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Coffee consumption decreases the connectivity of the posterior Default Mode Net...

Habitual coffee consumers justify their life choices by arguing that they become more alert and increase motor and cognitive performance and efficiency; however, these subjective impressions still do not have a neurobiological correlation. Using functional connectivity approaches to study resting-state fMRI data in a group of habitual coffee drinkers, we herein show that coffee consumption decreased connectivit...

Phacoemulsification Alone or Combined with Descemet’s Stripping Without Endothe...

INTRODUCTION: To compare the efficacy of Descemet stripping without endothelial keratoplasty (DWEK) associated with phacoemulsification versus phacoemulsification alone in patients with moderate cataract and early-stage central Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy (FECD). METHODS: Retrospective, comparative, non-randomized study, including all patients with early-stage central FECD who were proposed to cataract ...

Neural and psychophysiological correlates of social communication development: ...

This article presents a literature review focusing on the neural and psychophysiological correlates associated with social communication development in infancy. Studies presenting evidence on infants' brain activity and developments in infant sensory processing, motor, cognitive, language, and emotional abilities are described in regard to the neuropsychophysiological processes underlying the emergence of these...

The Role of Multimodal Approach in the Assessment of Glaucomatous Damage in Hig...

urpose: To compare the optic disc structure and peripapillary retinal function between high myopes with and without glaucoma and to address the differential role of papillary optical coherence tomography angiography (OCT-A) and circumpapillary microperimetry (cpMP) on the diagnosis and prognosis of this patients. Patients and methods: It is a cross-sectional study including 30 high myopic patients (60 eyes), di...

Keratitis by Scopulariopsis brevicaulis Fungus After LASIK – A Case Report

Purpose: To describe a rare case of an interface filamentous fungal keratitis and its successful clinical approach and management. Patients and methods: Retrospective case report. Analysis of the patient's clinical records. Results: A healthy 30-year-old woman presenting with complaints of blurred vision, photophobia and intense pain, was previously diagnosed with a suspected unilateral diffuse lamellar keratit...

Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: initial experience of patients u...

Introduction and objectives: Pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA) is a potentially curative procedure in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). This study reports the initial experience of a Portuguese PH center with patients undergoing PEA at an international surgical reference center. Methods: Prospective observational study of consecutive CTEPH patients followed at a national PH cente...

Antioxidant activity of Artemisia annua L

Tea infusions of Artemisia annua are known for their prophylactic and therapeutic efficacy against malaria. However, recent studies have revealed that A. annua possess a variety of pharmacological activities such as antibacterial, cytotoxic and antioxidant.

Neuroprotective effects of creatine in the CMVMJD135 mouse model of Spinocerebe...

Background and Objective: Mitochondrial dysfunction has been implicated in several neurodegenerative diseases. Creatine administration increases concentration of the energy buffer phosphocreatine, exerting protective effects in the brain. We evaluate whether a creatine‐enriched diet would be beneficial for a mouse model of spinocerebellar ataxia type 3, a genetically defined neurodegenerative disease for which ...

Fluconazole - a case report on fixed drug eruption (Poster)

Fluconazole - a case report on fixed drug eruption

Adverse reactions to drugs, Fixed Erythema (FE), correspond to 16-21% of all skin eruptions. This disease results in the development of one or more erythematous annular or oval, plaques as a result of systemic exposure to a drug. On reexposure relapse occurs in the same place, although new lesions may arise simultaneously in other areas. Any drug can cause FE. The physiopathology involves an allergic reaction (...