Alfred Binet: Charcot's pupil, a neuropsychologist and a pioneer in intelligence testing.

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：UNLABELLED:Headaches occur frequently and thus are a key component of sociocentric medical education. OBJECTIVE:To study headaches among students of medicine and psychology in a single university. METHOD:This was a questionnaire-based survey of a cohort of students of medicine and psychology. RESULTS:The overall lif...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Ferri-de-Barros JE,Alencar MJ,Berchielli LF,Castelhano Junior LC

更新日期：2011-06-01 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：:Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease that affects the corticospinal tract. ALS functional rating scale (ALSFRS) is a questionnaire that quantifies motor deficits, while diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) evaluates the integrity of fibers through the fractional anisotropy (FA). In the present ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Garcia LN,Silva AV,Carrete H Jr,Favero FM,Fontes SV,Moneiro MT,Oliveira AS

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Digital EEG (DEEG) and quantitative EEG (QEEG) are recently developed tools present in many clinical situations. Besides showing didactic and research utility, they may also have a clinical role. Although a considerable amount of scientific literature has been published related to QEEG, many controversies still subsis...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Luccas FJ,Anghinah R,Braga NI,Fonseca LC,Frochtengarten ML,Jorge MS,Kanda PA

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurosonological studies, specifically transcranial Doppler (TCD) and transcranial color-coded duplex (TCCD), have high level of specificity and sensitivity and they are used as complementary tests for the diagnosis of brain death (BD). A group of experts, from the Neurosonology Department of the Brazilian Academy of ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Lange MC,Zétola VH,Miranda-Alves M,Moro CH,Silvado CE,Rodrigues DL,Gregorio EG,Silva GS,Oliveira-Filho J,Perdatella MT,Pontes-Neto OM,Fábio SR,Avelar WM,Freitas GR,Task Force Group of the Neurosonology Department, Brazilian A

更新日期：2012-05-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To compare neuromotor development between patients who did and those who did not undergo intrauterine myelomeningocele repair. METHODS:Children with myelomeningocele aged between 3.5 and 6 years who did undergo intrauterine repair (Group A, n=6) or not (Group B; n=7) were assessed for neuromotor development ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Faria TC,Cavalheiro S,Hisaba WJ,Moron AF,Torloni MR,Oliveira AL,Borges CP

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many studies have suggested that caring for patients with dementia may be associated with increased burden, particularly when subjects present with prominent behavioural problems. The present work aimed to review studies appearing on MedLine between 1990 and January 1998 that included the following keywords: 'burden o...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Garrido R,Almeida OP

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three cases of peritoneal pseudocysts are reported with guidelines for the diagnosis of this type of complication. The authors point out the value of the following signs: 1--increase of ventricular pressure with worsening of the clinical picture; 2--localized pain in the abdomen; 3--difficulty to depress the capsule; ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： de Figueiredo DG,de Carvalho FF

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A child, who had undergone ventriculoperitoneal shunting, presented with repeated episodes of pneumonia and expectoration of CSF. Chest x-ray demonstrated the presence of the shunt catheter in the base of the left lung. In the present case the distal end of the catheter perforated the diaphragm, entering the thoracic ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Ferreira NP,Costa DM Jr,Flores JA

更新日期：1980-12-01 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：:Alzheimer disease (AD) is usually associated with cognitive, language and behavioral impairments, which can get more and more serious as the disease progresses. The aim of this study is to verify language disorders in the early stages of this disease. Twelve patients meeting criteria for problable AD were evaluated by...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Ortiz KZ,Bertolucci PH

更新日期：2005-06-01 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：:The purpose of this paper is to report a case of false aneurysm of the middle meningeal artery. The authors emphasize the value of "common" carotid angiography in diagnosis and treatment of this rare lesion. ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Melro CA,Araújo JF,Oliveria MA,Balbo RJ

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed a group of patients with the diagnosis of internal carotid aneurysms in its intracavernous segment, with emphasis in prevalence, clinical features, treatments, evolution and neurological prognosis. Neurological signs and symptoms at initial presentation were registered and compared with final outcome. Pati...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Vasconcellos LP,Flores JA,Veiga JC,Conti ML,Shiozawa P

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a 36 years old female, with a 8 years history of "paraplegia", who was admitted to our department to have "some needles withdrawn" from her back. She referred previous admittances to general and psychiatric hospitals in order to treat several episodes of renal failure, combined with other clinical condition...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Arteaga-Rodríguez C,Hernández-Fustes OJ,da Silva LF,Aguiar LR,Teixeira MA

更新日期：1999-09-01 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

abstract：:The authors present a case of acute subdural haematoma evacuated in the presence of a coagulopathy. Some elements necessary for the understanding of the etiopathogenesis of the disease are discussed. ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Cavalcanti CE,Jansen E

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the central nervous system (CNS). These patients suffer from various comorbidities, including sexual dysfunction (SD). The lesions of MS may affect regions of the CNS along the pathway of sexual response. The Multiple Sclerosis Intimacy and Sexuality Questio...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Silva RA,Olival GS,Stievano LP,Toller VB,Jordy SS,Eloi M,Tilbery CP

更新日期：2015-08-01 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：:We present a case of a 46-year old woman with a ventral epidural angiolipoma at the lumbosacral level with erosion of the sacrum. About ninety cases of spinal angiolipomas have been previously described in the literature, most of them situated on the thoracic region, dorsal to the dural sac. Angiolipomas can be radica...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： do Souto AA,Domingues FS,Chimelli L,Lemos AM

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) was analysed in 170 AIDS patients. All of them showed HIV positive serological tests. All of them showed neurologic syndromes related to AIDS. The time period of the investigation was July 1984-April 1989. In 8 cases (4.7%) CSF composition was normal. Lymphoma cells were observed in three cas...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Livramento JA,Machado LR,Spina-França A

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To observe whether microsurgical removal of medullary lipomas and untethering of the medulla is a safe and efficient procedure. METHOD:A retrospective study was carried out on 38 patients with medullary lipomas associated with spinal dysraphism who underwent operations between January 1986 and January 2008, ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Lynch JC,Corrêa J,Pereira C

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The indication for thymectomy in myasthenia gravis still is controversial, and it is uncommon to find in the present days studies comparing conservative treatments, due to the widespread surgical treatment adopted in most centers. We studied 65 cases divided into three groups of patients: (1) 15 thymectomized patients...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Werneck LC,Moreira PR

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case of a male child with Russel's syndrome due to a pilocytic astrocytoma located in the diencephalic region is presented. The diagnosis was made in the 16th month of age, but symptoms began in the 4th months of life, when he started losing weight. By the time he was admitted weight was 6150g and he was 74cm tall...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Da Motta LA,Garcia Filho OV,Horta MP,Lima BO,Pratesi R,Farage Filho M

更新日期：1990-03-01 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：:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of radiofrequency trigeminal rhizotomy in treating 135 patients harboring trigeminal neuralgia, and to introduce a technical modification to guide the puncture of the foramen ovale. A hundred and one (74.8%) patients were treated with a single surgical procedure w...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Gusmão S,Magaldi M,Arantes A

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myotonia is the phenomenon of decrease of muscular relaxation rate, after either a contraction or a mechanical or electrical stimulus. Congenital myotonias are hereditary affections and do not present muscular dystrophy. The current trend is to group them as ionic channels diseases, together with the periodic paralysi...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Azevedo HC,Mendonça LI,Salum PN,Carvalho MS,Nagahashi-Marie SK,Siqueira-Carvalho AA,Cerqueira MA,Reed UC,Levy JA

更新日期：1996-12-01 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