Endovascular therapy for selected (most non-surgical) intracranial aneurysms in a Brazilian University Hospital.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the correlation between cardiorespiratory fitness and mood state in individuals with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). METHOD:Individuals with TLE (n = 20) and healthy control subjects (C, n = 20) were evaluated. Self-rating questionnaires were used to assess mood (POMS) and habitual physical acti...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Vancini RL,Lira CA,Andrade Mdos S,Lima Cd,Arida RM

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the last decades of the past century there have been several reports in the medical literature describing patients with dystonia. The clinical and phenomenological concepts of dystonic movements have been debated. Presently, dystonia is defined as a syndrome of sustained muscle contractions, frequently causing t...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Papaterra Limongi JC

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present the original Charcot's description of postural instability in Parkinson's disease as well as the evolution of this sign after 120 years of Charcot's death. ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Teive HA,Munhoz RP

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty-three patients with dermatopolymyositis were evaluated from the clinical, laboratory and therapeutical aspects during a period of 15 years: 39 are women and 24 men. The mean age was 36.8 +/- 15.6 years. No correlation was observed between clinical and isolated therapeutics employed; when corticosteroids and cyto...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Marchiori PE,Hirata MT,Scaff M,de Oliveira RM,Cossermelli W,Levy JA,de Assis JL

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Augmenting/reducing (A/R) of visual evoked potentials (VEP) has been repeatedly observed in central derivations, with some subjects increasing, and others decreasing, VEP amplitude with increasing intensity of stimulation. Central derivations also exhibit hemispheric lateralization regarding A/R. This paper explores c...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Etcheberrigaray R,Lolas F,Camposano S,Elgueta D

更新日期：1988-09-01 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：: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：:Sleep and epilepsy share some common mechanisms. The objective of the present investigation was to study the macrostructure of sleep in patients with idiopathic epilepsies, focal and generalized, comparing these two groups to each other and to a control group of 12 individuals without epilepsy. A total of 35 polysomno...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Barreto JR,Fernandes RM,Sakamoto AC

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and effectiveness of imipramine on the treatment of comorbid chronic dizziness and panic disorder. METHOD:Nine patients with panic disorder and agoraphobia associated with chronic dizziness underwent otoneurological screening and were treated with a 3-mo...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Mezzasalma MA,Mathias Kde V,Nascimento I,Valença AM,Nardi AE

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association between the use of statins and neuromuscular disease is currently being intensely discussed. We relate a 63 years old man with possible case of statin-induced neuropathy in a patient with dislipidemia in use of simvastatina at high doses. The electrophysiologic studies disclosed findings compatible wit...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Scola RH,Trentin AP,Germiniani FM,Piovesan EJ,Werneck LC

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic poses a potential threat to patients with autoimmune disorders, including multiple sclerosis (MS) and neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD). Such patients are usually treated with immunomodulatory or immunosuppressive agents, which may tamper wi...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： ApÓstolos-Pereira SL,Silva GD,Disserol CCD,Feo LB,Matos AMB,Schoeps VA,Gomes ABAGR,Boaventura M,Mendes MF,Callegaro D

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Movement disorders, mostly dystonia, sometimes occur in heterozygotes for Wilson's disease (WD). A patient with metabolic abnormalities suggestive of heterozygote for WD and dystonia is reported. His niece showed the typical neurological and metabolic abnormalities of WD. This rare coincidence and the etiopathogenic m...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Barbosa ER,Kostow UP,Hirsch R,Cançado ER,Scaff M,Canelas HM

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Motor functional neurological disorder (mFND) is a common and disabling condition. There are no evidence-based guidelines for treatment. Long-term outcome is often poor. This study describes the epidemiological profile, symptom pattern and outcome of patients admitted to the Belo Horizonte unit of the SARAH ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Theuer RV,Neves SVN,Champs APS

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple sclerosis (MS) prevalence is higher in Caucasian (CA) populations, narrowing the analysis of the impact of Afro-descendant (AD) populations in disease outcomes. Even so, recent studies observed that AD patients have a more severe course. The main objective of this study is to confirm and discuss, through a sy...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Aurenção JC,Vasconcelos CC,Thuler LC,Alvarenga RM

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Surgical treatment of cervical radiculopathy with or without myelopathy is a controversy issue, although anterior discectomy is the most common form of treatment. METHOD:We present the evaluation of the arthrodesis' rate and cervical alignment in 48 patients with cervical degenerative disease...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Mudo ML,Amantea AV,Joaquim AF,Prandini MN,Cavalheiro S

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report 6 cases of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) examinations in which malignant cells were found. In 5 cases the finding was incidental: medulloblastoma (case 1); malignant melanoma (case 2); adenocarcinoma (case 3); meningitis carcinomatosa (case 4) and neuroleukaemia (case 5). In only one case neuroleukaemia...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： De Moraes-Rêgo SF,De Moraes-Rêgo KG

更新日期：1986-06-01 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：:A 45 years-old woman presented with loss of initiative and memory, motivated cry and behaviour disturbance with childish traits, quickly progressive along 6 months until total apathy. An EEG showed periodic activity with bilateral triphasic waves against a flattened background activity suggesting Creutzfeldt-Jacob dis...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Bertolucci PH,Malheiros SF

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Report of a girl with the epileptic, hydrocephalic and encephalitic form of neurocysticercosis, diagnosed by cerebrospinal fluid and computed tomography exams, during her second year of life and an evolution with multiple types of seizures, prolonged periods of intracranial hypertension due to obstruction in the ventr...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Agapejev S,Padula NA,Morales NM,Lima MM

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:The temporal branch of the facial nerve is particularly vulnerable to traumatic injuries during surgical procedures. It may also be affected in clinical conditions. Electrodiagnostic studies may add additional information about the type and severity of injuries, thus allowing prognostic inferences. The objec...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Silva PF,Lima MC,Figueiroa JN,Lins OG

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study used MRI to define preoperative imaging criteria for cavernous sinus invasion (CSI) by pituitary adenoma (PA). MR images of 103 patients with PA submitted to surgery (48 with CSI) were retrospectively reviewed. The following MR signs were studied and compared to intraoperative findings (the latter were cons...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Vieira JO Jr,Cukiert A,Liberman B

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgery for space occupying lesions of the brain associated with intractable epilepsy represents a special problem because relief of the epilepsy in as much an operative goal as excision of the space occupying lesion itself. This study concerns 32 patients with space occupying lesions and intractable epilepsy who unde...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Brainer-Lima PT,Rao S,Cukiert A,Yacubian EM,Gronich G,Marino Júnior R

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the clinical correlates of the restless legs syndrome (RLS) in a Brazilian sleep disorders center. METHODS:We retrospectively studied 118 patients with RLS from January, 2004, to December, 2010. The analyzed variables were: age at disease onset, gender, race, years of school instruction, primary...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Marin LF,Felicio AC,Santos WA,Prado LB,Prado GF

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neurological manifestations of eight patients with osseous fibrous dysplasia of skull were retrospectively studied. In this series, the frontal bone was involved in 75% of the patients, the sphenoid or temporal bones in 37.5%, and the parietal in 25%. It was observed that cranial deformities occurred in all but on...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Freitas PE,Ribeiro TR,Coutinho MF,Anicet A

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD) is characterized by reduced nigrostriatal and cortical dopaminergic influence, with changes in movement and, subsequently, behavioral and cognitive disturbances. We studied cognitive impairment in Parkinson's disease by assessing a group of 30 idiopathic Parkinson's disease patients...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Piovezan MR,Teive HA,Piovesan EJ,Mader MJ,Werneck LC

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe five patients with Schwartz-Jampel syndrome (SJS) examined at the outpatient service for neuromuscular disorders at our Institution from 1996 to 1999 with the objective of emphasizing the characteristic dysmorphic phenotype of SJS and its different clinical forms. Two cases presented SJS-type 1A, two had S...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Reed UC,Reimao R,Espindola AA,Kok F,Ferreira LG,Resende MB,Messias TC,Carvalho MS,Diament A,Scaff M,Marie SK

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five patients with a tumefactive lesion were clinically followed from 1992 to 1993. Four patients were female; age ranged from 32 to 57 years, the duration of symptoms varied from 3 days to 3 years. Neurological examination disclosed dementia in two patients, aphasia in three, hemiparesis in four, hemihypoaesthesia in...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Silva HC,Callegaro D,Marchiori PE,Scaff M,Tsanaclis AM

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The author establishes an analogy between the control mechanism and regulation of the cerebral blood flow and of protection of the vascular wall of the internal carotid constituted by the conjunction "internal carotid-cavernous sinus" with the group represented by the system "vertebro basilar-transverse occipital sinu...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Moreira MB

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Studies have established higher prevalence of psychiatric disorders in diabetic patients. OBJECTIVE:To describe the socio-demographic and clinic characteristics and to compare the frequency of them in the diabetic and non-diabetic populations. METHOD:Transversal study with comparing groups. Eighty four d...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Clavijo M,Carvalho JJ,Rios M,de Oliveira IR

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Few studies have addressed early cerebrovascular lethality in Brazil. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate 10 and 28-day stroke case-fatality rates in three hospitals in three Brazilian cities. METHODS:We described the stroke registries in São Paulo, João Pessoa, and Natal. RESULTS:Out of a total of 962 first-ever event...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Fernandes TG,Goulart AC,Campos TF,Lucena NM,Freitas KL,Trevisan CM,Benseñor IM,Lotufo PA

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00