Nullity of GSTT1/GSTM1 related to pesticides is associated with Parkinson's disease.

abstract：:The use of eponyms in neurology remains controversial, and important questions have been raised about their appropriateness. Different approaches have been taken, with some eponyms being excluded, others replaced, and new ones being created. An example is Hallervorden-Spatz syndrome, which has been replaced by neurode...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Teive HA,Lima PM,Germiniani FM,Munhoz RP

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The main objective of this manuscript is to describe some personal and professional aspects of two outstanding researchers and pioneers in neuro-otology. Among other achievements, Margaret Ruth Dix, and Charles Skinner Hallpike, designed the most-used provocative test for positional nystagmus for the diagnosis of lith...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Maranhão-Filho P,Nandi R,Maranhão ET

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tests evaluating the attentional-executive system are widely used in clinical practice. However, proximity of an objective cognitive test with real-world situations (ecological validity) is not frequently investigated. The present study evaluate the association between measures of the Five Digit Test (FDT) and the Ora...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Paiva GC,Fialho MB,Costa Dde S,Paula JJ

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of partial Klüver-Bucy syndrome developed after probable herpes simplex meningoencephalitis are reported. Clinical, pathological, diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of herpes simplex encephalitis and Klüver-Bucy syndrome are discussed. ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Montanha EV,Coral LC

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of a pleomorphic xantoastrocytoma which manifested itself as a cystic isodense lesion in the right fronto-temporal lobe in a 26 year-old woman. It appeared as a soft yellow tumor with cystic cavities on surgery. Five months after this surgery, the patient was submitted to a new operation, which reveal...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： de Tella OI Jr,Herculano MA,Prandini MN,Stavale JN,Aguiar PH

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several markers have been studied for their ability to make the CNS infiltration diagnosis earlier and more precise; previous studies showed that CSF ferritin concentrations were higher in patients with malignant invasion of CNS. The objective was to determine the importance of CSF ferritin as a biomarker for the diag...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Almeida SM,Cunha DS,Yamada E,Doi EM,Ono M

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clear and dark satellite cell classes were identified by electron microscopy in the lumbar sensory ganglia of domestic fowl in 8 pre and 4 post-hatching stages of development. Some cytologic differences found between the two classes relating to the rough-endoplasmic reticulum, ribosomes, Golgi apparatus and junctional...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： de Carvalho CA,da Silva CF

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Few studies have explored the coexistence of migraine and disordered eating attitudes. Furthermore, the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms of migraine and disordered eating attitude comorbidity are not clearly understood. OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to investigate the association between migraine and d...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Hamamci M,Karasalan Ö,İnan LE

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess the association between child growth and teacher-reported behavior and academic standing, and neuropsychological performance. METHOD:The heights of 344 public-school children were measured using standard procedures. Teachers were requested to complete two behavioral and one academic performance rating sc...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Brito GN,Onis Md

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Hormonal fluctuation is responsible for worsening of epileptic seizures during the menstrual cycle. OBJECTIVE:To identify irregularities in the menstrual cycles of women with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE) and extratemporal focal epilepsy (ETFE) and correlate the frequency of seizures during the men...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Bazán AC,Montenegro MA,Cendes F,Min LL,Guerreiro CA

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alternative surgical procedures to treat unclippable aneurysms of the intracavernous carotid artery include proximal vessel occlusion and trapping. Those techniques, even in patients with rich collateral vessels, are associated with risk of hemodynamic compromise and ischemic complications. Therefore, a safe treatment...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Azevedo Filho H,Martins C,Carvalho A,Geraldo S,Grassi G,Cardoso C,Vilaça G,Rodrigues C

更新日期：2001-03-01 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：: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 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：OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to analyze the frequency of GSTP1-Alw26I polymorphism and to estimate its association with toxic substances in Parkinson's disease (PD). METHODS:A study group with 154 patients - subdivided into familial and sporadic PD groups - and 158 elderly individuals without the disease (control group)...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Longo GS,Pinhel MS,Sado CL,Gregório ML,Amorim GS,Florim GS,Mazeti CM,Martins DP,Oliveira FN,Tognola WA,Nakazone MA,Souza DR

更新日期：2013-07-01 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：:Thirty-four consecutive adult patients with subdural traumatic hygroma were analysed for clinical evolution, serial computed tomography scan (CT), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) over a period of several months. Five of the patients presented CT scan and MRI evolution data showing increasing density over a period...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Zanini MA,Resende LA,Freitas CC,Yamashita S

更新日期：2007-03-01 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：:Febrile seizures (FS) affect almost 2-5% of children and factors related to an increase susceptibility of children to FS may involve an imbalance of inflammatory cytokines and genetic factors. FS had low morbidity, but may be associated with the occurrence of late chronic epilepsy. Here we describe factors related to ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Terra VC,Machado HR,Sakamoto AC,Arida RM,Scorza FA

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracranial lipoma are usually localized in the corpus callosum and rarely extends to the subgaleal region. Only eight cases of lipoma of the corpus callosum with extracranial extension were reported in the literature. Seizures and mental retardation were the most common clinical findings in these patients. Data from...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Martins RS,Ciquini Júnior O,Matushita H,Plese JP

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several oral nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are effective to treat migraine attacks. Lysine clonixinate (LC) is a NSAID derived from nicotinic acid that has proven to be effective in various pain syndromes such as renal colic and muscular pain. The aim of this double-blind, placebo-controlled study was ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Krymchantowski AV,Barbosa JS,Cheim C,Alves LA

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The post-polio syndrome (PPS) is an entity characterized for an episode of muscular weakness and/or abnormal muscular fatigue in individuals that had presented acute polio years before. We report the case of PPS in a patient, 40 years, that thirty-five years after had had paralytic poliomyelitis, developed new symptom...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Neves MA,Mello MP,Santos VV,Nascimento OJ,Antonioli Rde S,Freitas GR,Freitas MR

更新日期：2007-06-01 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：:The authors review the literature about the cronic nervous form of Chagas' disease, directing their attention toward peripheral neurological aspects. Specifically, they analyse the results obtained from a "bind" research realized in a small community in the countryside of the state of Bahia, Brazil, where a high frequ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Fortes-Rêgo J,Macedo VO,Prata A

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of neuromotor retardation in association with chromosome 1qh's reported. Chromosomes analysis of the patient and three relatives showed increased long arm on the n. degrees 1 chromosome, in all of them. However it is wmphasized that the clinical feautre could be secondary to various non genetics factors, also. ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Jorge SM,Ribeiro VM,Ferrari I,Moreira LM

更新日期：1976-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:Few donors are available for restoration of sensibility in patients with complete brachial plexus injuries. The objective of our study was to evaluate the anatomical feasibility of using the intercostobrachial nerve (ICBN) as an axon donor to the lateral cord contribution to the median nerve (LCMN). Methods:...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Foroni L,Siqueira MG,Martins RS,Oliveira GP

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate smell recognition in pervasive developmental disorders (PDD). METHOD:Twenty-one PDD (experimental group) and 21 matched controls (control group) male adolescents were submitted to a standardized, 12-stimuli, smell battery in three moments: with no identification suggestion; associated to four linguisti...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Assumpção FB Jr,Adamo S

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The involvement of the central nervous system in cysticercosis was demonstrate as an incidental finding in a frequence of 0,3% in 4000 autopsied cases. Most of the 12 patients came from rural areas of the State of Bahia. The low frequence compared to other sites reported in Brasil shows that the neurcysticercosis does...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： De Queiroz AC,Martinez AM

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Classifications for neurological disorders have evolved from following the theory of the humors to modern anatomical pathology and, recently, to the germ theory that stared the etiological era, as seen in book content lists. The symptomatic approach towards neuronosology was widely used until the middle of the 19(th) ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Gomes Mda M

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Percutaneous vertebroplasty (PV) is a minimally invasive procedure used to treat focal pain from compressive vertebral fracture. The PV is indicated for the treatment of debilitating vertebral pain from osteoporotic vertebral fractures, metastatic disease (osteolytic), myeloma and hemagioma. We analyzed the results of...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Figueiredo N,Amaral Filho JC,Serra Ada R,Nogueira AM,Garcia VC,Weissheimer FL

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00