John DeLuca, PhD, and Massimo Filippi, MD, chair ENS-AAN Teaching Course in Prague
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They co-chair Neuroimaging Correlates of Neuropsychological Impairment on June 10 at EMS Meeting In Prague
West Orange, NJ. May 31, 2012. John DeLuca, PhD, of Kessler Foundation, West Orange, NJ, and Massimo Filippi, MD, of University Ospedale San Raffaele Milan, Italy, present the joint ENS-AAN teaching course Neuroimaging Correlates of Neuropsychological Impairment at the 22nd European Neurological Society (ENS) Meeting. The course, which covers multiple sclerosis, dementia, movement disorders and focal lesions of the right hemishere, will be held on Sunday, June 10, from 8:00 – 11:30 a.m. The ENS Meeting is being held June 9-12 at the Prague Congress Centre in Prague, Czech Republic. The Meeting fosters the exchange of new research between academic neurologists and neuroscientists in a wide spectrum of topics in neurology and related fields.
John DeLuca, PhD, VP of Research specializes in disorders of memory and information processing in TBI and MS and has authored more than 200 articles, books, and chapters in these areas. His collaborative work in cognitive rehabilitation extends to Italy, Spain and China. He is currently on sabbatical at he Santa Lucia Foundation in Rome, where he is conducting research on neuroimaging findings in MS. He is the editor of five recent books, including the Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology. Dr. DeLuca is also a professor in the Departments of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Neurology & Neurosciences at University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School.
Dr Filippi, Director of the Neuroimaging Research Unit at the University Ospedale San Raffaele in Milan, Italy, is involved in numerous research projects aimed at improving, through the use of magnetic resonance (MR) structural and functional understanding of the mechanisms that lead to the accumulation of irreversible physical disability and cognitive impairment in various neurological diseases, including multiple sclerosis and other white matter diseases, Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders, vascular disorders and migraine.
About MS Research at Kessler Foundation
Kessler Foundation’s cognitive rehabilitation research is funded by grants from the National Institutes of Health, National MS Society and Kessler Foundation. Scientists in Neuropsychology & Neuroscience Research at Kessler Foundation have made important contributions to the knowledge of cognitive decline in MS. A recent study documented a correlation between cognitive performance and outdoor temperatures in individuals with MS. Another finding was that short-term cognitive rehabilitation using of modified story technique improved memory in people with MS; moreover, the improvements in cognitive assessment correlated with changes on fMRI. Cognitive reserve was the topic of a 2010 paper that reported that an intellectually challenging lifestyle protected against cognitive decline in MS.
About Kessler Foundation
Kessler Foundation, a large public charity in the field of disability, conducts rehabilitation research in mobility and cognition that advances the care of people with multiple sclerosis, brain injury, stroke and spinal cord injury. Kessler Foundation is one of six centers in the U.S. to have NIDRR-funded model systems for traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury. Kessler Foundation Program Center fosters new approaches to the persistently high rates of unemployment among people disabled by injury or disease. Targeted grant making funds promising programs across the nation. Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan, people recovering from catastrophic injuries and stroke, and young adults striving for independence are among the thousands of people finding jobs and training for careers as a result of the commitment of Kessler Foundation.
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