The second section equips clinicians with practical skills to independently interpret brain scans, utilizing tools like MRIcron to accurately localize lesions. The final section focuses on targeted rehabilitation strategies for common stroke syndromes, including neglect, aphasia, visual field deficits, and disorders of consciousness, all of which are supported by real-world clinical guidance and emerging neuromodulation techniques such as tDCS.
Table of Contents
Section I. Stroke and Localization of Stroke Lesions for Clinical Neuropsychologists1. Stroke and other vascular diseases of the brain
2. Vessels of the brain
3. Cortical branches of artery cerebri media & anterior
4. Subcortical perforating branches of artery cerebri media & anterior
5. Arteria cerebri posterior and neuropsychological symptoms
6. Thalamic strokes
7. Basal forebrain bleedings (non-traumatic SAB)
8. Veins & cisterns of the brain
9. Brainstem vascularization and stroke pattern
Section II. Clinical Landmarks to Localize Brain Lesions: Definitions and Practice Trial
10. 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’ montage
Section III. Neuropsychological treatments of cognitive impairments and stroke syndromes
12. How to perform neurorehabilitation: Answers based on artificial middle cerebral artery strokes in animals
13. Rehabilitation of memory disorders
14. Rehabilitation of visual field deficits
15. Rehabilitation of unilateral visuospatial attention deficits
16. Rehabilitation of language disorders after stroke
17. Rehabilitation of executive functions
18. Rehabilitation of disorders and consciousness
19. Ten arguments for cognitive models and dialogical interactions as the basis of neuropsychological rehabilitation
Authors
Helmut Hildebrandt Department of Neurology, Hospital Bremen-Ost, Germany.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.
Nergiz Turgut Instituto de Neurociencias, Decanato de Investigaci�n, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador and Departamento de Psicolog�a, Colegio de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador..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 Department of Neurology, Hospital Bremen-Ost, Bremen, Germany. 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.
