Browsing by Subject "neuroimaging"

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    • As bases neurobiológicas do transtorno bipolar 

      Machado-Vieira, Rodrigo; Bressan, Rodrigo Affonseca [UNIFESP]; Frey, Benício; Soares, Jair C. (Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, 2005-01-01)
      In this article, the authors review relevant aspects related to the neurobiological basis of bipolar disorder. This illness has been associated with complex biochemical and molecular changes in brain circuits linked to ...

    • Bilateral hemifacial spasm: A series of 10 patients with literature review 

      Felicio, Andre Carvalho [UNIFESP]; Godeiro-Junior, Clecio de Oliveira [UNIFESP]; Borges, Vanderci [UNIFESP]; Silva, Sonia Maria de Azevedo [UNIFESP]; Ferraz, Henrique Ballalai [UNIFESP] (Elsevier B.V., 2008-01-01)
      Bilateral hemifacial spasm (HFS) is a rare movement disorder posing diagnostic doubt with other facial dyskinesias. in this report, we describe clinical, radiological and therapeutic features of 10 patients with bilateral ...

    • Biological Markers in Noninvasive Brain Stimulation Trials in Major Depressive Disorder: A Systematic Review 

      Fidalgo, Thiago M. [UNIFESP]; Morales-Quezada, J. Leon; Muzy, Guilherme S. C.; Chiavetta, Noelle M.; Mendonca, Mariana E.; Santana, Marcus V. B.; Goncalves, Oscar F.; Brunoni, Andre R.; Fregni, Felipe (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2014-03-01)
      ObjectivesThe therapeutic effects of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and transcranial direct current stimulation in patients with major depression have shown promising results; however, there is a lack of mechanistic ...

    • Clinical assessment of patients with primary and postparalytic hemifacial spasm: a retrospective study 

      Felício, André Carvalho [UNIFESP]; Godeiro-junior, Clecio de Oliveira [UNIFESP]; Borges, Vanderci [UNIFESP]; Silva, Sonia Maria de Azevedo [UNIFESP]; Ferraz, Henrique Ballalai [UNIFESP] (Academia Brasileira de Neurologia - ABNEURO, 2007-09-01)
      OBJECTIVE: To compared the clinical features of 373 patients with primary and postparalytic hemifacial spasm (HFS). METHOD: Data analyzed were gender, ethnicity, age at symptom onset, disease duration, affected side, ...

    • The Contribution of Supplementary Tests in the Differential Diagnosis of Dementia 

      de Moraes, Fabiano Moulin [UNIFESP]; Bertolucci, Paulo Ferreira [UNIFESP] (Sage Publications Inc, 2018)
      Introduction: Supplementary tests are part of the clinical approach to diagnose cognitive impairment. We aimed to determine the role of supplementary examinations, except for biomarkers, on diagnostic stability of dementia ...

    • Contributions of Neuroimaging to Understanding Sex Differences in Cocaine Abuse 

      Andersen, Monica L. [UNIFESP]; Sawyer, Eileen K.; Howell, Leonard L. (Amer Psychological Assoc, 2012-02-01)
      A consistent observation in drug abuse research is that males and females show differences in their response to drugs of abuse. in order to understand the neurobiology underlying cocaine abuse and effective treatments, it ...

    • Cortical morphology changes in women with borderline personality disorder: a multimodal approach 

      Araujo, Thabata B. de; Araujo Filho, Gerardo Maria de [UNIFESP]; Sato, João Ricardo; Araújo, Celia M. de; Lisondo, Cláudio M.; Carrete Junior, Henrique [UNIFESP]; Ancona, Alvaro; Lin, Katia [UNIFESP]; Bressan, Rodrigo Affonseca [UNIFESP]; Silva, Julieta Freitas Ramalho da [UNIFESP]; Jackowski, Andrea Parolin [UNIFESP] (Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria - ABP, 2014-03-01)
      Objective: Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a devastating condition that causes intense disruption of patients' lives and relationships. Proper understanding of BPD neurobiology could help provide the basis for ...

    • Cross-sectional study of abnormal amygdala development in adolescents and young adults with bipolar disorder 

      Chen, B. K.; Sassi, R.; Axelson, D.; Hatch, J. P.; Sanches, M.; Nicoletti, M.; Brambilla, P.; Keshavan, M. S.; Ryan, N. D.; Birmaher, B.; Soares, J. C. (Elsevier B.V., 2004-09-15)
      Background: in vivo imaging studies in adult bipolarpatients have suggested enlargement of the amygdala. It is not known whether this abnormality is already present early in the illness course or whether it develops later ...

    • Default mode network maturation and psychopathology in children and adolescents 

      Sato, Joao Ricardo [UNIFESP]; Salum, Giovanni Abrahao; Gadelha, Ary| [UNIFESP]; Vieira, Gilson; Manfro, Gisele Gus; Zugman, Andre [UNIFESP]; Picon, Felipe Almeida; Pan, Pedro Mario [UNIFESP]; Hoexter, Marcelo Queiroz [UNIFESP]; Anes, Mauricio; Moura, Luciana Monteiro [UNIFESP]; Gomes Del'Aquilla, Marco Antonio [UNIFESP]; Amaro, Edson, Jr.; McGuire, Philip; Tavares Lacerda, Acioly Luiz [UNIFESP]; Rohde, Luis Augusto; Miguel, Euripedes Constantino; Jackowski, Andrea Parolin [UNIFESP]; Bressan, Rodrigo Affonseca [UNIFESP]; Crossley, Nicolas (Wiley, 2016)
      BackgroundThe human default mode (DMN) is involved in a wide array of mental disorders. Current knowledge suggests that mental health disorders may reflect deviant trajectories of brain maturation. MethodWe studied 654 ...

    • Depressão vascular no idoso: resposta ao tratamento antidepressivo associado a inibidor das colinesterases 

      Barcelos, Ricardo; Faria, Juliano [UNIFESP]; Grossi, Paulo; Aparício, Marco Antonio Moscoso; Bottino, Cássio M. C. (Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, 2007-01-01)
      CONTEXT: Among neuropsychiatric disorders caused by cerebrovascular factors, vascular depression is diagnosed in a small degree by general practitioners, causing morbid-mortality increase in elderly. CASE REPORT: That is ...