• A form of dysplasia or a fortuitous association? A cerebral aneurysm inside an arachnoid cyst: case report 

  Zanini, Marco Antonio ; Faleiros, Antonio Tadeu de Souza ; Rondinelli, Gilberto; Gabarra, Roberto Colichio ; Resende, Luiz Antonio de Lima (Neurosurgery, 2007) [Artigo]

  OBJECTIVE: Although arachnoid cysts and intracranial aneurysms are very common lesions, their association in the same patient is rare. We present a case of a middle cerebral artery aneurysm ruptured into an arachnoid cyst. ...

• Quality of Oral Anticoagulation in Atrial Fibrillation Patients at a Tertiary Hospital in Brazil 

  Malagutte, Karina Nogueira Dias Secco ; da Silveira, Caroline Ferreira da Silva Mazeto Pupo ; Reis, Fabrício Moreira ; Rossi, Daniele Andreza Antonelli ; Hueb, João Carlos ; Okoshi, Katashi ; Nunes, Hélio Rubens de Carvalho ; Martin, Luis Cuadrado ; Bazan, Rodrigo ; Bazan, Silméia Garcia Zanati (Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, 2022) [Artigo]

  Background: Atrial fibrillation (AF) affects 0.5% to 2.0% of the general population and is usually associated with cardiac structural diseases, hemodynamic damage, and thromboembolic complications. Oral anticoagulation ...

• Alzheimer's disease diagnosis based on detection of autoantibodies against Aβ using Aβ40 peptide in liposomes 

  Monteiro, Júlio César; Yokomichi, Anna Laura Yuri; de Carvalho Bovolato, Ana Lívia ; Schelp, Arthur Oscar ; Ribeiro, Sidney José Lima ; Deffune, Elenice ; Moraes, Marli Leite de (Clinica Chimica Acta, 2022) [Artigo]

  Background: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia and affect more than 50 million people worldwide. Thus, there is a high demand by non-invasive methods for an early diagnosis. This work explores the ...

• E.L., a modern-day Phineas Gage: Revisiting frontal lobe injury 

  de Freitas, Pedro H.M.; Monteiro, Ruy C.; Bertani, Raphael M.; Perret, Caio M.; Rodrigues, Pedro C.; Vicentini, Joana; de Morais, Tagore M. Gonzalez; Rozental, Stefano F.A.; Galvão, Gustavo F.; de Mattos, Fabricio et al. (The Lancet Regional Health - Americas, 2022) [Artigo]

  Background: How the prefrontal cortex (PFC) recovers its functionality following lesions remains a conundrum. Recent work has uncovered the importance of transient low-frequency oscillatory activity (LFO; < 4 Hz) for the ...

• Alpha2beta1 Integrin Polymorphism in Diffuse Astrocytoma Patients 

  Teixeira, Silvia A.; Burim, Regislaine V.; Viapiano, Mariano S.; Bidinotto, Lucas T. ; Nagashi Marie, Suely K.; Fleury Malheiros, Suzana M.; Oba-Shinjo, Sueli M.; Andrade, Augusto F.; Carlotti, Carlos G. (Frontiers in Oncology, 2022) [Artigo]

  Integrins are heterodimeric transmembrane glycoproteins resulting from the non-covalent association of an α and β chain. The major integrin receptor for collagen/laminin, α2β1 is expressed on a wide variety of cell types ...

• The importance of the Brazilian Society of Neurological Investigation (SBIN) 

  Camargo, Carlos Henrique Ferreira; Bazan, Rodrigo; Lange, Marcos Christiano; Zétola, Viviane Flumignan; Teive, Hélio Afonso Ghizoni (Medicina (Brazil), 2022) [Artigo]

  The Brazilian Society of Neurological Research (SBIN) was founded on December 19, 2000, by a group of neurologists headed by Professor Lineu César Werneck, MD, Ph.D., to promote scientific development and cultural diversity ...

• Augmented anandamide signalling in the substantia nigra pars reticulata mediates panicolytic-like effects in mice confronted by Crotalus durissus terrificus pit vipers 

  Almada, Rafael C. ; Falconi-Sobrinho, Luiz Luciano; da Silva, Juliana A.; Wotjak, Carsten T.; Coimbra, Norberto C. (Psychopharmacology, 2022) [Artigo]

  Rationale: The endocannabinoid modulation of fear and anxiety due to the on-demand synthesis and degradation is supported by a large body of research. Although it has been proposed that anandamide (AEA) in the substantia ...

• Taboo obsessions and their association with suicidality in obsessive-compulsive disorder 

  Cervin, Matti; do Rosário, Maria Conceição; Fontenelle, Leonardo F.; Ferrão, Ygor A.; Batistuzzo, Marcelo C.; Torres, Albina R. ; Damiano, Rodolfo F.; Fernández de la Cruz, Lorena; Miguel, Euripedes C.; Mataix-Cols, David (Journal of Psychiatric Research, 2022) [Artigo]

  Individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) more often think about, attempt, and die by suicide than individuals from the general population. Sexual and religious obsessions (i.e., taboo obsessions) have been ...

• Suicide numbers during the first 9-15 months of the COVID-19 pandemic compared with pre-existing trends: An interrupted time series analysis in 33 countries 

  Pirkis, Jane; Gunnell, David; Shin, Sangsoo; Del Pozo-Banos, Marcos; Arya, Vikas; Aguilar, Pablo Analuisa; Appleby, Louis; Arafat, S. M. Yasir; Arensman, Ella; Ayuso-Mateos, Jose Luis et al. (eClinicalMedicine, 2022) [Artigo]

  Background: Predicted increases in suicide were not generally observed in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the picture may be changing and patterns might vary across demographic groups. We aimed to provide ...

• A rare cause of monogenic cerebral small vessel disease and stroke: Cathepsin A-related arteriopathy with strokes and leukoencephalopathy (CARASAL) 

  Budhdeo, Sanjay; de Paiva, Anderson Rodrigues Brandão; Wade, Charles; Lopes, Laura Cardia Gomes ; Della-Ripa, Bruno; Davagnanam, Indran; Lucato, Leandro; Mummery, Catherine J.; Kok, Fernando; Houlden, Henry et al. (Journal of Neurology, 2022) [Carta]

  Background: Cathepsin A-related arteriopathy with strokes and leukoencephalopathy (CARASAL) is a rare monogenic cause of cerebral small vessel disease. To date, fewer than 15 patients with CARASAL have been described, all ...

• Effect of Robot-Assisted Training on Unilateral Spatial Neglect After Stroke: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials 

  Bazan, Rodrigo ; Fonseca, Bruno Henrique de Souza; Miranda, Jessica Mariana de Aquino; Nunes, Hélio Rubens de Carvalho ; Bazan, Silméia Garcia Zanati ; Luvizutto, Gustavo José (Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, 2022) [Resenha]

  Background: Several studies have shown that robotic devices can effectively improve motor function in stroke patients through limb activation. However, the effects of robot-assisted therapy on perceptual deficits after ...

• Needle Electromyography in the Acute Phase of Stroke: Correlation with Severity and Muscle Strength: Preliminary Findings 

  Bitencourt, Ana Carolina Silva; Fernandes, Thiago Dias; Bazan, Rodrigo ; Luvizutto, Gustavo José (Neurology India, 2022) [Artigo]

  Background: After the stroke, the development of the second motor neuron degeneration can reduce muscle strength and functional capacity. Objective: The aim of this study was to describe the electro-myographic findings in ...

• Contralateral Anterior Interhemispheric–Transcallosal–Transrostral Approach for the Resection of a Subcallosal Cavernous Malformation: A Case Report and an Operative Video 

  Costa Alves, Aderaldo; Zanini, Marco Antônio ; Hamamoto Filho, Pedro Tadao ; Chaddad-Neto, Feres Eduardo Aparecido (Frontiers in Surgery, 2022) [Artigo]

  This case report demonstrates the surgical resection of a cerebral cavernous malformation located in the subcallosal region. The authors present a detailed operative video explaining the steps to successfully remove the ...

• Proportion of ALGBT adult Brazilians, sociodemographic characteristics, and self-reported violence 

  Spizzirri, Giancarlo ; Eufrásio, Raí Álvares; Abdo, Carmita Helena Najjar; Lima, Maria Cristina Pereira (Scientific Reports, 2022) [Artigo]

  Asexual, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans (ALGBT) individuals face worse life conditions and violence rates than their heterosexual cisgender counterparts. Brazil is often highlighted for having one of the highest rates ...

• Transcranial doppler as screening method for sickling crises in children with sickle cell anemia: a latin America cohort study 

  Modolo, Gabriel Pinheiro ; Luvizutto, Gustavo José; Hamamoto Filho, Pedro Tadao ; Braga, Gabriel Pereira; Bazan, Silmeia Garcia Zanati ; Ferreira, Natalia Cristina ; de Souza, Juli Thomaz ; Winckler, Fernanda Cristina ; Macedo de Freitas, Carlos Clayton ; Hokama, Newton Key et al. (BMC Pediatrics, 2022) [Artigo]

  Background: Sickle cell anemia (SCA) is the leading cause of childhood stroke. We aimed to evaluate whether altered cerebral flow velocities, as measured by transcranial Doppler (TCD), are associated with vaso-occlusive ...

• Non-invasive Brain Stimulation Can Reduce Unilateral Spatial Neglect after Stroke: ELETRON Trial 

  da Silva, Taís Regina ; de Carvalho Nunes, Hélio Rubens ; Martins, Laís Geronutti ; da Costa, Rafael Dalle Molle ; de Souza, Juli Thomaz ; Winckler, Fernanda Cristina ; Sartor, Lorena Cristina Alvarez ; Modolo, Gabriel Pinheiro ; Ferreira, Natalia Cristina ; da Silva Rodrigues, Josiela Cristina et al. (Annals of Neurology, 2022) [Artigo]

  Objective: Rehabilitation top-down techniques based on brain stimulation present variable outcomes in unilateral spatial neglect (USN) after stroke. This study aimed to examine the effects of physical therapy after anodal ...

• Effects of non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) on vestibulopathy disorders: a systematic review 

  Fonseca, Bruno Henrique de Souza; de Andrade, Pedro Henrique Sousa; Borges, Otávio; Mariana de Aquino Miranda, Jessica; Bazan, Rodrigo ; de Souza, Luciane Aparecida Pascucci Sande; José Luvizutto, Gustavo (Hearing, Balance and Communication, 2022) [Resenha]

  Objectives: New types of treatments have emerged, such as non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS), to treat chronic vestibular dysfunction (VD). Considering that NIBS is a promising approach to reduce VD symptoms, this review ...

• Normative data for the numeric vertical line test: a comparison of verticality accuracy at different life stages and with different verticality measures 

  Silva, Gabrielly Fernanda; Nascimento, Monalisa Resende; Appelt, Pablo Andrei; Bazan, Rodrigo ; de Souza, Luciane Aparecida Pascucci Sande; José Luvizutto, Gustavo (Hearing, Balance and Communication, 2022) [Artigo]

  Objective: We used the numeric vertical line test (NVLT) to analyze perceptual accuracy and precision of verticality at various life stages in a healthy population and compared the results of the NVLT with tests of ...

• Changes in Electrical Brain Activity and Cognitive Functions Following Mild to Moderate COVID-19: A one-Year Prospective Study After Acute Infection 

  Andrei Appelt, Pablo; Taciana Sisconetto, Angélica; Baldo Sucupira, Kelly Savana Minaré; Neto, Eduardo de Moura; Chagas, Tatiane de Jesus; Bazan, Rodrigo ; Moura Cabral, Ariana; Andrade, Adriano de Oliveira; de Souza, Luciane Aparecida Pascucci Sande; José Luvizutto, Gustavo (Clinical EEG and Neuroscience, 2022) [Artigo]

  The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) can disrupt various brain functions. Over a one-year period, we aimed to assess brain activity and cognitive function in 53 COVID-19 patients and 30 individuals without COVID-19 (or ...

• Fantastic Lifestyle Questionnaire applied to undergraduate medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic: a factor analysis 

  Martins, João Mateus Silva; Ferreira, Esther Angélica Luiz; Valete, Cristina Ortiz Sobrinho; Gramasco, Hendrick Henrique Fernandes (Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira, 2022) [Artigo]

  OBJECTIVE: To identify what structure represents life style in medical students, in a public university, with the application of the Fantastic Lifestyle Questionnaire. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional exploratory study. ...

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