[Epilepsy at a psychiatric hospital].

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：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：:We analysed 27 complex partial seizures arising from the temporal lobes recorded on videotape simultaneously with the EEG emphasizing the motor manifestations specially dystonic posturing, ictal paresis and head and eye forced deviation (version). The temporal lobe origin of the seizures was based on the agreement of ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Yacubian EM,Valério RM,Jorge CL,Fiore LA,Cukiert A,de Assis LM

更新日期：1994-06-01 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：: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：OBJECTIVE:Basilar tip aneurysms (BTAs) have a complex anatomy, making them difficult to treat. We describe our surgical results for BTAs. METHODS:From 2004 to 2015 (12 years), a total of 25 small BTAs and two giant BTAs were treated in the Hospital do Servidor Público Estadual de São Paulo. RESULTS:In 23 patients har...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Pahl FH,Oliveira MF,Rotta JM

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Ubiquitin C-terminal Hydrolase-L1 (UCH-L1) enzyme levels were investigated in patients with epilepsy, epileptic seizure, remission period, and healthy individuals. METHODS:Three main groups were evaluated, including epileptic seizure, patients with epilepsy in the non-seizure period, and healthy volunteers. ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Yasak IH,Yilmaz M,GÖnen M,Atescelik M,Gurger M,Ilhan N,Goktekin MC

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient who has a nemesis fear as the basic process in his psychoneurosis feels that he is destined to repeat the life course of one of his parents to eventual long-term psychosis, or incapacitating physical illness or death by illness or accident. He feels that this will occur at about the same age as that at which...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Chapman AH,Chapman-Santana M,Vieira e Silva D

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-five newborn infants with hyperexcitability lasting more than 72 hours were studied in the neonatal period. The association with metabolic disturbances, mainly hypocalcemia, was observed in 53% of cases. Neonatal asphyxia was observed in 21 cases (46%), although all infants had 5 minutes Apgar scores above 6. On...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Gherpelli JL,Casagrande MS,Kfuri JM,Costa HP

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medulloblastoma is the most common childhood malignant tumor of central nervous system, but it may also occur in adults. It presents high invasive growth with spreading of tumor cells into the leptomeningeal space along the neuroaxis early in the course of the disease. Extraneural metastases are rare but frequently le...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Muoio VM,Shinjo SO,Matushita H,Rosemberg S,Teixeira MJ,Marie SK

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Motor function, cognition, functional independence and quality of life have been described in myelomeningocele patients, but no study has investigated their relationships. We aimed to investigate the relationships between motor function, cognition, functional independence, quality of life, age, and lesion level in mye...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Luz CL,Moura MCDS,Becker KK,Teixeira RAA,Voos MC,Hasue RH

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four hundred thirty one epileptic patients, aged 10 years or more old, have been studied in the neurology clinic of Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto da U.S.P., from February to July, 1981. The authors selected 119 patients aged between 13 to 45 years, that presented periodic menstrual b...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Schelp AO,Speciali JG

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Taking into account the crescent interest in the field of dystonia genetics, we have organized a didactic and fast algorithm to diagnose the main forms of hereditary dystonias. The key branch of this algorithm is pointed to dystonia classification in primary, plus, or paroxysmal. The specific characteristics of each s...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Camargos S,Cardoso F

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the brain areas which are activated when normal subjects make moral judgments. METHOD:Ten normal adults underwent BOLD functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during the auditory presentation of sentences that they were instructed to silently judge as either "right" or "wrong". Half of the sent...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Moll J,Eslinger PJ,Oliveira-Souza R

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dystonia may be classified by age of onset (childhood, adolescence, adult onset), body distribution of the abnormal movements (focal, segmental, unilateral, multifocal and generalized) and etiology (idiopathic and symptomatic). We studied 76 patients with idiopathic dystonia among 122 cases of dystonic syndrome (62.3%...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Andrade LA,Ferraz HB

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aplasia cutis congenita is a rare condition characterized by the absence of skin layers. It is most common on the scalp, middle line, and it can be seen as a congenital ulcer involving periosteum, skull and dura. We present the case of a female newborn infant with a dysmorphic facies, a large scalp and skull defect ex...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Henriques JG,Pianetti Filho G,Giannetti AV,Henriques KS

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS) are lysosomal storage diseases in which a specific enzyme defect causes glycosaminoglycans storage in tissues. The authors present a necropsy case of a 10 years old boy with clinical and laboratorial diagnosis of MPS. The necropsy revealed thickening of meninges, cardiac valves and hepa...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Torres LF,De Noronha L,Jacob GV,Antoniuk S

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Déjérine-Roussy syndrome was not revised for several years by neurologists, although it has been known since 1906. The authors describe a typical case involving thalamic ischemic and calcarine other side cortex lesions emphasizing its study by computed axial tomography and by using new drugs on a vasodilatation, i...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Rosa ED,Gamarra FH,Vieira JB,Machado RE

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Jean-Martin Charcot, the father of Neurology, a very austere and reserved man that did not express affection freely for human being, had a profound affection to animals, particularly to a small female monkey, called "Rosalie", which came from Brazil and was a gift of Dom Pedro II to Charcot. ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Teive HA,Arruda WO,Werneck LC

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This prospective study evaluates the possible advantages of wrist immobilization after open carpal tunnel release comparing the results of two weeks immobilization and no immobilization. Fifty two patients with idiopathic carpal tunnel syndrome were randomly selected in two groups after open carpal tunnel release. In ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Martins RS,Siqueira MG,Simplício H

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

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：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

abstract：:The idiopathic facial paralysis or Bell's palsy installs abruptly or within a few hours, without any apparent cause. It corresponds to approximately 75% of all peripheral facial palsies. Three theories try to explain its pathogenecity: vascular-ischemic, viral and auto-immune. We reviewed the records of the EMG Sector...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Gonçalves-Coêlho TD,Pinheiro CN,Ferraz EV,Alonso-Nieto JL

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Therapeutic plasmapheresis (plasma exchange) in neurology is a matter of discussion. We review the main articles on clinical trials, both controlled and uncontrolled, trying to establish the efficacy and safety of the procedure. Humoral aspects involved in the genesis of the disorder play an important role for its ind...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Seggia JC,Abreu P

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Image guided stereotactic biopsy (SB) provides cerebral tissue samples for histological analysis from minimal lesions or those that are located in deep regions, being crucial in the elaboration of therapeutic strategies, as well as the prevention of unnecessary neurosurgical interventions. METHOD:Sixty patie...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Silva EU,Vasconcellos LP,Lara NA Jr,Veiga JC,Lancellotti CL,Shiozawa P

更新日期：2009-12-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To establish nerve conduction parameters for carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) electrodiagnosis in the elderly. METHOD:Thirty healthy subjects (65-86 years), 9 male and 21 female, were studied. Routine median and ulnar sensory and motor nerve conduction studies, median mixed palmar latency, comparative latency te...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Naves TG,Kouyoumdjian JA

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objective::To evaluate the microRNA-219 and NMDA expression in brain tissue and blood of animals subjected to cerebral ischemia associated with alcoholism. Methods::Fifty Wistar rats were divided into groups: control, sham, ischemic, alcoholic, and ischemic plus alcoholic. The expression of microRNA-219 and NMDA were ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Silva CI,Novais PC,Rodrigues AR,Carvalho CA,Colli BO,Carlotti CG Jr,Tirapelli LF,Tirapelli DP

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on four cases of primary orthostatic tremor. The purpose of this study is the rarity of this type of tremor and the differential diagnosis with other tremors. The electrophysiological study showed a 15-20 Hz tremor frequency in our cases. There are clinical, electrophysiological and therapeutic differences o...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Cavallazzi LO,Machado SN,Matosinho P,Pio FJ

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of endolymphatic sac adenocarcinoma is reported and the literature is reviewed. The clinical picture was presented by vertigo and progressive hearing loss caused by a tumor of the endolymphatic sac. The surgical removal was complete, via a retro and translabyrinthine approach. Endolymphatic sac tumors are local...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Silveira RL,Gusmão SS,Pittella JE,Santos SP

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00