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Alterações do sono, alteração cognitiva e avaliação de estruturas cerebrais atr...
Távora, Daniel Gurgel FernandesThe present study evaluates clinical abnormalities, sleep disturbances, cognitive alterations and structural brain changes using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) with Voxel Based Morphometry (VBM) in patients with Parkinson`s Disease (PD). In the first phase of the study one hundred patients (71% male), aged between 40 and 80 years (66,1+9,5) were studied. Patients were recruited from a movement disorders clini...
Structural brain abnormalities in patients with Parkinson’s disease with visual...
Gama, Rômulo Lopes; Bruin, Veralice Meireles Sales; Távora, Daniel Gurgel Fernandes; Duran, Fábio L.S.; Bittencourt, Lia; Tufik, SergioThe objective is to evaluate clinical characteristics and cerebral alterations in Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients with diurnal visual hallucinations (VHs). Assessment was performed using magnetic resonance image (MRI) and voxel-based morphometry (VBM). Thirty-nine patients with PD (53.8%) and ten controls were studied. Voxel based morphology analysis was performed. Eleven patients presented diurnal VHs and am...