A multidisciplinary approach to assessment and management of long COVID cognitive concerns.

Cognitive dysfunction is a commonly reported feature of Long COVID (LC). With the overlap of assessment and treatment for cognitive concerns across multiple disciplines, coupled with current guidelines supporting interdisciplinary care, the aim of this clinically focused article is to provide a review of current guidelines and research related to assessment and interventions to address LC-related cognitive concerns within clinical practice from a multidisciplinary perspective, incorporating best practices for collaboration among Clinical Neuropsychologists, Rehabilitation Psychologists, and Speech-Language Pathologists. Current guidelines for assessment and interventions for cognitive functioning are provided, with clinical suggestions for best practices offered.

Working memory and intelligence are associated with victoria symptom validity test hard item performance in patients with intractable epilepsy.

Loring et al. (Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology, 2005:27;610–617) observed relationships between VSVT hard item performance and IQ and memory indices in epilepsy surgical candidates, with a potential confound of low FSIQ on VSVT performance. The present study replicated the Loring et al.

Reduced heart rate recovery is associated with poorer cognitive function in older adults with cardiovascular disease.

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) in older adults has been associated with varying degrees of cognitive dysfunction. Several mechanisms may explain this association, including impaired cardiovascular reactivity to autonomic nervous system (ANS) signaling. Reduced heart rate recovery following a stress test may be considered an indication of impaired ANS function (i.

TCF7L2 polymorphism and cognitive test performance in cardiovascular disease.

Aims: The present study examines cognitive function among transcription factor 7-like 2 (TCF7L2) genotype groups in a sample of older adults with cardiovascular disease.

Methods: We recruited 111 older adults with diagnosed cardiovascular disease from outpatient cardiology clinics. Neuropsychological tests assessed the following domains of cognitive functioning: global function, attention/executive/psychomotor speed, learning and memory, visuospatial/construction, motor, and language.

Blood pressure and cognitive function in older adults with cardiovascular disease.

Background: Past studies link elevated blood pressure (BP) and BP variability to adverse neurocognitive changes in community samples. However, little is known about the relationship between BP indices and cognitive function in older CVD patients.

Methods: A total of 99 older adults with CVD completed a comprehensive neuropsychological test battery.

Women with posttraumatic stress disorder have larger decreases in heart rate variability during stress tasks.

The relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and high frequency heart rate variability (HF-HRV) was investigated during a resting baseline period and two 4-minute laboratory speech tasks. Participants were 20 women with PTSD and 20 age- and gender-matched controls. Parasympathetic nervous system (PNS) cardiac control was measured as HF-HRV (0.

Serum leptin levels are associated with cognitive function in older adults.

Recent work suggests that leptin, a circulating adipokinine hormone, might contribute to age-related cognitive decline. The present study investigated the relationship between serum leptin levels and cognitive function in older adults. Thirty-five older adults (73.

Light to moderate alcohol consumption is associated with S100beta and amyloid beta levels in healthy older adults.

Heavy alcohol consumption has been associated with several adverse neurocognitive outcomes in older adults, though little is known about lower consumption levels. No study has investigated the associations between S100beta and amyloid beta (Abeta) serum levels (biomarkers that provide evidence of neurological pathology) and light to moderate alcohol consumption in healthy older adults without neurological conditions. Thirty-five healthy older adults underwent neuropsychological testing and fasting blood draw with subsequent serum S100beta and Abeta 1-40 level quantification.

Multivariate neuropsychological prediction of seizure lateralization in temporal epilepsy surgical cases.

Purpose: Neuropsychological assessment can be of assistance in determining seizure lateralization in cases where EEG and MRI findings do not provide clear lateralizing data. While several studies have examined the lateralizing value of individual neuropsychological measures, clinicians are still in need of a statistically sound method that permits the incorporation of multiple neuropsychological variables to predict seizure lateralization in the individual patient.

Method: The present study investigated the lateralizing value of several commonly used neuropsychological measures in a large sample of patients (n = 217) who eventually underwent surgical resection to treat their epilepsy.

Blood pressure variability and dementia rating scale performance in older adults with cardiovascular disease.

Objective: The present study examined the relationship between multiple indices of blood pressure (BP) and cognitive function (as measured by the Dementia Rating Scale).

Background: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is associated with cognitive dysfunction and cerebrovascular pathology in the elderly and is a known risk factor for stroke and Alzheimer disease. Yet, the mechanisms for the effects of CVD on cognitive function are not well understood.