[Photosensitivity in primary and secondary epilepsies].

abstract：:Cysticercosis is one of the most common parasitic diseases of the nervous system in humans, and constitutes a major public health problem for most of the developing world. The clinical manifestations of neurocysticercosis (NCC) largely depend on the the host immune response against the parasite. NCC diagnosis is based...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Takayanagui OM

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four cases of familial spastic paraplegia with amyotrophy in siblings from a consanguineous married are reported. The routine laboratory examination were normal. The electromiography and muscle biopsy processed by histochemistry showed signs of denervation with reinervation. The motor nerve conduction velocity was dec...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Werneck LC,Sanches MC

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:The P300 component of the event-related potential (ERP) is a general measurement of "cognitive efficiency". It is an index of the ability of an individual's central nervous system (CNS) to process incoming information. OBJECTIVE:To compare the neuromodulatory effects of caffeine and bromazepam on the visual...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Montenegro M,Veiga H,Deslandes A,Cagy M,McDowell K,Pompeu F,Piedade R,Ribeiro P

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied 1086 AIDS patients in the last six years. Of these 389 (35.82%) had neurological manifestation and 7 (1.8%) male patients had abnormal involuntary movements (parkinsonism in 3, hemichorea-hemiballism in 2, spinal myoclonus in 1 and rubral tremor in another). All patients were men, 5 white and 2 black. Four ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： De Mattos JP,Rosso AL,Corrêa RB,Novis S

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of a 10-year-old patient with a benign congenital myopathy, suddenly aggravated because of an accentuated deficit in respiratory muscles is reported. The institution of assisted respiration at night allowed the patient to return to her daily activities. Examination of muscular biopsy with ultra-microscope permi...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Levy JA,Tsanaclis AM,Saraiva PA,Mion CC,Salum PN

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to examine the relationship of compulsive hoarding with dengue. METHOD:Fifty two adults notified by health vigilance authorities because of inappropriate trash accumulation in vacant lots in Goiânia, Central Brazil, completed a questionnaire regarding the presence and severity of ho...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Caixeta L,Azevedo PV,Caixeta M,Reimer CH

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The degree of depression in 88 abandoned children was analysed through a depression rating scale adapted to prepubertal children. The items were grouped into three dimensions: sociological-relational, psychological and biological. In 46 children from this sample it was dosed plasmatic cortisol and the urinary excretio...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Queiroz EA,Lombardi AB,Furtado CR,Peixoto CC,Soares TA,Fabre ZL,Basques JC,Fernandes ML,Lippi JR

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fatigue is one of the most common disabling symptoms in multiple sclerosis (MS). The aim of this study was to evaluate the fatigability on patients with MS by the application of hand grip isotonic and isometric exercises with dynamometer. As results the fatigability, the isometric strength and time were statistically ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Pavan K,Schmidt K,de Ambrosio Ariça T,Mendes MF,Tilbery CP,Lianza S

更新日期：2006-06-01 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：:Since the first report addressing quantification of cerebral blood flow (CBF), concomitant assessment of cerebral oxygen consumption was also carried out. Over the years, however, some investigators have emphatically and mistakenly addressed cerebral ischemia in comatose patients, on the basis of CBF measurements alon...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Cruz J

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many authors have studied physical and functional changes in individuals post-stroke, but there are few studies that assess changes in the non-plegic side of hemiplegic subjects. This study aimed to compare the electromyographic activity in the forearm muscles of spastic patients and clinically healthy individuals, to...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Kuriki HU,Azevedo RN,Carvalho AC,Azevedo FM,Negrão-Filho RF,Alves N

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intracranial aneurysms of the posterior circulation have been reported between 5 and 10% of all cerebral aneurysms and the aneurysms of the anterior inferior cerebellar artery (AICA) are considered rare, can cause cerebello pontine angle (CPA) syndrome with or without subarachnoid hemorrhage. Since 1948 few cases ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Adorno JO,de Andrade GC

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Because of the need for a standardized and accurate method for detecting multiple sclerosis (MS) inflammatory activity, different magnetic resonance (MR) acquisitions should be compared in order to choose the most sensitive sequence for clinical routine. To compare the sensitivity of a T1-weighted image to a ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Amaral LLFD,Fragoso DC,Rocha AJD

更新日期：2019-07-29 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：:The temporal medial sclerosis (TMS) is characterized by hippocampal sclerosis in temporal and by distinguished grades of injury near to other neurological structures such as: amygdaloid nucleus, parahippocampal girus and entorhinal region. The study analyzed 40 patients with TMS and 40 people from the control cluster....

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Chaddad Neto F,de Oliveira E,Paschoal E,Cendes F,Santana Filho M

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the clinical, epidemiological and pathological findings of 28 patients with medulloblastoma: 22 were male; age ranged from 1 to 50 years, with a mean of 15 years. The most frequent symptoms and signs were headache (64%) and vomiting (64%). Only one patient showed a desmoplastic medulloblastoma variant, the o...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Reis Filho JS,Gasparetto EL,Faoro LN,Araújo JC,Torres LF

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compared the clinical features of 373 patients with primary and postparalytic hemifacial spasm (HFS). METHOD:Data analyzed were gender, ethnicity, age at symptom onset, disease duration, affected side, distribution of facial spasm at onset, hypertension, family history of HFS, previous history of facial p...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Felicio AC,Godeiro-Junior Cde O,Borges V,Silva SM,Ferraz HB

更新日期：2007-09-01 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：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：: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：:There is evidence in electroencephalography that alpha, theta and delta band oscillations reflect cognitive and memory performances and that quantitative techniques can improve the electroencephalogram (EEG) sensitivity. This paper presents the results of comparative analysis of qEEG variables as reliable markers for ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Anghinah R,Kanda PA,Lopes HF,Basile LF,Machado S,Ribeiro P,Velasques B,Sameshima K,Takahashi DY,Pinto LF,Caramelli P,Nitrini R

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HTLV-I has been associated with a chronic idiopathic spastic paraparesis (CHISPA) in man; however, a complete understanding of this association is still debated. We selected the most comprehensible papers on this topic between 1985 and 1996, and found that 1261 out of 2811 patients (44.9%) reported, throughout the wor...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Leon-S FE,Costa CM,Gaffga N

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Diagnosis of dementia is a challenge in populations with heterogeneous educational background. OBJECTIVE:To compare the accuracies of two delayed recall tests for the diagnosis of dementia in a community with high proportion of illiterates. METHOD:The delayed recall of a word list from the CERAD battery (D...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Takada LT,Caramelli P,Fichman HC,Porto CS,Bahia VS,Anghinah R,Carthery-Goulart MT,Radanovic M,Smid J,Herrera E Jr,Nitrini R

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the efficacy of anti-xerostomic topical medication (urea 10%) in patients with burning mouth syndrome (BMS). METHOD:Thirty-eight subjects diagnosed with BMS according to the International Association for the Study of Pain guidelines were randomized to either placebo (5% sodium carboxymethylcellulos...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Silva LA,Siqueira JT,Teixeira MJ,Siqueira SR

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Emphasis is placed in the difficulty in conceptualizing sexuality as a complex and controversial subject. This is a presentation of a concept based on freudian psychoanalysis. With this in mind, many of Freud's references are collected from the Brazilian Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Bearzoti P

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gaspar Vianna is considered one of the great names in Medicine and Science in Brazil. Yet, little prominence has been given to his studies in Neuropathology. He was the first to describe, in 1911, the histopathology and pathogenesis of chagasic encephalitis in the acute phase of Chagas disease, as well as the intracel...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Pittella JEH

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently, pyridostigmine bromide is an indispensable anticholinesterase agent used worldwide to treat patients with Myasthenia Gravis (MG). However, pyridostigmine bromide was unsuccessful in its "pioneering trials" to treat a series of MG patients. There are important historical landmarks before pyridostigmine bromi...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Lorenzoni PJ,Kay CSK,Ducci RD,Fustes OJH,Werneck LC,Scola RH

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A protocol for testing cerebrospinal fluid specimens using a range of PCR assays for the diagnosis of central nervous system infection was developed and used to test prospectively 383 specimens. PCR assays were used for the detection of adenovirus, Borrelia burgdorferi, enteroviruses, Epstein Barr virus, cytomegalovir...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Chesky M,Scalco R,Failace L,Read S,Jobim LF

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a 320 year retrospective survey of the history and genealogy of a large Brazilian family with SCA7. The ancestral couple was from the State of Ceará, Brazil, and the genealogical tree was composed of 577 individuals, including 217 males (37.6%), 255 females (44.1%) and 105 individuals of unknown sex (18.1...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： da Cunha Linhares S,Horta WG,Marques Júnior W

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epilepsy was surveyed in the largest psychiatric hospital in the Santa Catarina State, southern Brazil. This establishment was designed for one thousand long-term beds but at the time of the survey there were 1126 inpatients. Diagnosis ranged from anxiety neurosis to schizophrenia although patients with epilepsy, with...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Trevisol-Bittencourt PC,Becker N,Pozzi CM,Sander JW

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00