Jeffrey L. Cummings

Research topics

• Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research · 3 papers
• Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders · 1 paper
• Older Adults Driving Studies · 1 paper
• Mental Health and Psychiatry · 1 paper
• Alzheimer's disease research and treatments · 1 paper
• Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research · 1 paper

Frequent co-authors

• Ziad Samir Nasreddine · 1 paper
• Natalie A. Phillips · 1 paper
• Valérie Bédirian · 1 paper
• Victor Whitehead · 1 paper
• Isabelle Collin · 1 paper
• Howard Mark Chertkow · 1 paper
• Michael S. Mega · 1 paper
• Kevin F. Gray · 1 paper

Papers

1. The Montreal Cognitive Assessment, MoCA: A Brief Screening Tool For Mild Cognitive ImpairmentJournal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2005 · 26,352 citations

   OBJECTIVES: To develop a 10-minute cognitive screening tool (Montreal Cognitive Assessment, MoCA) to assist first-line physicians in detection of mild cognitive impairment (MCI), a clinical state that often progresses to dementia. DESIGN: Validation study. SETTING: A community clinic and an…

2. The Neuropsychiatric InventoryNeurology · 1994 · 7,653 citations

   We developed a new instrument, the Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI), to assess 10 behavioral disturbances occurring in dementia patients: delusions, hallucinations, dysphoria, anxiety, agitation/aggression, euphoria, disinhibition, irritability/lability, apathy, and aberrant motor activity. The NPI uses a screening strategy to minimize administration…

3. Frontotemporal lobar degenerationNeurology · 1998 · 5,102 citations

   Abstract. In long-term peritoneal dialysis, functional deterioration of the peritoneal membrane is often associated with proliferative processes of the involved tissues leading to peritoneal fibrosis. In continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD), failure to achieve target values for adequacy of dialysis…