[Aneurysm of the anterior inferior cerebellar artery: case report].

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To show data on the performance of healthy subjects in the Frontal Assessment Battery (FAB), correlating with gender, age, education, and scores in the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE). METHODS:Two hundred and seventy-five healthy individuals with mean age of 66.4 ± 10.6 years-old were evaluated. Mean to...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Beato R,Amaral-Carvalho V,Guimarães HC,Tumas V,Souza CP,Oliveira GN,Caramelli P

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The study has been carried out through anthropometric measures of Bahian newborns, to define measures according with the reality of this region. METHOD:Study type transversal cut in term babies with the measures of cephalic perimeter, biauricular and anteroposterior distances, fontanel and cephalic index. R...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Mota M,Melo A,Burak C,Daltro C,Rodrigues B,Lucena R

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of sarcoidosis in a 21 years old male with history of headache since he was three years old, with absence of abnormalities in a brain computerized tomography (CT). Brain magnetic resonance (MRI) disclosed a meningeal involvement with intense and homogeneous enhancement of the right fronto-temporal con...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： da Costa Machado MA Jr,Goyanna A,Gomes LM,Goyanna F,Matos AS,Vieira LC

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work aimed to compare performances on the Timed Up and Go (TUG) test and its subtasks between faller and non-faller older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and mild Alzheimer's disease (AD). A prospective study was conducted, with 38 older adults with MCI and 37 with mild AD. Participants underwent an a...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Ansai JH,Andrade LP,Nakagawa TH,Rebelatto JR

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In developed countries the congenital cytomegalovirus inclusion disease is considered to be nowadays an important problem of public health due to the great number of mental deficiency and deafness caused by it. In Brazil, publications related to the subject are rare, and more specifically they treat about pathologic a...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Fontenelle LM

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lumbar puncture in neurologically asymptomatic HIV+ patients is still under debate. There are different criteria for detecting neurosyphilis through cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), especially in cases that are negative through the Venereal Disease Research Laboratory (VDRL), regarding cellularity and protein content. Howev...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Salamano R,Ballesté R,Perna A,Rodriguez N,Lombardo D,García N,López P,Cappuccio P

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by progressive and irreversible loss of cognitive function. The presence of senile plaques is one of the pathological markers of the disease and is associated with the onset of neuroinflammatory mechanisms. The exact pathophysiology of AD...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Sousa JCE,Santana ACF,MagalhÃes GJP

更新日期：2020-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present three cases where the involuntary, imotivated laughter was a distinct finding. The first patient was a 29-year-old engineer, who had had several bursts of neurologic deficits, either sensitive or motor, which recovered almost completely and was diagnosed as suffering from multiple sclerosis. During...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Bertolucci PH,Andrade LA,Pereira JS,De Campos CJ

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effects of galantamine on the performance of patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease (AD) in a computerized neuropsychological test battery (CNTB). METHOD:Thirty-three patients with probable AD were treated with galantamine for three months and evaluated in a prospective, open-l...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Caramelli P,Chaves ML,Engelhardt E,Machado JC,Schultz RR,Vale FA,Charchat-Fichman H,Brazilian Multi-Center Galantamine Study (GAL-BRA-01).

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The Game Dice Task (GDT) was developed to measure decision making under known risk. The aim of this study was to translate and adapt the GDT to a Brazilian population. METHOD:After the GDT was translated and back-translated to Brazilian Portuguese and evaluated by eight bilingual judges, 175 Brazilian adults...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Rzezak P,Antunes HK,Tufik S,dMello MT

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is associated with school failure. Inattention has been mainly implicated for this association. Oppositional-defiant disorder's (ODD) impact on academic performance remains controversial, because of the high comorbidity between ODD and ADHD. OBJECTIVE:To under...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Serra-Pinheiro MA,Mattos P,Regalla MA,de Souza I,Paixão C

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine frequency, etiology, site and clinical and laboratory findings of ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VPS) infections in children and adolescents with hydrocephalus managed in Hospital Governador João Alves Filho, Aracaju SE, Brazil. METHOD:A non-controlled prospective observational study comprising 50 ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Lima MM,Pereira CU,Silva AM

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To describe anticoagulation characteristics in patients with cardiac complications from Chagas disease and compare participants with and without cardioembolic ischemic stroke (CIS). A retrospective cohort of patients with Chagas disease, using anticoagulation, conducted from January 2011 to December 2014. Forty-two pa...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Monteiro JMC,San-Martin DL,Silva BCG,Jesus PAP,Oliveira Filho J

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Musical autobiographies consist of a powerful therapeutic tool by which individuals define themselves. The use of this technique may help (re)construction personal identities and improve quality of life of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). Eight adult patients on treatment at CIEM Multiple Sclerosis Investigation...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Moreira SV,França CC,Moreira MA,Lana-Peixoto MA

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hemolytic-uremic syndrome is a pathology characterized by a triad consisting of acute renal failure, microangiopathic hemolytic anemia and thrombocytopenia, with complications of the central nervous system arising in a considerable number of cases. Altered cranial computerized tomography examinations usually revea...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Santos AC,Siqueira Neto JI,Fabio SR

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present our experience with 36 cases of nonfunctional pituitary adenomas. These tumors were divided into non reactive and inactive in agreement with the immunohistochemical study. They present with visual symptoms, mainly bitemporal hemianopsia; they were macroadenomas, either invasive or non invasive, in both grou...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Tella OI Jr,Herculano MA,Delcello R,Aguiar PH

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cytomorphometric study was performed in lumbar spinal ganglia neurons of Gallus domesticus on the 10th and 18th incubation days and 8th, 35th, 61st, and 120th post-hatching days. The absolute volume of nucleus and relative volume of cytoplasm were respectively estimated by the Bach caryometric method and by point-co...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： de Carvalho CA,da Silva CF,Silva Júnior BA,de Araujo MV

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The existence of a benign multiple sclerosis (BMS) form is a controversial subject. Recent studies of these patients reveal different levels of cognitive impairment, despite the apparent preservation of motor function. The objective of this study was to review and analyze a number of publications that discuss the gene...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Ton AMM,Vasconcelos CCF,Alvarenga RMP

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the clinical records of 280 patients admitted to our Hospital between 1985 and 1988, with a positive Elisa test for HIV-related antibodies: 15.71% (44) of these patients exhibited clinical abnormalities related to disease of the CNS. In 6 (13.6%) patients the neurological complication was the first manifest...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Puccioni M,Favoreto AC,André C,Peixoto CA,Novis SA

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Art and Medicine often mingle in the most unexpected ways. One can often find in pictorial art the representation of many medical conditions. The same can happen with sculptures; however, the finding of an urban sculpture in a public space with features of parkinsonism is unique. We reported how "The Shaking Man", an ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Germiniani FM,Staziaki PV,Furtado VF,Teive HA

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the clinical outcome and the complications of bacterial meningitis according to birth weight of out born neonates admitted in intensive care unit during an 11 year-period. METHOD:Eighty-seven newborns were studied. Thirty-four infants were low birth weight newborn and 53 presented birth weight >o...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Krebs VL,Costa GA

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Functional imaging of brain electrical activity was performed in 25 chronic medicated schizophrenics and 40 controls, analyzing the classical frequency bands (delta, theta, alpha, and beta) of 19-channel EEG during resting state to identify brain regions with deviant activity of different functional significances, usi...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Veiga H,Deslandes A,Cagy M,Fiszman A,Piedade RA,Ribeiro P

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective study was performed on 34 patients with photosensitivity detected on the electroencephalogram. This group was compared to an aleatory sample, with 218 patients. The objectives were to evaluate the photosensitivity and: type of epilepsy, age of onset of seizures, sex ratio, frequency of seizures, and fa...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： de Albuquerque M,do Nascimento CL,de Campos CJ

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aims to provide information about epidemiological factors related to traumatic brachial plexus injuries in adults. METHOD:Prospective analysis of 35 consecutive cases, observed in a period of one year. RESULTS:Most of the lesions were supraclavicular (62%). Twenty-one cases occurred due to tracti...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Flores LP

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a 36 years old female, with a 8 years history of "paraplegia", who was admitted to our department to have "some needles withdrawn" from her back. She referred previous admittances to general and psychiatric hospitals in order to treat several episodes of renal failure, combined with other clinical condition...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Arteaga-Rodríguez C,Hernández-Fustes OJ,da Silva LF,Aguiar LR,Teixeira MA

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the clinical, neuroimaging characteristics and positivity of the acquaporin water channel (NMO-IgG) in pediatric patients with neuromyelitis optica (NMO). This disorder could have a variable clinical expression. To address such variability, the term NMO spectrum has been suggested. METHOD:We evalu...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Peña JA,Ravelo ME,Mora-La Cruz E,Montiel-Nava C

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To establish whether vascular aphasic syndromes can predict stroke outcomes. METHOD:Thirty-seven adults were evaluated for speech and language within 72 hours after a single first-ever ischemic brain lesion, in blind association to CT and/or MR. RESULTS:Speech or language disabilities were found in seven (8...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Oliveira FF,Damasceno BP

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Skin biopsy has become an attractive technique to evaluate the terminal regions of small nerve fibers. There is extensive innervation of the skin by both sensory and autonomic fibers as demonstrated by staining for the pan-axonal marker PGP 9,5. The normal pattern is fundamental before any study, since three different...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Moura L,Oliveira AS,Zanoteli E,Cardoso R,Schmidt B,Gabbai AA

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report a case of ganglioneuroblastoma of cerebellum, with emphasis to the neuroimaging and pathological findings. CASE REPORT:A one year and eight-month-old girl presented with a two-month history of hypoactivity and tremor in the legs. The MRI showed an enhancing cerebellar mass hypointense on T1 and hyp...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Gasparetto EL,Rosemberg S,Matushita H,Leite Cda C

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:West syndrome (WS) is a severe epileptic encephalopathy of childhood, characterized by spasms, developmental deterioration and hipsarhythymia. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the safety and efficacy of vigabatrin (VGB) in the treatment of WS. METHOD:We evaluated every patient diagnosed with WS seen at the pediatric ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Moraes MH,Montenegro MA,Franzon RC,Avila JO,Guerreiro MM

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00