[HTML][HTML] Digital therapeutics: emerging new therapy for neurologic deficits after stroke

MJ Choi, H Kim, HW Nah, DW Kang - Journal of stroke, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Digital therapeutics is an evidence-based intervention using high-quality software, with the
sole purpose of treatment. As many healthcare systems are encountering high demands of …

Ten problems and solutions when predicting individual outcome from lesion site after stroke

CJ Price, TM Hope, ML Seghier - Neuroimage, 2017 - Elsevier
In this paper, we consider solutions to ten of the challenges faced when trying to predict an
individual's functional outcome after stroke on the basis of lesion site. A primary goal is to …

Spared perilesional V1 activity underlies training-induced recovery of luminance detection sensitivity in cortically-blind patients

A Barbot, A Das, MD Melnick, MR Cavanaugh… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Damage to the primary visual cortex (V1) causes homonymous visual-field loss long
considered intractable. Multiple studies now show that perceptual training can restore visual …

Boosting learning efficacy with noninvasive brain stimulation in intact and brain-damaged humans

F Herpich, MD Melnick, S Agosta… - Journal of …, 2019 - Soc Neuroscience
Numerous behavioral studies have shown that visual function can improve with training,
although perceptual refinements generally require weeks to months of training to attain …

Functional preservation and enhanced capacity for visual restoration in subacute occipital stroke

EL Saionz, D Tadin, MD Melnick, KR Huxlin - Brain, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Stroke damage to the primary visual cortex (V1) causes a loss of vision known as
hemianopia or cortically-induced blindness. While perimetric visual field improvements can …

Relearning to see in cortical blindness

MD Melnick, D Tadin, KR Huxlin - The Neuroscientist, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
The incidence of cortically induced blindness is increasing as our population ages. The
major cause of cortically induced blindness is stroke affecting the primary visual cortex …

Rehabilitation of visual perception in cortical blindness

EL Saionz, A Busza, KR Huxlin - Handbook of clinical neurology, 2022 - Elsevier
Blindness is a common sequela after stroke affecting the primary visual cortex, presenting as
a contralesional, homonymous, visual field cut. This can occur unilaterally or, less …

Visual discrimination training improves Humphrey perimetry in chronic cortically induced blindness

MR Cavanaugh, KR Huxlin - Neurology, 2017 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: To assess if visual discrimination training improves performance on visual
perimetry tests in chronic stroke patients with visual cortex involvement. Methods: 24-2 and …

Applying perceptual learning to achieve practical changes in vision

J Deveau, AR Seitz - Frontiers in psychology, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Research of visual perceptual learning has illuminated the flexibility of processing in the
visual system and provides insights into therapeutic approaches to remediating some …

Optic tract shrinkage limits visual restoration after occipital stroke

BK Fahrenthold, MR Cavanaugh, S Jang, AJ Murphy… - Stroke, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose: Damage to the adult primary visual cortex (V1) causes vision loss
in the contralateral visual hemifield, initiating a process of trans-synaptic retrograde …