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Applied Neuropsychology of Cerebrovascular Diseases

A Practical Guide to Brain Arteries, Lesion Localization, and Rehabilitation Strategies

  • 1st Edition - August 1, 2026
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Helmut Hildebrandt, Nergiz Turgut, Miriam Holland-Letz
  • Language: English

Applied Neuropsychology of Cerebrovascular Diseases: A Practical Guide to Brain Arteries, Lesion Localization, and Rehabilitation Strategies addresses the critical inters… Read more

Description

Applied Neuropsychology of Cerebrovascular Diseases: A Practical Guide to Brain Arteries, Lesion Localization, and Rehabilitation Strategies addresses the critical intersection of vascular neurology and neuropsychological rehabilitation. The book explores the pathophysiology of stroke, emphasizing the importance of cerebrovascular anatomy and lesion localization in understanding cognitive deficits. It provides essential knowledge for clinicians involved in stroke assessment and treatment, highlighting the need for integration of neuroimaging interpretation into neuropsychological practice. Early sections offer foundational insights into cerebrovascular anatomy, stroke mechanisms, and their typical cognitive and emotional impairments.

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.

Key features

  • Clarifies stroke neurovascular anatomy for neuropsychologists
  • Provides practical guidance on lesion localization via clinical scans
  • Offers evidence-based strategies for cognitive rehabilitation
  • Introduces emerging neuromodulation techniques like tDCS
  • Enhances understanding of stroke-specific neuropsychological syndromes

Readership

Clinical neuropsychologists; physicians specializing in neurorehabilitation

Table of contents

Section I. Stroke and Localization of Stroke Lesions for Clinical Neuropsychologists

1. 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

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: August 1, 2026
  • Language: English

About the authors

HH

Helmut Hildebrandt

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.

Affiliations and expertise
Department of Neurology, Hospital Bremen-Ost, Germany

NT

Nergiz Turgut

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.

Affiliations and expertise
Instituto de Neurociencias, Decanato de Investigación, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador and Departamento de Psicología, Colegio de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador.

MH

Miriam Holland-Letz

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.
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Neurology, Hospital Bremen-Ost, Bremen, Germany