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Clinical findings of equine leukoencephalomalacia
Albertino,Lukas G.; Dias,Natália M.; Moreira,Juliana J.; Oliveira-Filho,José P.; Takahira,Regina K.; Laufer-Amorim,Renée; Borges,Alexandre S.ABSTRACT: Equine leukoencephalomalacia (LEM) is a disease caused by the ingestion of food, especially corn, contaminated by fumonisin, a Fusarium verticillioides (synonymous with F. moniliforme) metabolite. The clinical signs of brain injuries have an acute onset and rapid evolution. This study aimed to describe the clinical findings in 11 animals diagnosed with LEM, including cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis...
Component mechanisms of executive function in schizophrenia and their contribut...
Berberian,Arthur A.; Gadelha,Ary; Dias,Natália M.; Mecca,Tatiana P.; Comfort,William E.; Bressan,Rodrigo A.; Lacerda,Acioly T.Objective: In schizophrenia, scores reflecting deficits in different cognitive processes are strongly correlated, making it difficult to establish a solid relationship between different cognitive mechanisms and other features of this disorder. The objective of this study was to explore whether three frequently postulated executive functions (updating, shifting, and inhibition) could be compared between groups a...
Investigation of cognition in schizophrenia: psychometric properties of instrum...
Berberian,Arthur A.; Gadelha,Ary; Dias,Natália M.; Mecca,Tatiana P.; Bressan,Rodrigo A.; Lacerda,Acioly T.Objective This study describes the development of two updating measures of working memory (WM): Letter Updating Test (LUT) and Word Updating Test (WUT). Methods In stage 1, items were created and the instruments were assessed by experts and laymen. In stage 2, tests were given to 15 patients with schizophrenia and 15 paired controls. All were able to understand and respond to the instruments. In stage 3, 141 pa...