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Use of non-invasive stimulation in movement disorders: a critical review
Godeiro,Clecio; França,Carina; Carra,Rafael Bernhart; Saba,Felipe; Saba,Roberta; Maia,Débora; Brandão,Pedro; Allam,Nasser; Rieder,Carlos R. M.Abstract Background: Noninvasive stimulation has been widely used in the past 30 years to study and treat a large number of neurological diseases, including movement disorders. Objective: In this critical review, we illustrate the rationale for use of these techniques in movement disorders and summarize the best medical evidence based on the main clinical trials performed to date. Methods: A nationally represen...
Botulinum toxin for hereditary spastic paraplegia: effects on motor and non-mot...
Servelhere,Katiane R.; Faber,Ingrid; Martinez,Alberto; Nickel,Renato; Moro,Adriana; Germiniani,Francisco M. B.; Moscovich,Mariana; Blume,Tatiane R.ABSTRACT Motor and non-motor manifestations are common and disabling features of hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP). Botulinum toxin type A (Btx-A) is considered effective for spasticity and may improve gait in these patients. Little is known about the effects of Btx-A on non-motor symptoms in HSP patients. Objective To assess the efficacy of Btx-A on motor and non-motor manifestations in HSP patients. Methods...
Decisions about deep brain stimulation therapy in Parkinson’s disease
Brandão,Pedro; Grippe,Talyta Cortez; Modesto,Luiz Cláudio; Ferreira,André Gustavo Fonseca; Silva,Flávia Martins da; Pereira,Flávio FariaABSTRACT Parkinson’s disease can be treated surgically in patients who present with motor complications such as fluctuations and dyskinesias, or medically-refractory disabling tremor. In this review, a group of specialists formulated suggestions for a preoperative evaluation protocol after reviewing the literature published up to October 2017. In this protocol, eligibility and ineligibility criteria for surgica...
Yawning in neurology: a review
Teive,Hélio A. G.; Munhoz,Renato P.; Camargo,Carlos Henrique F.; Walusinski,OlivierABSTRACT Yawning is a stereotyped physiological behavior that can represent a sign or symptom of several conditions, such as stroke, parakinesia brachialis oscitans, parkinsonism, Parkinson’s disease and epilepsy. More rarely, it can occur in patients with intracranial hypertension, brain tumor, multiple sclerosis, migraine, Chiari malformation type I, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Drug-induced yawning is ...
Parkinson’s disease – 200 years: the outstanding contribution of “Old Hubert”
Teive,Hélio A. G.; Munhoz,Renato P.; Lees,Andrew J.ABSTRACT Two hundred years after the publication, of “An Essay on the Shaking Palsy”, this indisputable landmark in our understanding of the nature of Parkinson’s disease still remains. What is frequently overlooked, however, is the originality of James Parkinson’s ideas about how clinical observations could be segregated into diagnostic entities. Parkinson was a surgeon apothecary with wide ranging interests o...
Charcot and vascular Parkinsonism
Teive,Hélio A. G.; Germiniani,Francisco M. B.; Munhoz,Renato P.ABSTRACT Jean-Martin Charcot (1825-1893), recognized as the founder of Neurology and the first formal teacher of nervous system diseases, died on August 16, 1893, from acute pulmonary edema secondary to myocardial infarction. In his last years, there were several descriptions of his gait and posture disorders, suggesting the diagnosis of “lower-half parkinsonism” due to cerebrovascular disease.
Charcot’s irony and sarcasm
Teive,Hélio A. G.; Germiniani,Francisco M.B.; Munhoz,Renato P.ABSTRACT Jean-Martin Charcot is considered the father of modern neurology and was the first neurologist to hold a professorship of international stature devoted to the study of the diseases of the nervous system. His biographers paint an image of an austere presence, reserved manner, shyness, economy of gestures and an impenetrable, impassive face. However, a wry and sarcastic side of Charcot can be demonstrate...
Increased sexual arousal in patients with movement disorders
Teive,Hélio A. G.; Moro,Adriana; Moscovich,Mariana; Munhoz,Renato P.ABSTRACT Increased of sexual arousal (ISA) has been described in different neurological diseases. The purpose of this study was present a case series of ISA in patients with movement disorders. Method Fifteen patients with different forms of movement disorders (Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s disease, Tourette´s syndrome, spinocerebellar ataxia type 3), were evaluated in the Movement Disorders Unit of the Fed...
What’s in a name? Problems, facts and controversies regarding neurological eponyms
Teive,Hélio A. G.; Lima,Plínio M. G.; Germiniani,Francisco M. B.; Munhoz,Renato P.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 neurodegeneration with brain iron accuulatium (NBIA). Amiothoplic lateral sclerosys (ALS), fo...
Unusual motor and non-motor symptoms and signs in the early stage of Parkinson’...
Teive,Hélio A. G.; Bertucci Filho,Délcio C.; Munhoz,Renato P.ABSTRACT Objective Patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) may present with unusual motor and non-motor symptoms and signs in the early stage of the disease. Methods Cases were collected over a five-year period at two tertiary movement disorders clinics. All had a diagnosis of PD with unusual presentations defined retrospectively as the presence of complaints not objectively related to any of the classic cardina...