Applied Neuropsychology of Cerebrovascular Diseases

Dr. Helmut Hildebrandt is a clinical neuropsychologist at the Department of Neurology, Hospital Bremen-Ost. He is also affiliated with the University of Oldenburg’s Department of Psychology. Dr. Hildebrandt obtained his D. Pharma from Philipps University, Marburg, Germany, and brings more than three decades of experience to the project. He specializes in the rehabilitation of memory visuospatial neglect and fatigue and has been a member of several guideline groups of the German Society for Neurorehabilitation (DGNR) and the German Neuropsychological Society (GNP). Dr. Hildebrandt has prior book editing experience from Elsevier’s Neuropsychological Tools for Dementia and Cognitive Rehabilitation of Memory. Dr. Nergiz Turgut is a neuropsychologist and professor at Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador. She obtained her PhD in Clinical Neuropsychology in Germany and has held research positions in Europe and South America. Her clinical and academic work focuses on visuospatial attention, neglect, memory, and stroke rehabilitation. Her work involves the development and evaluation of cognitive rehabilitation programs and neuropsychological assessments. She is also actively engaged in global health research, with a focus on social determinants of mental health and community-based interventions in Ecuador.Miriam Holland-Letz, MSc, is a clinical neuropsychologist working in early neurological rehabilitation at the Department of Neurology, Hospital Bremen-Ost. She obtained her MSc in Clinical Neuropsychology at Leiden University with distinction (cum laude), focusing on dementia and stroke-related cognition. Her work focuses on the neuropsychological assessment and treatment of patients with stroke, traumatic brain injury, and other neurological conditions. Her current clinical and academic interest include executive dysfunction and disorders of consciousness in the early phases of rehabilitation.

• Section I. Stroke and Localization of Stroke Lesions for Clinical Neuropsychologists1. Stroke and other vascular diseases of the brain2. Vessels of the brain3. Cortical branches of artery cerebri media & anterior4. Subcortical perforating branches of artery cerebri media & anterior5. Arteria cerebri posterior and neuropsychological symptoms6. Thalamic strokes7. Basal forebrain bleedings (non-traumatic SAB)8. Veins & cisterns of the brain9. Brainstem vascularization and stroke patternSection II. Clinical Landmarks to Localize Brain Lesions: Definitions and Practice Trial10. How to localize brain lesions in clinical brain scans?11. Potential meaning of transcranial direct current stimulation for neuropsychological rehabilitation and how to use localization of lesions for planning the electrodes’ montageSection III. Neuropsychological treatments of cognitive impairments and stroke syndromes12. How to perform neurorehabilitation: Answers based on artificial middle cerebral artery strokes in animals13. Rehabilitation of memory disorders14. Rehabilitation of visual field deficits15. Rehabilitation of unilateral visuospatial attention deficits16. Rehabilitation of language disorders after stroke17. Rehabilitation of executive functions18. Rehabilitation of disorders and consciousness19. Ten arguments for cognitive models and dialogical interactions as the basis of neuropsychological rehabilitation

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