July 31, 2020 News by Patricia Inacio, PhD Mental Fatigue in MS May Be Due to Poorer Brain Response to Tasks The debilitating mental fatigue that people with multiple sclerosis (MS) can feel afterĀ a cognitively demanding task may be due to less efficient use of the brain, a pilot study that mapped brain activity during tasks suggests. The study āNeural mechanisms underlying state mental fatigue in multiple sclerosis: a…
July 24, 2020 News by Forest Ray PhD Video Game Therapy Shows Potential for Cognitive Gains in Small Study An interactive video game was more effective than a word game at improving processing speeds in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients with cognitive difficulties, and gains measured were longer lasting, a small clinical trial reports. These results were in the study “A novel in-home digital treatment to…
February 28, 2019 News by Alice MelĆ£o, MSc National MS Society Grants $50,000 to Kessler Researchers to Study Processing Speed in MS Kessler Foundation researchers Ekaterina Dobryakova, PhD, and Pei-Pei Liu, PhD, have been awarded a $50,000 grant by the National Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society to studyĀ the speed at which MS patients processĀ information during social interactions. A better understanding of how MS affects the way a person learns from others’…
November 16, 2018 News by Jose Marques Lopes, PhD Unemployment and Under-employment Linked to Poorer Cognitive Abilities in UK Study Multiple sclerosis patients of working age who areĀ unemployed or on a reduced work schedule are likely to show considerable cognitive impairment on tests, especially those measuring mental processing speeds, than patients who are more gainfully employed, a review study reports. This link held true even in patients with little…
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…
April 27, 2018 News by Jose Marques Lopes, PhD #AAN2018 – Siponimod Lessens Risk of SPMS Progression Independent of Relapses, Trial Data Show Novartisā investigational oral treatmentĀ siponimod (BAF312) reduces the risk of disability progression in patients with secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (SPMS), a new analysis of Phase 3 trial results show. Using what the company describes as more accurate methods to assess siponimod effect’s on progression risk, necessary because the…
February 21, 2018 News by Jose Marques Lopes, PhD University at Buffalo to Do Cognitive Training and Myelin Repair Studies University at BuffaloĀ researchers are working on ways to improve multiple sclerosis patients’ cognitive function and to repair damage to the mylein coating that protects nerve cells. TheĀ National Multiple Sclerosis SocietyĀ awarded the researchers more than $1.1 million to conduct the studies. One, āThe Effects of Working Memory…