The recently developed Phototest is a simple, easy and very brief test for detecting cognitive impairment or dementia. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of the Phototest for detecting cognitive impairment or dementia. METHODS: We used a manually created database to search for studies evaluat...
OBJECTIVE: In the present paper we present an observational study of the implementation of a Neuropsychological Stimulation Program at an Elderly Day Care Center in low-educated participants with very similar backgrounds concerning social economic status. METHODS: The implemented program tackled several ...
Introdução: no Brasil e em vários países do mundo, observa-se o aumento progressivo do número de idosos, como resultado da melhoria das condições de vida das populações e dos avanços tecnológicos na área da saúde. Esse processo tem ocasionado alterações nos perfis de morbimortalidade, com ...
Resumen Introducción y objetivos: Determinar la presencia de signos de liberación cortical, asociada a daño de sustancia blanca, es un método clínico de fácil realización. El objetivo es deter minar la presencia de signos de liberación cortical en pacientes con enfermedades mentales y enfermedad ...
Semantic dementia is characterized by fluent, phonologically adequate speech with various anomias and semantic paraphasias. Performance on semantic tasks is well documented in these patients, although little is known regarding performance on more complex language tasks, such as those involving non-litera...
Cognitive impairment has been associated with several diseases and organic disturbances but few studies have explored the relationship between renal function and cognition.OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to compare the renal function of elderly patients with and without Alzheimer's disease, and to i...
Rapidly progressive dementia (RPD) is typically defined as a cognitive decline progressing to severe impairment in less than 1-2 years, typically within weeks or months. Accurate and prompt diagnosis is important because many conditions causing RPD are treatable. Neurosarcoidosis is often cited as an unu...
INTRODUÇÃO: A doença de Parkinson (DP) é uma moléstia neuro-psiquiátrica caracterizada principalmente por manifestação motora - tremor de repouso, bradicinesia, rigidez e alterações do equilíbrio. No fim do século XIX, observou-se também comprometimento cognitivo na DP. Entre as alterações...
The objective of this critical review of the literature was to reveal the neural circuits involved in the occurrence of neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) in Alzheimer?s disease (AD) patients through the association of these symptoms with neuroimaging findings. The search for articles was performed on PUBME...
The issue of this article concerned the discussion about tools frequently used tools for assessing neuropsychiatric symptoms of patients with dementia, particularly Alzheimer's disease. The aims were to discuss the main tools for evaluating behavioral disturbances, and particularly the accuracy of the Ne...
