The cingulum: from real to virtual dissection
Rev. bras. neurol; 52 (1), 2016
Results: 82
Neuroethics: the pursuit of transforming medical ethics in scientific ethics
Biol. Res; 49 (), 2016
Ethical problems resulting from brain research have given rise to a new discipline termed neuroethics, representing a new kind of knowledge capable of discovering the neural basis for universal ethics. The article (1) tries to evaluate the contributions of neuroethics to medical ethics and its suitabilit...
Psicosis asociada con síndrome de Fahr: informe de un caso
Rev. colomb. psiquiatr; 44 (4), 2015
Introducción: El síndrome de Fahr (SF) es un raro trastorno neurológico caracterizado por depósito anormal de calcio en áreas del cerebro que controlan el movimiento. Objetivo: Presentar el caso de una mujer de 41 años con un síndrome convulsivo, trastorno psicótico, trastorno neurocognitivo y di...
Bilateral subdural hematoma secondary to accidental dural puncture
Rev. bras. anestesiol; 65 (4), 2015
We report the case of a 25-year-old woman, who received epidural analgesia for labor pain and subsequently presented post-dural puncture headache. Conservative treatment was applied and epidural blood patch was performed. In the absence of clinical improvement and due to changes in the postural compon...
Analgesia Epidural/efectos adversos, Analgesia Epidural/métodos, Analgesia Obstétrica/efectos adversos, Analgesia Obstétrica/métodos, Parche de Sangre Epidural/métodos, Hematoma Subdural/diagnóstico, Hematoma Subdural/etiología, Dolor de Parto/tratamiento farmacológico, Neuroimagen/métodos, Cefalea Pospunción de la Duramadre/etiología, Cefalea Pospunción de la Duramadre/terapia
Neuronavegação em neurocirurgia
Arq. bras. neurocir; 33 (4), 2014
A neurocirurgia guiada por imagem permite ao neurocirurgião navegar no interior do crânio, orientado a partir das imagens de tomografia computadorizada (TC) ou ressonância magnética (RM) pré--operatórias, empregando, para isso, sistemas de rastreamento tridimensionais (3D), em tempo real,durante o ...
Metástases cerebrais em carcinoma pancreático: uma situação rara
Rev. bras. neurol; 50 (4), 2014
Neurobiology of neuropsychiatric symptoms in Alzheimer?s disease
Dement. neuropsychol; 7 (3), 2013
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...
Prevalence of brain calcifications in a Brazilian cohort: a retrospective study in radiology services
Dement. neuropsychol; 7 (2), 2013
Brain calcifications may be present in a wide range of neuropsychiatric, infectious traumatic, neoplastic and endocrine conditions, associated with motor and cognitive symptoms. They are often considered "physiologic" or pathologic. OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of brain calcifications in a Braz...
Behavioural-variant frontotemporal dementia: an update
Dement. neuropsychol; 7 (1), 2013
Behavioural-variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) is characterised by insidious changes in personality and interpersonal conduct that reflect progressive disintegration of the neural circuits involved in social cognition, emotion regulation, motivation and decision making. The underlying pathology is h...
Comportamento suicida no transtorno afetivo bipolar e características sociodemográficas, clínicas e neuroanatômicas associadas
Arch. Clin. Psychiatry (Impr.); 40 (6), 2013
CONTEXTO: Pacientes com transtorno bipolar possuem risco maior de suicídio, quando comparados com a população geral e com outros transtornos psiquiátricos. Este artigo tem como objetivo revisar os aspectos sociodemográficos, clínicos e neuroanatômicos associados ao comportamento suicida em pacient...