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Symptoms of depression in patients with mild cognitive impairment in Parkinson'...
Malak,Ana Lara Soares Blum; Vasconcellos,Luiz Felipe; Pereira,João Santos; Greca,Denise Vieira; Cruz,Manuela; Alves,Heloisa Veiga Dias; Sptiz,MarianaABSTRACT Objective: To investigate the most frequent depressive symptoms and their association with cognition in Parkinson's disease (PD) patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Methods: 48 patients with PD and 44 controls (CG), aged between 50 and 80 years and with at least 4 years of formal education, all with MCI and none diagnosed with depression, were assessed. Patients and controls were matched for...
The role of diffusion magnetic resonance imaging in Parkinson's disease and in ...
Oliveira,Romulo Varella de; Pereira,João SantosAbstract Parkinson's disease is one of the most common neurodegenerative diseases. Clinically, it is characterized by motor symptoms. Parkinson's disease should be differentiated from atypical parkinsonism conditions. Conventional magnetic resonance imaging is the primary imaging method employed in order to facilitate the differential diagnosis, and its role has grown after the development of advanced technique...
Neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation: A case report
Nassif,Daniel; Pereira,João Santos; Spitz,Mariana; Capitão,Cláudia; Faria,AlessandraABSTRACT Pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration (PKAN) is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by mutation in the PANK2 gene. It is characterized by abnormal brain iron accumulation, mainly in the globus pallidus. PKAN is included in a group of disorders known as neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation (NBIA). We report a case of atypical PKAN with its most characteristic presentation, exhibi...
Obstructive sleep apnea and neurodegenerative diseases: A bidirectional relation
Bahia,Christianne Martins Corrêa da Silva; Pereira,João SantosSleep disorders are common during the clinical course of the main neurodegenerative diseases. Among these disorders, obstructive sleep apnea has been extensively studied in the last decade and recent knowledge regarding its relationship with the neurodegenerative process points a bidirectional relationship. Neurodegenerative diseases can lead to functional changes in the respiratory system that facilitate the e...
ESTIMATION OF CORK PRODUCTION USINGAERIAL IMAGERY1
Surovy,Peter; Ribeiro,Nuno de Almeida; Pereira,João Santos; Yoshimoto,AtsushiABSTRACT Inventory and prediction of cork harvest over time and space is important to forest managers who must plan and organize harvest logistics (transport, storage, etc.). Common field inventory methods including the stem density, diameter and height structure are costly and generally point (plot) based. Furthermore, the irregular horizontal structure of cork oak stands makes it difficult, if not impossible,...
Cardiac 123I-MIBG uptake in de novo Brazilian patients with Parkinson's disease...
Leite,Marco Antonio Araujo; Nascimento,Osvaldo J. M.; Pereira,João Santos; Amaral,Clayton; Mesquita,Cláudio T.; Azevedo,Jader C.; Brito,Adriana S. X. deMyocardial scintigraphy with meta-iodo-benzyl-guanidine (123I cMIBG) has been studied in Parkinson's disease (PD), especially in Asian countries, but not in Latin America. Most of these studies include individuals with PD associated to a defined dysautonomia. Our goal is to report the cardiac sympathetic neurotransmission in de novo Brazilian patients with sporadic PD, without clinically defined dysautonomia. W...
A new therapeutic proposal for writer's cramp: a case report
Waissman,Flavia Quadros Boisson; Pereira,João Santos; Nascimento,Osvaldo José MoreiraCONTEXT: Writer's cramp is a kind of focal hand dystonia that appears when individuals are writing. Since pharmacological treatment has not shown the desired therapeutic response, a study on immobilization of the damaged musculature was performed on two individuals with writer's cramp, using splints with the objective of reducing the handwriting abnormalities. CASE REPORT: Two patients presenting writer's cramp...
Melhora do equilíbrio e redução da possibilidade de queda em idosas após os exe...
Ribeiro,Angela dos Santos Bersot; Pereira,João SantosO sistema vestibular é referencial absoluto na manutenção do equilíbrio. Seu déficit funcional pelo envelhecimento resulta em alterações no equilíbrio e aumento na possibilidade de queda. OBJETIVO: Verificar se a abordagem terapêutica específica para o sistema vestibular gera aprendizado motor e contribui para a melhora do equilíbrio e a diminuição na possibilidade de queda. FORMA DE ESTUDO: Clínico prospectivo...
Transpiração em Árvores Isoladas de um Montado de Azinho: Evolução Sazonal e Co...
David,Teresa Soares; Ferreira,Isabel; Pereira,João Santos; Cohen,Shabtai; David,Jorge SoaresA transpiração e suas condicionantes foram analisadas, durante cerca de dois anos, numa árvore isolada de Quercus rotundifolia Lam. integrada num montado de baixa densidade da região de Évora. Pretendeu-se contribuir para um melhor conhecimento das estratégias de adaptação da componente arbórea dos montados a condições edafo-climáticas potencialmente adversas, aspecto fundamental no equacionamento da sua susten...
Tremor: adaptação de uma escala clínica
Nicaretta,Denise Hack; Pereira,João Santos; Pimentel,Maria Lúcia VellutiniAdaptamos a escala clínica para avaliação de tremor de Fahn, Tolosa e Marín para a monitorização em nosso meio dos pacientes com tremor. Aplicamos essa escala em 123 pacientes com esse distúrbio do movimento, sem restrição etiológica ou de faixa etária, selecionados aleatoriamente no Ambulatório de Medicina Integral e no Serviço de Pronto Atendimento do Hospital Universitário Pedro Ernesto da Universidade do Es...