Neuropsychological Testing

Functional Cortical Assessment

To assess cortical functions, we use a variety of comprehensive neuropsychological test batteries tailored to the diagnostic question.

A neuropsychological test battery assesses various cognitive domains such as information processing speed, attention, learning, memory, language, visuoperception and executive systems. Emotional and behavioral assessments are also included in this type of assessment.  The tests results are compared to age and education matched populations of individuals without any neurological or psychiatric disorders.  This is generally referred to as a normative database comparison assisting the interpreting clinical neuropsychologist in making a diagnosis.  These tests are combined with a comprehensive medical history, neurological and psychiatric examination.  The pattern or neuropsychological profile of cognitive deficits, and to a lesser extent, psychiatric and behavioral symptoms, generated hypotheses about cortical and subcortical network dysfunction.  Cognitive networks such as language and the attention network are distributed in various regions of the cortex and subcortex.

Functional cortical assessment using neuropsychological testing in-clinic or online (Watch video!)

The diagnostic process can be completed in clinic or online.

The center’s focus remains on differential diagnosis and treatment of neurodegenerative diseases that
cause cognitive impairment and neuropsychiatric disorders.

Neuroimaging Assessment:

The cortical and subcortical dysfunction hypotheses generated by the first diagnostic vertical are confirmed or disconfirmed via various forms of neuroimaging.

Types of neuroimaging assessments used at NCBI include: 

Structural brain MRIs (sMRI)
Normative-based referenced volumetric brain MRIs (vMRI)
Brain mapping with resting-state functional brain MRIs (fMRI)
Brain mapping with resting-state and active electrical neuroimaging
Molecular Imaging

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