Dr. Gudrun Nys

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Laboratory for Neuropsychology
Department of Internal Medicine
University Hospital Ghent, 4K3
De Pintelaan 185
9000 Ghent
Belgium
Tel: ++32-(0)9-332 65 63
Fax: ++32-(0)9-332 45 55
Email: Gudrun.Nys@UGent.be

Academic degree

Dr. in Medicine (option Neuropsychology). University Utrecht 2005. Title doctoral dissertation: the neuropsychology of acute stroke: characterisation and prognostic implications.

Master degree in Psychological and Pedagogical Sciences, option Theoretical Psychology. Catholic University Leuven 2000. Title thesis: The influence of irrelevant distractors on orientationdiscriminationthresholds in patients with neglect. Research apprenticeship in Birmingham University School of Psychology.

Academic function

Dr. Scientific Researcher (FWO post-doc) at the Department of Internal Medicine, Laboratory for Neuropsychology.

Scientific research on lateralised attention deficits and visual hallucinations in Hemiparkinsonism, and treatment of neglect.
Teaching activities at the moment: Neuropsychology, Cognitive rehabilitation and functional plasticity, Neuropsychological diagnostics and course in the postacademic Clinical Neuropsychology training in cooperation with Prof. Dr. G. Vingerhoets. Supervision of theses and student-research for the Faculty of Medicine and the postacademic Clinical Neuropsychology training.

Clinical work: neuropsychological assessment in patients from the department of Neurology (memory clinic, movement disorders, stroke unit,...)

Membership

Dutch Society for Neuropsychology (NVN)

- Attention disorders and visual hallucinations Parkinsons disease and the relation with dopamine asymmetry in the brain
- Hemispatial neglect: fundamental research and more clinical aspects like treatment with prisma-adaptation
- Cognitive disorders in the acute fase following stroke with specific interests for disorders in visual perception and recovery of these functions 
- Diagnostic aspects of neuropsychology and standardization

International publications

Nys, G.M.S., Stuart, M., & Dijkerman, H.C. Repetitive exaggerated exploration towards targets which are no longer there in patients with hemi-neglect. Manuscript in revision.

Nys G.M.S., Stuart M., Dijkerman H.C. (in press). Repetitive exploration towards locations that no longer carry a target in patients with neglect. Journal of Neuropsychology.

Nijboer T.C.W., Nys G.M.S., van der Smagt M.J., de Haan E.H.F. (in press). A selective deficit in the appreciation and recognition of brightness: Brightness agnosia? Cortex.

Nys G.M.S., Seurinck R., Dijkerman H.C. (2008). Prism adaptation moves neglect-related perseveration to contralesional space. Cogn Behav Neurol, 21(4), 249-53.

Kruyt N.D., Nys G.M.S., van der Worp, H.B., van Zandvoort, M.J.E., Kappelle L.J., Biessels, G.J. (2008). Hyperglycemia and cognitive outcome after ischemic stroke. Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 270, 141-7.

Nys, G.M.S., de Haan, E.H.F., Kunneman, A., de Kort, P.L.M., & Dijkerman, H.C (2008). Acute neglect rehabilitation using repetitive prism adaptation: a randomized placebo-controlled trial. Rest Neurol Neurosci, 26: 1-12.

Nys, G.M.S., Nijboer, T.C.W., & De Haan, E.H.F. Incomplete ipsilesional hallucinations in a patient with neglect. Cortex, 44, 350-352.

Kessels, R.P.C., Kortrijk, H., Wester, A., Nys, G.M.S (2008). Confabulation behaviour and false memories in Korsakoff’s syndrome: the role of reality monitoring and executive functioning. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 62, 220-225.

Nijboer, T.C.W., McIntosh, R.D., Nys, G.M.S., Dijkerman, H.C., Milner, A. D (2008). The influence of prism adaptation on exogenous and endogenous orienting of attention in extinction and neglect. Neuroreport, 19, 293-298.

Montagne, B., Nys, G.M.S., Kappelle, L.J., De Haan, E.H.F., Van Zandvoort, M.J.E., & Kessels, R.P.C. (2007). The effect of post-stroke depression on the recognition of emotional facial expressions. Acta Neuropsychiatrica,19, 279-283 .

De Haan, E.H.F., Nys, G.M.S., Van Zandvoort, M.J.E., & Ramsey, N. (2007). The physiological basis of visual hallucinations after damage to the primary visual cortex. Neuroreport, 18, 1177-1180.

Nys, G.M.S., Van Zandvoort, M.J.E., De Kort, P.L.M., Jansen, B.P.W., De Haan, E.H.F., Kappelle, L.J. Cognitive disorders in acute stroke: prevalence and clinical determinants. Cerebrovascular Diseases, 23, 408-416.

De Haan, E.H., Nys, G.M., Van Zandvoort, M.J. (2006). Cognitive function following stroke and vascular cognitive impairment. Current Opinion in Neurology, 19, 559-564.

Nys, G.M.S., van Zandvoort, M.J.E., van der Worp, H.B., Kappelle, L.J., de Haan, E.H.F. (2006). Neuropsychological and neuro-anatomical correlates of perseverative responses in subacute stroke. Brain, 129, 2148-2157.

Nys, G.M.S., Van Zandvoort, M. J. E., Van der Worp, H. B., De Haan, E. H. F., De Kort, P. L. M., Jansen, B. P. W., & Kappelle, L. J. (2006). Early cognitive impairment predicts long-term depressive symptoms and a reduced quality of life after stroke. Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 247, 149-56.

Nys, G.M.S., Van Zandvoort, M.J.E., Algra, A., Kappelle, L.J., & De Haan, E.H.F (2006). Cognitive and functional outcome after intravenous Recombinant Tissue Plasminogen Activator treatment in patients with a first symptomatic brain infarct. Journal of Neurology, 253, 237-241.

Kessels, R. P. C., Nys, G.M.S., Brands, A. M. A., & Van Zandvoort, M. J. E. (2006). The modified Location Learning Test: Norms for the assessment of spatial memory function in neuropsychological patients. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 21, 841-846.

Nys, G.M.S., Van Zandvoort, M. J. E., De Kort, P. L. M., Jansen, B. P. W., Van der Worp, H. B., Kappelle, L. J., & De Haan, E. H. F. (2005). Domain-specific cognitive recovery after first-ever stroke: A follow-up study of 111 cases. JINS, 11, 795-806. [ * This paper was also selected by the American Psychological Association for publication in Clinician’s Research Digest; Briefings in Behavioural Science. 2006, volume 24 (4) entitled: ‘Cognitive recovery following stroke: all domains are not equal.’]

Nys, G.M.S., Van Zandvoort, M. J. E., De Kort, P. L. M., Jansen, B. P. W., Kappelle, L. J., & De Haan, E. H. F. (2005). Restrictions of the Mini-Mental State Examination in acute stroke. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 20(5), 623-9.

Nys, G.M.S., Van Zandvoort, M. J. E., De Kort, P. L. M., Van der Worp, H. B., Jansen, B. P. W., Algra, A., De Haan, E. H. F., & Kappelle, L. J. (2005). The prognostic value of domain-specific cognitive abilities in acute first-ever stroke. Neurology, 64, 821-827.

Nys, G.M.S.(2005). Invited commentary on ‘Identifying cognitive impairment and emotional distress in people admitted to stroke rehabilitation’. International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation 12(6), 263.

Van Zandvoort, M. J. E., Kessels, R. P. C., Nys, G.M.S., De Haan, E. H. F., & Kappelle, L. J. (2005). Early neuropsychological evaluation in patients with ischaemic stroke provides valid information. Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, 107, 385-392.

Nys, G.M.S., Van Zandvoort, M. J. E., Van der Worp, H. B., De Haan, E. H. F., De Kort, P. L. M., & Kappelle, L. J. (2005). Early depressive symptoms after stroke: neuropsychological correlates and lesion characteristics. Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 228, 27-33.

Nys, G.M.S.,Van Zandvoort, M. J. E., Roks, G., Kappelle, L. J., De Kort, P. L. M., & De Haan, E. H. F. (2004). The role of executive functioning in spontaneous confabulation. Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology, 17, 213-218.

Humphreys, G. W., Riddoch, M. J., Nys, G., Heinke, D. (2002). Transient binding by time: neuropsychological evidence from anti-extinction. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 19, 361-380.

Dutch publications

Nys, G.M.S.(2006). Neuropsychologische gevolgen in het vroege stadium na een beroerte. Tijdschrift voor Neurologie en Neurochirurgie, 107, 45-6.

Crevits L. & Nys, G.M.S. (2006). Commentaar op ‘Visuele hallucinaties bij intacte realiteitstoetsing: pseudo-hallucinaties’. Tijdschrift voor Neurologie en Neurochirurgie, 107, 10.*

Kessels, R. P. C., Nys, G.M.S., Brands, A. M. A., & Van Zandvoort, M. J. E. (2004). De Location Learning Test als maat voor het ruimtelijk geheugen: bruikbaarheid van een nieuwe afnameprocedure en normgegevens. Tijdschrift voor Gerontologie en Geriatrie, 35, 147-152.

Dissertation

Nys, G.M.S.(2005). The Neuropsychology of Acute Stroke. Characterisation and prognostic implications. Doctoraatsthesis Universiteit Utrecht, Nederland.

Published abstracts in international literature

Kappelle, L.J., Nys, G.M., van Zandvoort, M.J., van der Worp, H.B., de Kort, P.L., Jansen, B.W., de Haan, E.H. (2005). Early depressive symptoms after stroke: Neuropsychological correlates and lesion characteristics. Stroke, 36, 453.

Nys, G.M.S., Van Zandvoort, M. J. E., De Haan, E. H. F., Van der Worp, H. B., De Kort, P. L. M., & Kappelle, L. J. Depression in relation to cognition, function and lesion volume in acute first-ever symptomatic stroke patients. Journal of the Neurological Sciences 2005, 229, 315.

Nys, G.M.S., Van Zandvoort, M., De Haan, E., De Kort, P., & Kappelle, L. (2003). Cognitive functioning of subacute stroke patients and after recovery. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 9, 151.

Nys, G.M.S., Humphreys, G. W., & Riddoch, M. J. (2002). The neuropsychology of anti-extinction. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 8, 505.

De Haan E., Nys, G., Roks, G., de Kort, J., Kappelle, L., & Van Zandvoort, M. (2004). The role of executive functioning in spontaneous confabulation. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 10, 24.

De Haan, E., Van Zandvoort, M., Nys, G., & Ramsey, N. (2003). The physiological basis of visual hallucinations after damage to the primary visual cortex. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 9, 590.

Van Zandvoort, M. J. E., Nys, G.M.S., De Haan, E. H. F., De Kort, P. L. M., & Kappelle, L. J (2005). Early neuropsychological examination predicts cognitive and functional outcome in stroke patients with discharge destination home. Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 229, 325.

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