life of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). The findings suggested that establishing a relationship between the three factors and quality of life…
April 28, 2016 News by Patricia Silva, PhD Cognitive Difficulties Known to MS Traced to Problems in Nerve Cell Activity in Hippocampus In a study published in the International Neurology Journal, researchers showed that cognitive deficits, such as memory problems, in a rat model of multiple sclerosis (MS) are mirrored by changes in synaptic transmission and plasticity in the hippocampus, a brain region crucial for memory processing. The findings…
July 9, 2015 News by Patricia Silva, PhD Researchers Offer New Insights into Cognitive Deficits in Multiple Sclerosis Patients A new study led by researchers at the Center for BrainHealth at the University of Texas at Dallas and The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center recently revealed that multiple sclerosis (MS) patients experience cognitive deficits due to a decreased connectivity between functional networks in the brain. The…