2017
Brief Neuropsychological Battery for multiple sclerosis. Normative data stratified by age and educational level.
Duque P, Oltra-Cucarella J, Fernandez O, Sepulcre J, Grupo de Estudio de la Bateria Neuropsicologica Breve En la Esclerosis Multiple G. Brief Neuropsychological Battery for multiple sclerosis. Normative data stratified by age and educational level. Revista De Neurologia 2017, 64: 97-104. PMID: 28128426, DOI: 10.33588/rn.6403.2016211.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeuropsychological batteryTasks measuring working memoryNormative dataOriginal normative sampleInformation processing speedIdentified cognitive impairmentWorking memoryVerbal memoryNeuropsychological assessmentNormative sampleCognitive testsProcessing speedHealthy control groupStandard scoresCognitive impairmentMultiple sclerosisEducation levelHealthy controlsSex variableMemoryTaskHealthy volunteersRegression analysisBatteryControl group
2010
The semantic organization of the animal category: evidence from semantic verbal fluency and network theory
Goñi J, Arrondo G, Sepulcre J, Martincorena I, Vélez de Mendizábal N, Corominas-Murtra B, Bejarano B, Ardanza-Trevijano S, Peraita H, Wall D, Villoslada P. The semantic organization of the animal category: evidence from semantic verbal fluency and network theory. Cognitive Processing 2010, 12: 183-196. PMID: 20938799, DOI: 10.1007/s10339-010-0372-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSemantic verbal fluencyVerbal fluency testSemantic memoryVerbal fluencyFluency testFluency experienceSemantic organizationHuman memoryNatural categoriesAnimal categoriesStored knowledgeRetrieval mechanismRecovery criteriaCo-occurrence approachKnowledge of conceptsConceptual structureMemorySemantic informationNetwork modelCo-occurring conceptsNetwork outcomesHuman ratersFluencyExpert human ratersHuman evaluationFunctional-Anatomic Fractionation of the Brain's Default Network
Andrews-Hanna J, Reidler J, Sepulcre J, Poulin R, Buckner R. Functional-Anatomic Fractionation of the Brain's Default Network. Neuron 2010, 65: 550-562. PMID: 20188659, PMCID: PMC2848443, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2010.02.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedial temporal lobe subsystemNetwork of brain regionsBrain's default networkHuman functional imagingPersonally significant eventsDefault networkMidline coreSelf-relevanceMental sceneSpontaneous cognitionBrain regionsFunctional imagingSpontaneous actsSignificant eventsCognitionIntrinsic activityMemoryDecision makingBrainHypothesis
2009
Brain pathways of verbal working memory A lesion–function correlation study
Sepulcre J, Masdeu J, Pastor M, Goñi J, Barbosa C, Bejarano B, Villoslada P. Brain pathways of verbal working memory A lesion–function correlation study. NeuroImage 2009, 47: 773-778. PMID: 19393745, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2009.04.054.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVerbal working memoryWorking memoryWhite matter pathwaysWhite matter regionsMatter regionsVerbal working memory taskDisrupted white matter pathwaysRight cerebellar white matterWorking memory taskWhite matter connectivityMemory taskGray matter regionsCognitive processesCognitive functionThalamo-cortical projectionsInformation processingHuman brainMagnetic resonance imagingMemoryCerebellar white matterWhite matterWhite matter lesionsLeft-sided predominanceBrainMultiple sclerosis patients
2008
Mapping the brain pathways of declarative verbal memory: Evidence from white matter lesions in the living human brain
Sepulcre J, Masdeu J, Sastre-Garriga J, Goñi J, Vélez-de-Mendizábal N, Duque B, Pastor M, Bejarano B, Villoslada P. Mapping the brain pathways of declarative verbal memory: Evidence from white matter lesions in the living human brain. NeuroImage 2008, 42: 1237-1243. PMID: 18585467, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2008.05.038.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAnterior temporal stemDeclarative verbal memoryLiving human brainVerbal memoryTemporal stemDisrupted white matter pathwaysVerbal memory processesHuman brainFronto-occipital fasciculusWhite matter pathwaysMemory processesLeft hemisphereBrain pathwaysWhite matter regionsWhite matter lesionsAnterior limbThalamic regionsMemory storageMatter regionsMagnetic resonance imagingBrainInternal capsuleWhite matterMemoryMultiple sclerosis patientsMemory decline evolves independently of disease activity in MS
Duque B, Sepulcre J, Bejarano B, Samaranch L, Pastor P, Villoslada P. Memory decline evolves independently of disease activity in MS. Multiple Sclerosis Journal 2008, 14: 947-953. PMID: 18573817, DOI: 10.1177/1352458508089686.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSymbol Digit Modalities TestSymbol Digit Modalities Test performanceCognitive impairmentBrief Repeatable Battery-NeuropsychologyVerbal memory performanceNatural history of cognitive impairmentExecutive functionVerbal memoryMemory performanceMemory declineHistory of cognitive impairmentCognitive evaluationMultiple sclerosisModal testingDisease activityDisability progressionDisabilityImpairmentMemoryEDSS changeStudy entryParameters of disease activityMS patientsProspective cohortRelapse