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Basal cortisol levels and the relationship with clinical symptoms in multiple s...
Pereira,Gabriela Magalhães; Soares,Nayron Medeiros; Souza,Andreo Rysdyk de; Becker,Jefferson; Finkelsztejn,Alessandro; Almeida,Rosa Maria Martins deABSTRACT Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a demyelinating, progressive and neurodegenerative disease. A disturbance on the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis can be observed in patients with MS, showing altered cortisol levels. We aimed to identify basal cortisol levels and verify the relationship with clinical symptoms in patients with MS. A systematic search was conducted in the databases: Pubmed, Web of Science a...
Fatores de risco e proteção para tentativa de suicídio na adultez emergente
Pereira,Anderson Siqueira; Willhelm,Alice Rodrigues; Koller,Silvia Helena; Almeida,Rosa Maria Martins deResumo O objetivo foi investigar os fatores de risco e proteção para tentativa de suicídio na adultez emergente. Participaram 189 indivíduos de 18 a 30 anos: 63 que já haviam tentado suicídio, 63 que tinham histórico de ideação suicida e 63 que nunca tiveram ideação suicida. Os dados foram coletados online com instrumentos relacionados à tentativa de suicídio e ideação suicida, ansiedade social, autoestima, aut...
Neuropsychological and behavioral assessment of impulsivity in adolescents: a s...
Willhelm,Alice Rodrigues; Fortes,Paula Madeira; Czermainski,Fernanda Rasch; Rates,Aline Schwalm Andrade; Almeida,Rosa Maria Martins deAbstract Introduction: The aim of neuropsychological assessment is to understand the multifaceted relationship between behavior, cognition and brain organization. The main objective of this study was to conduct a systematic review of the literature on impulsivity and inhibitory control in healthy adolescents and preadolescents. Method: Three researchers conducted a systematic review on November 25, 2014. The fi...
Behavioural Assessment of the Dysexecutive Syndrome (BADS): Adaptação e Evidênc...
Macuglia,Greici Rössler; Almeida,Rosa Maria Martins de; Santos,Fabiane Caillava; Giacomoni,Cláudia HofheinzResumo As funções executivas são habilidades que permitem um indivíduo direcionar seu funcionamento cognitivo, comportamental e emocional a metas. Para avaliá-las existem poucos instrumentos ecologicamente válidos. Para superar essa limitação, foi desenvolvida a Behavioural Assessment of the Dysexecutive Syndrome (BADS). O objetivo deste estudo foi adaptar e investigar evidências de validade de conteúdo da BADS...
Right frontal stroke: extra-frontal lesions, executive functioning and impulsiv...
Scheffer,Morgana; Kroeff,Chrystian; Steigleder,Bibiana Gallas; Klein,Lidiane Andreza; Grassi-Oliveira,Rodrigo; Almeida,Rosa Maria Martins deAbstract The aim of this study was to evaluate executive functioning (EF) and impulsiveness in three groups of people aged 30 to 79 years: post-frontal stroke (n= 13) and post-extra-frontal chronic stroke of the right hemisphere (n= 31) and control (n= 38). The years of education varied between the groups was as follows, frontal lesion group:M= 12 (SD= 6.11); extra-frontal lesion group: M = 9.06 (SD = 4.94); an...
Ethanol during adolescence decreased the BDNF levels in the hippocampus in adul...
Scheidt,Letícia; Fries,Gabriel Rodrigo; Stertz,Laura; Cabral,João Carlos Centurion; Kapczinski,Flávio; Almeida,Rosa Maria Martins deObjective:To investigate the effects of ethanol exposure in adolescent rats during adulthood by assesssing aggression and anxiety-like behaviors and measuring the levels of inflammatory markers.Methods:Groups of male Wistar rats (mean weight 81.4 g, n = 36) were housed in groups of four until postnatal day (PND) 60. From PNDs 30 to 46, rats received one of three treatments: 3 g/kg of ethanol (15% w/v, orally, n...
Fos expression in the prefrontal cortex and mesencephalic dorsal raphe nucleus ...
Veiga,Caroline Perinazzo da; Winkelmann-Duarte,Elisa; Pavesi,Eloisa; Louzada,Simone Mattos; Miczek,Klaus A.; Lucion,Aldo BoltenFemales are often less aggressive than males, but they exhibit high levels of agonistic behavior against an intruder in the area of the nest during lactation. This behavior is referred to as maternal aggression. In rats, maternal aggressive behavior occurs more often from postpartum day 3 (PPD 3) to PPD 12. Social instigation is an experimental protocol used to increase the levels of aggression that are typic...
Effects of pleasant visual stimulation on attention, working memory, and anxiet...
Gago,Débora; Almeida,Rosa Maria Martins deDifferent emotional reactions can be induced by the presentation of visual stimuli with affective content. Emotional stimuli are processed and linked with cognitive functions, such as attention, memory, and anxiety, and have implications in the mental health field. Previous studies have reported that positive and negative emotions tend to change cognitive processes in individuals, ultimately resulting in better...
Effect of aging, education, reading and writing, semantic processing and depres...
Moraes,André Luiz; Guimarães,Luciano S. P.; Joanette,Yves; Parente,Maria Alice de Mattos Pimenta; Fonseca,Rochele Paz; Almeida,Rosa Maria Martins deVerbal fluency tasks are widely used in (clinical) neuropsychology to evaluate components of executive functioning and lexical-semantic processing (linguistic and semantic memory). Performance in those tasks may be affected by several variables, such as age, education and diseases. This study investigated whether aging, education, reading and writing frequency, performance in semantic judgment tasks and depress...
Ideação suicida, resolução de problemas, expressão de raiva e impulsividade em ...
Almeida,Rosa Maria Martins de; Flores,Antoniéle Carla Stephanus; Scheffer,MorganaEste estudo teve por objetivo comparar homens dependentes de substâncias psicoativas, com não dependentes, quanto às funções executivas e à expressão emocional e comportamental relacionando com a presença de ideação suicida. A amostra foi composta por 25 dependentes de substâncias psicoativas e 25 não dependentes. Empregou-se na coleta de dados um questionário sociodemográfico e de aspectos de saúde, a Entrevis...