Results: 14

The investigation of semantic memory deficit in chronic tinnitus: a behavioral report

Abstract Introduction: Tinnitus is a central auditory disorder in which different processing systems are involved as a network. One of these networks is memory. Previous studies have demonstrated some deficits in various types of memory in chronic tinnitus. Objectives: The main purpose of the present s...

Fatores associados à demência em idosos

Resumo Analisar os fatores associados à demência em idosos atendidos em um ambulatório de memória da Universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina (Unisul). Estudo transversal com análise de dados de prontuário no período de 01/2013 a 04/2016. O desfecho foi o diagnóstico clínico de demência. As variá...

Asociación entre dolor crónico, deterioro cognitivo y demencia en una cohorte longitudinal de adultos mayores
Association Between Persistent Pain and Memory Decline and Dementia in a Longitudinal Cohort of Elders

Cognitive function among older adults: ELSI-Brazil results

Rev. saúde pública (Online); 52 (supl.2), 2018
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To investigate macroregional variations in cognitive function in a national sample representative of the Brazilian population aged 50 years and older. METHODS Data from the baseline of the Longitudinal Study of Brazilian Elderly (ELSI-Brazil), collected between 2015 and 2016, were ...

Queixa subjetiva de memória e a relação com a fluência verbal em idosos ativos

CoDAS; 29 (3), 2017
RESUMO Objetivo Verificar a queixa subjetiva de memória relacionada com a fluência verbal em idosos participantes de grupos de convivência. Método Trata-se de um estudo epidemiológico, quantitativo, realizado em grupos de convivência de idosos do município de Florianópolis, Estado de Santa Cata...

Cognitive performance and psychosocial functioning in patients with bipolar disorder, unaffected siblings, and healthy controls

Objective: To assess cognitive performance and psychosocial functioning in patients with bipolar disorder (BD), in unaffected siblings, and in healthy controls. Methods: Subjects were patients with BD (n=36), unaffected siblings (n=35), and healthy controls (n=44). Psychosocial functioning was accessed ...

Awareness of memory deficits is useful to distinguish between depression and mild cognitive impairment in the elderly

Objective: To investigate whether the level of awareness of memory deficits is useful for discriminating between major depressive disorder (MDD) and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in the elderly. Methods: Sixty-three consecutively referred patients (38 women and 25 men) with memory concerns comprising ...

Normative data of Fuld Object Memory Evaluation test for brazilian elderly population

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 74 (2), 2016
ABSTRACT Objective This study aims to present normative data for Fuld Object Memory Evaluation test stratified by sex, gender, age, and education for the Brazilian elderly population. Method We evaluated 2.132 healthy elderly both genders, with a mean age of 70.30 years (± 7.28) from two community-based...

Persistência de imagem de hiperintensidade no hipocampo após episódio de amnésia global transitória

Rev. bras. neurol; 50 (3), 2014
A patogenia da amnésia global transitória (AGT) continua obscura. Estudos recentes demonstraram que, em alguns pacientes, a sequência de difusão (DWI) da ressonância magnética pode revelar apresença de sinal pequeno e pontual hipersinal no hipocampo, após a fase aguda do episódio. Esse sinal é ...