Exposure to pesticides and heterozygote genotype of GSTP1-Alw26I are associated to Parkinson's disease.

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：UNLABELLED:The 'Time is Brain" concept has been a major focus in the World Stroke Awareness Campaign. OBJECTIVE:We describe our experience with a Hackathon (junction of hack+marathon), a 24 hour event of innovation- and technology-based project development, focused around detecting stroke. METHOD:The Hackathon was he...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Li LM,Johnson S

更新日期：2015-12-01 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：:Hemimegalencephaly (HME) is a rare congenital brain malformation of unknown etiology. Patients with HME can present with an early onset epileptic syndrome which is often refractory to medical treatment and associated to impaired neurological development. Functional hemispherectomy (FH) has proven to be a valuable trea...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Fonseca LF,Melo RP,Cukiert A,Burattini JA,Mariani PP,Brandão R,Ceda L,Baldauf CM,Argentoni M,Forster C,Baise C

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirteen alcoholic male patients that developed delirium tremens (DT) after admission in a psychiatric hospital for treatment of alcoholism (group I) had their clinical and laboratorial records examined. The laboratory samples were taken during the phase previous at the DT. Data on this group were compared to those of...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Borini P,da Silva CO

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When the apnea hypothesis turned to be an explanation for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) many authors tried to find if near-miss or apparent life-threatening events (ALTE) could be markers of SIDS. It was suggested that phasic REM activity is associated with increased respiratory neuron activity and prevents prol...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Nunes ML,Da Costa JC,Taufer L

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital muscle dystrophy (CMD) is a heterogeneous group of autosomal recessive myopathies. It is known that CMD may affect the central nervous system (CNS). Some authors have shown that merosin-negative CMD patients may have encephalic metabolic disturbances. In order to study metabolic changes within the brain, th...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Matta AP,Gonsalves Mde C

更新日期：2007-03-01 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：:Epilepsy is one of the most dreaded and terrifying human afflictions. One of the many names it has received was Sacred Disease, during Greek times. Heracles served as a source of the divine connotation that epilepsy received in ancient times, as he was one of the most important demigods in Greek mythology. However, se...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Orrego-GonzÁlez E,Peralta-GarcÍa A,Palacios-SÁnchez L

更新日期：2020-10-01 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：:Idiopathic generalized epilepsy (IGE) is often not recognized with serious consequences on the sufferers. We examined factors contributing to the missed diagnosis of IGE in 41 adults attending our epilepsy clinic with diagnosis of partial epilepsy who had semiology or EEG findings suggesting a possible differential di...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Mory SB,Guerreiro CA,Li LM,Teixeira RA,Costa AL,Cardoso TA,Cendes F

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to analyze different immunoglobulins classes (IgG, IgM, IgE and IgA) against Cysticercus cellulosae in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), through enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), correlating them to clinical and tomographic profiles in patients with neurocysticercosis (NCC). Eight...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Odashima NS,Takayanagui OM,Figueiredo JF

更新日期：2002-06-01 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：:Malignant brain tumor experimental models tend to employ cells that are immunologically compatible with the receptor animal. In this study, we have proposed an experimental model of encephalic tumor development by injecting C6 cells into athymic Rowett rats, aiming at reaching a model which more closely resembles to t...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Miura FK,Alves MJ,Rocha MC,Silva RS,Oba-Shinjo SM,Uno M,Colin C,Sogayar MC,Marie SK

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tourette syndrome (TS) is a neuropsychiatric disorder characterized by a combination of multiple motor tics and at least one phonic tic. TS patients often have associated behavioral abnormalities such as obsessive compulsive disorder, attention deficit and hyperactive disorder. Coprolalia, defined as emission of obsce...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Maia DP,Cardoso F

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the clinical activities at the Neuroimmunology Clinic of the Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP) from 1994 to 2013. METHOD:The final diagnosis of all patients that attended the center was reviewed and established upon specific guidelines for each disease. The number of total appointments ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Bichuetti DB,Falcão AB,Boulos Fde C,Morais MM,Lotti CB,Fragomeni Mde O,Campos MF,Souza NA,Oliveira EM

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the association between headache and alcohol consumption among medical students. 480 medical students were submitted to a questionnaire about headaches and drinking alcohol. Headache was assessed by ID-Migraine and functional disability was evaluated with MIDAS. The evaluation ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Domingues RB,Domingues SA

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This disease was described by McArdle as an inherited autosomal recessive affection characterized by glycogen storage with normal chain in the skeletal muscles, due to absence of myophosphorylase activity. Under a clinical aspect, excessive fatigability, cramps and myoglobinuria appear following physical exercise. A c...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Levy JA,Gagioti SM,Cavalieri MJ,Pereira JR

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on a 36 years-old man that had been at the Amazon forest four years before. Six months before the admission he had developed a progressive quadriparesis, gait ataxia, dysphagia, dysarthria, difficulty in breathing and hiccup. The gadolinium-enhanced T1-weighted MRI showed a lesion into the right parietoccipi...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Leal Filho MB,Borges G,da Silva RG Jr,de Almeida Xavier Aguiar A,de Almeida BR,da Cunha E Silva Vieira MA,Pinheiro LM

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinal extradural meningeal cysts are typically formed by a thin fibrotic membranous capsule, macroscopically similar that of an arachnoid membrane, filled by cerebro spinal fluid and related to a nerve root or to the posterior midline. Ventral location is extremely rare and when it occurs they usually cause spinal co...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Prevedello DM,Tatsui CE,Koerbel A,Grande CV,Cordeiro JG,Araújo JC

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Fibromatosis is a locally aggressive, proliferative fibroblastic lesion affecting musculoaponeurotic structures, most often in the limbs and trunk. Intracranial fibromatosis is extremely rare and requires aggressive treatment to prevent recurrence. CASE DESCRIPTION:We present the case of a 20 year old woman...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： de Tella OI Jr,Silva LR,Stavale JN,Herculano MA,de Paiva Neto MA,Agner C

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The differential diagnosis of Parkinsonism based on clinical features, sometimes may be difficult. Diagnostic tests in these cases might be useful, especially magnetic resonance imaging, a noninvasive exam, not as expensive as positron emission tomography, and provides a good basis for anatomical analysis. The magneti...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Vasconcellos LF,Novis SA,Moreira DM,Rosso AL,Leite AC

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The link between various air pollutants and hospitalization for epilepsy has come under scrutiny. We have proposed that exposure to air pollution and specifically the pervasive agricultural air pollutant and greenhouse gas, nitrous oxide (N2O), may provoke susceptibility to neurodevelopmental disorders. Evidence suppo...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Fluegge K,Fluegge K

更新日期：2017-09-01 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：:HTLV-1 antibodies were investigated in serum and in CSF of 150 patients with neurologic disorders mainly myelopathies. The patients were considered into three groups according to the possible relationship of their disease to the presence of HTLV-1 antibodies: no relationship risk (control group), occasional risk group...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Spina-França A,Livramento JA,Machado LR,Gomes HR,Vianna LS,Castro LH,Nóbrega JP,Bacheschi LA

更新日期：1990-12-01 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：:Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), the most known human prion disease, is usually sporadic but approximately 15% of the cases are familial. To date, seven CJD cases with codon 210 mutation (GTT to ATT) have been reported in the literature. We describe a case of a 57 year-old woman who presented gait disturbances and rap...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Huang N,Marie SK,Kok F,Nitrini R

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study of the teratogenic activity of an antiepileptic drug - lamotrigine - was carried out in the brain of fetuses of rats who had received the drug. The dosage levels studied corresponded to four times the median effective dose (ED50) in rats. The drug was administered during the organogenesis period. Rats were sac...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Marchi NS,Azoubel R,Tognola WA

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To translate into Brazilian Portuguese the Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised (ADI-R), an extremely useful diagnostic tool in autism. METHODS:A case-control study was done to validate the ADI-R. After being translated, the interview was applied in a sample of 20 patients with autism and 20 patients with int...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Becker MM,Wagner MB,Bosa CA,Schmidt C,Longo D,Papaleo C,Riesgo RS

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acupuncture has been widely used for alleviating pain. However, its mechanisms remain largely enigmatic. OBJECTIVE:In the present study, we focused on whether the analgesic effect of electroacupuncture is related to its regulation on adenosine and substance P expression. METHODS:We established chronic infl...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Zhang RY,Zhu BF,Wang LK,Song Y,Zhao JG,Guo Y,Zhao L,Chen S

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00