Correlation between parameters of electrophysiological, histomorphometric and sciatic functional index evaluations after rat sciatic nerve repair.

abstract：:Neurocysticercosis is a serious public health problem that predominantly affects places with poor sanitary and hygiene conditions. The Piaui State is out of the neurocysticercosis map in Brazil but, as this study illustrates, it is just by lack of epidemiologic data. We demonstrate the presence of this pathology in th...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： e Silva do Rego Monteiro AV,da Silva Júnior AN,Leite DA,Mendes LC,de Assunção Cordeiro M,Lima RF,Lima FC,Batista MS

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 38 year-old man presented fever and a clinical picture of intracranial hypertension and ataxic syndrome. A CT-scan disclosed an expanding lesion of the cerebellum. Surgical excision of the lesion was performed and pathological examination made the diagnosis of an actinomycotic abscess. The probable primary source of...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Tsubouchi MH,Arruda WO,Pedrozo AA,Meneses MS,Ramina R,Bleggi-Torres LF

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Malignant infarction of the middle cerebral artery (MCA) occurs in a subgroup of patients with ischemic stroke and early decompressive craniectomy (DC) is one of its treatments. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the functional outcome of patients with malignant ischemic stroke treated with decompressive craniectomy ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Maia IHM,Melo TP,Lima FO,Carvalho JJF,Mont'alverne FJA,Lopes JÚnior E,DiÓgenes MB,Cunha TSL,Queiroz BMA,Tamietti MF,Maia FM

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The involvement of the central nervous system in paracoccidioidomycosis is more frequent than previously thought. The first reference to the possibility that Paracoccidioides brasiliensis could affect the central nervous system was by Pereira & Jacobs in 1919. Since then, a great number of other studies has showed thi...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： da Silva CE,Cordeiro AF,Gollner AM,Cupolilo SM,Quesado-Filgueiras M,Curzio MF

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stroke mortality rates are higher in Brazil when compared to other countries. The city of São Paulo has a good system of mortality surveillance that allow us to describe the epidemiology of the stroke in the city. Our aim was to describe the stroke mortality pattern by gender and age characterizing the ischemic/ hemor...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Lotufo PA,Bensenor IM

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A therapeutic trial using barbexaclone in uncontrolled seizures was undertaken showing favourable results. Special reference to the association of barbexaclone with acetazolamide with good results in many cases is made. Collateral effects are minimal in pacients using barbexaclone. ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： de Lima JM,Oliveira C,Duro LA,Poiares Nde M

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unilateral internuclear ophthalmoplegia become manifest by homolateral paralysis of ocular adduction and contralateral nystagmus. Principal causes are multiple sclerosis and vertebro-basilar insufficiency. We report a case in which this signal appeared as the first clinical manifestation of bacterial endocarditis and ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Werneck AL,Gonçalves AJ,Bezerra JM

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After brief comments about the angiographic findings on 298 consecutive cases of isquemic or hemorrhagic cerebral vascular strokes, cerebral angiography is emphasized as the main diagnostic method, owing to the variety of physiopathogenic and ethiologic factors involved in the genesis of this syndromes. The results of...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Pereira W,Godoy R,Ferreira C

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neurological involvement in Manson's Schistosomiasis is rarely reported in the literature. The authors describe a case of a 23 years old patient born in São Francisco-MG. She presented with headache, vomiting, fever and stupor. The neurological examination showed stiffness of the neck, paresis with bilateral muscu...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Ferreira MS,Costa-Cruz JM,Gomes MA

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Correlate the occurrence of falls and the activity of rolling over in bed with performance on the Trunk Mobility Scale (TMS) in patients with PD, and determine whether this instrument score can predict the risk of falls. METHOD:This is a cross-sectional study. Assessed patients reported the frequency of fall...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Artigas NR,Franco C,Leão P,Rieder CR

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Jean-Martin Charcot (1825-1893), recognized as the founder of Neurology and the first formal teacher of nervous system diseases, died on August 16, 1893, from acute pulmonary edema secondary to myocardial infarction. In his last years, there were several descriptions of his gait and posture disorders, suggesting the d...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Teive HA,Germiniani FM,Munhoz RP

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mortality due to epilepsy is of great concern worldwide. Individuals with epilepsy have a two- or three-fold risk of death when compared to the general population. Based on biographical data and Anna Grigoriévna Dostoevskaia's memories, the authors concluded that a prolonged episode of status epilepticus was the culpr...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Amâncio EJ,Kowacs PA,Takeshita BT,Nascimento FA,Teive HA

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calf enlargement following sciatica is a rare condition. It is reported the case of a 28-year-old woman who complained of repeated episodes of lower back pain radiating into the left buttock and foot. One year after the beginning of her symptoms, she noticed enlargement of her left calf. X-ray studies disclosed L5-S1 ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Nascimento OJ,De Freitas MR,Hahn MD,Araújo AQ

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present a retrospective review of 13 patients with the diagnostic of intracranial metastatic malignant melanoma. Their ages ranged from 28 to 84 years. The time interval from diagnosis of primary tumor to development of cerebral metastases ranged from 6 to 60 months. There was preoperative evidence of extr...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Araújo JF,Sperlescu A,Melacci EB,Balbo RJ

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The author gives a brief overview of the career of Professor Octávio da Silveira, the first neurologist and professor of neurology in the State of Paraná, as well as the first full professor of clinical neurology in the Federal University of Paraná. ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Teive HA

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty seven patients with migraine without aura were investigated. The age was between 12 and 54 years; 5 were men and 22 women. The diagnosis of migraine was made according to the classification proposed by the International Headache Society. The method of visual evoked potential was performed with pattern reversal ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Moreira Filho PF,Dantas AM

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the volumetric and spectroscopy aspects of hippocampus in patients with mild Alzheimer's disease (AD) and mild cognitive impairment (MCI). METHODS:A series of patients older than 65 years and with memory deficit were studied. RESULTS:The evocation of words test presented a significant reduction ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Menezes TL,Andrade-Valença LP,Valença MM

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to find cut-off scores for the Montgomery-Asberg rating scale (MADRS) and the Beck depression inventory (BDI) that can relate to specific clinical diagnoses of depression in Parkinson s disease (PD). Mild and moderate PD patients (n=46) were evaluated for depression according to the DSM IV criteria. A...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Silberman CD,Laks J,Capitão CF,Rodrigues CS,Moreira I,Engelhardt E

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the cytologic aspects of 137 tumors operated by neurosurgeons, including 12 astrocytomas, 4 anaplastic astrocytomas, 26 glioblastomas, 7 oligodendrogliomas, 5 medulloblastomas, 8 schwannomas, 17 meningiomas, 13 pituitary adenomas, 20 metastatic tumors and 18 assorted tumors and nonneoplastic lesions. We hav...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Campos Ide S,Chimelli L

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Social-economic factors influence sleep habits. This research analyzes characteristics of nocturnal sleep in Brazilian Native Terena adults. Sixty-four adults (31 M; 33 F) from 18 to 75 years, with a mean age of 37.0, from the Indian Reservation village of Córrego do Meio, in the central region of Mato Grosso do Sul, ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Reimão R,Souza JC,Gaudioso CE,Guerra HD,Alves AD,Oliveira JC,Gnobie NC,Silvério DC

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in cardiac rhythm may occur during epileptic seizures and this has been suggested as a possible mechanism for sudden unexpected death amongst patients with chronic epilepsy (SUDEP). We have studied ECG changes during 61 complex partial seizures of temporal lobe origin in 20 patients. Tachycardia was observed i...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Li LM,Roche J,Sander JW

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The objective of the present study was to assess the presence of cognitive deficits in patients with chronic migraine, and to assess the main factors that trigger cognitive disorders, such as comorbidities or the use of medications. METHODS:Chronic migraine and control groups were interviewed in a case-cont...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Ferreira KS,Teixeira CT,Cáfaro C,Oliver GZ,Carvalho GLP,Carvalho LASD,Silva BG,Haes FBB,Ciciarelli MC

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To present the magnetic resonance (MR) imaging findings of 78 patients with meningiomas diagnosed in a single institution. METHOD:78 patients with histological proven intracranial meningioma were studied. There were 52 female and 26 male patients (median=56 years). All MR imaging examinations were performed ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Gasparetto EL,Leite Cda C,Lucato LT,Barros CV,Marie SK,Santana P,Aguiar PH,Rosemberg S

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interactions with antiepileptic drugs are common and may have important clinical consequences. The physician should always consider carefully the need for and the implications of adding a new drug to any therapeutic regime and should be prepared to think about the possibility of an interaction whenever an unusual resp...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Perucca E

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this paper is to introduce compliance concept and to classify technicals, biologicas, socials and mixed factors that may influence compliance. The importance of conscious attitudes in a good patient compliance is emphasized. ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Alonso NB,Da Silva DF,de Campos CJ

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The involvement of the leptomeninges by metastatic tumors can be observed in solid tumors, in which case it is termed meningeal carcinomatosis (MC), and in lymphoproliferative malignant disease. It is more common in breast and lung cancer, as well as melanoma, with adenocarcinoma being the most frequent histological t...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Martins SJ,Azevedo CR,Chinen LT,Cruz MR,Peterlevitz MA,Gimenes DL

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The role of smoking as risk factor for stroke is controversial. An ecological design study was performed to test the association between stroke mortality and smoking in Brazil. Lung cancer mortality was used as a surrogate for smoking habit. METHODS:The mortality rate for stroke (ICD-9:430-438) and lung cancer (IC...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Lotufo PA,Benseñor IJ

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Studies which have investigated muscular performance during the initial stages of Parkinson's disease (PD) without L-dopa treatments were not found. OBJECTIVE:to assess whether muscular performance, work and power, of the trunk and lower limbs in L-dopa naïve patients in the early stages of PD was lower tha...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Lima LO,Cardoso F,Teixeira-Salmela LF,Rodrigues-de-Paula F

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 42 year-old woman developed paraplegia that resolved in six months, followed by sudden right hemiparesis and dysphasia two years later. The clinical work-up, including CT and MR scans, visual evoked potential, CSF examination and cerebral biopsy suggested the possibility of either multiple sclerosis or multiphasic d...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Maranhäo-Filho PA

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report a case of chronic bulbar muscular dysfunction in a thyrotoxic man, with complete remission of the symptoms after the use of propranolol, with and without concomitant use of propylthiouracil. Some aspects of this unique complication of hyperthyroidism are discussed. ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Cardoso Bde A,Schulz I,Preger A,Arruda WO

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00