Abstract The Clock Drawing Test (CDT) is a frequently employed screening tool with different scoring systems. Quantitative and semi-quantitative scoring systems, such as Sunderland's et al. (1989), do not discriminate different error patterns. Thus, the same score can represent a number of different neur...
Eboni, Audred Cristina Biondo;
Cardoso, Mariana;
Dias, Felipe Moreira;
Gama, Paulo Diniz da;
Gomes, Sidney;
Goncalves, Marcus Vinicius Magno;
Machado, Suzana Costa Nunes;
Nobrega Júnior, Adaucto Wanderley da;
Parolin, Monica Fiuza Konke;
Paz, Sonia Castedo;
Ruocco, Heloisa Helena;
Scorcine, Claudio;
Siquineli, Fabio;
Spessotto, Caroline Vieira;
Tauil, Carlos Bernardo;
Fragoso, Yara Dadalti.
ABSTRACT: Alexithymia is a personality trait characterized by difficulties identifying and describing feelings. Some researchers describe high levels of alexithymia among patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) but literature data on this subject are scarce. Objective: The objective of the present study wa...
ABSTRACT: Cognitive Impairment (CI) is a common and distressing problem in Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Its identification is complicated and sometimes omitted in the routine evaluation by neurologists. The BICAMS (Brief International Cognitive Assessment for Multiple Sclerosis) is a promising tool to overco...
Resumen Objetivo: Comparar dos sistemas de puntuación para un test de fluidez verbal con el Modelo de Escalas de Calificación. Método: Se analizaron datos de 289 participantes, de los cuales 92 habían sido diagnosticados con Parkinson. Las puntuaciones se calcularon con dos sistemas de categorizació...
Background: Attention is considered a central control mechanism in cognitive processing systems. Attention deficits contribute to the symptomatic profile of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Physical exercise and cognitive reserve, could delay cognitive impairment and constitute a protective factor against clini...
Boa, Izadora Nogueira Fonte;
Rimkus, Carolina de Medeiros;
Campanholo, Kenia Repiso;
Pereira, Samira Luisa Apóstolos;
Junqueira, Thiago de Faria;
Machado, Melissa de Almeida Rodrigues;
Callegaro, Dagoberto;
Otaduy, Maria Concepción García;
Leite, Claudia da Costa;
Miotto, Eliane Correa.
ABSTRACT Objective: A 4.5-year follow-up study was conducted to characterize baseline verbal episodic memory (VEM) and its behavior and to assess the effects of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) on this domain. Methods: Twenty-nine patients with RRMS underwent two neuropsychological assessm...
ABSTRACT Auditory processing deficits are common in people with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) and they often report difficulties in musical performance. Objective: We investigated whether NF1 could be associated with amusia as well as with some impairment of primary auditory cortex activity. Methods: ...
Trastornos de la Percepción Auditiva/diagnóstico,
Trastornos de la Percepción Auditiva/etiología,
Trastornos de la Percepción Auditiva/fisiopatología,
Estudios de Casos y Controles,
Estudios Transversales,
Fenómenos Electrofisiológicos,
Potenciales Evocados Auditivos/fisiología,
Música,
Neurofibromatosis 1/complicaciones,
Neurofibromatosis 1/fisiopatología,
Pruebas Neuropsicológicas
ABSTRACT We aimed to determine whether there is an association between cognition and the results of echocardiography and angiography, based on neuropsychological assessments. Methods: We assessed the cognition of 85 patients who had recently undergone coronary artery angiography. We calculated the Gensi...
Disfunción Cognitiva/complicaciones,
Disfunción Cognitiva/diagnóstico,
Angiografía Coronaria,
Enfermedad de la Arteria Coronaria/complicaciones,
Enfermedad de la Arteria Coronaria/diagnóstico por imagen,
Ecocardiografía,
Escolaridad,
Función Ejecutiva,
Pruebas Neuropsicológicas,
Estudios Prospectivos,
Volumen Sistólico
Abstract Introduction: In Brazil, there is no valid instrument to measure subjective cognitive dysfunction in bipolar disorder. The present study analyzed the psychometric properties of the Cognitive Complaints in Bipolar Disorder Rating Assessment (COBRA) in Brazilian bipolar patients. We further inves...
Trastorno Bipolar/complicaciones,
Trastorno Bipolar/diagnóstico,
Trastorno Bipolar/psicología,
Cognición,
Disfunción Cognitiva/diagnóstico,
Disfunción Cognitiva/etiología,
Autoevaluación Diagnóstica,
Análisis Factorial,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Pruebas Neuropsicológicas,
Curva ROC,
Reproducibilidad de los Resultados
ABSTRACT The Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's Disease (CERAD) neuropsychological battery was created to assess cognitive impairment in Alzheimer's disease (AD) but it is widely-used for various dementias. The aim of this study was to analyze the efficacy of using the CERAD battery in th...
Edad de Inicio,
Enfermedad de Alzheimer/diagnóstico,
Disfunción Cognitiva/diagnóstico,
Demencia/diagnóstico,
Progresión de la Enfermedad,
Pruebas Neuropsicológicas/normas,
Enfermedad de Parkinson/diagnóstico,
Enfermedad de Parkinson/psicología,
Curva ROC,
Estándares de Referencia,
Reproducibilidad de los Resultados
