Peer-Reviewed Publications (26 selected from 75)

Sumowski JF, Levy S, Katz Sand I, Brandstadter R, Dvorak E, Anderson J, Fabian MT, Graney R, Lublin FD, Miller AE, Sandry J. Cognition in multiple sclerosis within the modern diagnostic and treatment era. Brain 2025; Online ahead of print. PMID: 41293835

Sumowski JF, Sandry J. Multiple Sclerosis Cognitive Scale (MSCS): A brief psychometrically-robust metric of patient-reported cognitive difficulty. Mult Scler 2025; 31: 352-362. PMID: 39895166

Dvorak E, Levy S, Anderson JR, Sumowski JF. Phonemic processing is below expectations and linked to word-finding difficulty in multiple sclerosis. Mult Scler 2024; 30: 1374-1378. PMID: 39101235

Anderson JR, Fitzgerald KC, Murrough JW, … Sumowski JF. Depression symptoms and cognition in multiple sclerosis: Longitudinal evidence of a specific link to executive control. Mult Scler 2023; 29: 1632-1645. PMID: 37772495.

Levy S, Dvorak EM, Graney R, Staker E, Sumowski JF. In-person and remote administrations of the symbol digit modalities test are interchangeable among persons with multiple sclerosis. Mult Scler Relat Disord 2023; 71: 104553. PMID: 36764285

Katz Sand I, Levy S, Fitzgerald K, Sorets T, Sumowski JF. Mediterranean diet is linked to less objective disability in multiple sclerosis. Mult Scler 2023; 29: 248-260. PMID: 36226971

Levy S, Sandry J, Beck ES, Brandstadter R, Katz Sand I, Sumowski JF. Pattern of thalamic nuclei atrophy in early relapse-onset multiple sclerosis. Mult Scler Relat Disord 2022; 67: 104083. PMID: 35940020

Krieger SC, Antoine A, Sumowski JF. EDSS 0 is not normal: Multiple sclerosis disease burden below the clinical threshold. Mult Scler 2022; 28: 2299-2303. PMID: 35832024

Katz Sand IB, Fitzgerald KC, Brandstadter R, … Sumowski JF. Dietary factors and MRI metrics in early multiple sclerosis. Mult Scler Relat Disord 2021; 53: 103031. PMID: 34077830. 

Sumowski JF, Horng S, Brandstadter R, … Varga A. Sleep disturbance and memory dysfunction in early multiple sclerosis. Ann Clin Transl Neurol 2021; 8: 1172-1182. PMID: 33951348.

Sandry J, Simonet DV, Brandstadter R, … Sumowski JF. The Symbol Digit Modalities Test (SDMT) is sensitive but non-specific in MS: Lexical access speed, memory, and information processing speed independently contribute to SDMT performance. Mult Scler Relat Disord 2021; 51: 102950. PMID: 33887609.

Glukhovsky L, Kurz D, Brandstadter R, … Sumowski JF. Depression and cognitive function in early multiple sclerosis: Multitasking is more sensitive than traditional assessments. Mult Scler 2021; 27: 1276-1283. PMID: 33196404.

Glukhovsky L, Brandstadter R, Leavitt VM, … Sumowski JF. Hippocampal volume is more related to patient-reported memory than objective memory performance in early multiple sclerosis. Mult Scler 2021; 27: 568-578. PMID: 32567468.

Brandstadter R, Ayeni O, Krieger S, … Sumowski JF. Detection of subtle gait disturbance and future fall risk in early multiple sclerosis. Neurology 2020; 94: e1395-e1406 PMID: 32102980.

Brandstadter R, Fabian MT, Leavitt VM, … Sumowski JF. Word-finding difficulty is a prevalent disease-related deficit in early multiple sclerosis. Mult Scler 2020; 26: 1752-1764. PMID: 31741430.

Klineova S, Brandstadter R, Fabian MT, … Sumowski JF. Psychological resilience is linked to motor strength and gait endurance in early multiple sclerosis. Mult Scler 2020; 26: 1111-1120. PMID: 31172846

Brandstadter R, Katz Sand I, Sumowski JF. Beyond rehabilitation: A prevention model of reserve and brain maintenance in multiple sclerosis. Mult Scler 2019;25:1372-1378.  PMID: 31469354.

Sumowski JF, Benedict R, Enzinger C, … Rao S. Cognition in multiple sclerosis: State of the field and priorities for the future. Neurology 2018; 90: 278-88. PMID: 29343470

Sumowski JF, Rocca MA, Leavitt VM, … Filippi M. Brain reserve against physical disability progression over five years in multiple sclerosis. Neurology 2016; 86: 2006-2009. PMID: 27164681.

Rocca MA, Amato MP, DeStefano N, … Filippi M, MAGNIMS Study Group. Clinical and imaging assessment of cognitive dysfunction in multiple sclerosis. Lancet Neurol. 2015;14:302-17. PMID: 25662900.

Sumowski JF, Rocca MA, Leavitt VM, … Filippi M. Brain reserve and cognitive reserve protect against cognitive decline over 4.5 years in MS. Neurology. 2014;82:1776-83. PMID: 24748670.

Sumowski JF, Rocca MA, Leavitt VM, … Filippi M. Brain reserve and cognitive reserve in multiple sclerosis: What you’ve got and how you use it. Neurology. 2013;80: 2184-93. PMID: 23667062.

Sumowski JF, Wylie GR, Gonnella A, Chiaravalloti N, DeLuca J. Premorbid cognitive leisure independently contributes to cognitive reserve in multiple sclerosis. Neurology. 2010;75:1428-31. PMID: 20956787.

Sumowski JF, Wylie GR, Chiaravalloti N, DeLuca J. Intellectual enrichment lessens the effect of brain atrophy on learning and memory in multiple sclerosis. Neurology. 2010;74:1942-5. PMID: 20548040.

Sumowski JF, Wylie GR, DeLuca J, Chiaravalloti N. Intellectual enrichment is linked to cerebral efficiency in multiple sclerosis: functional magnetic imaging evidence for cognitive reserve. Brain. 2010;133:362-74. PMCID: PMC2822636. PMID: 20008455

Sumowski JF, Chiaravalloti N, Wylie G, DeLuca J. Cognitive reserve moderates the negative effect of brain atrophy on cognitive efficiency in multiple sclerosis. J Int Neuropsychol Soc. 2009;15:606-12. PMID: 19573279.