Search Results - "Poca, M. A."

Influence of APOE polymorphism on cognitive and behavioural outcome in moderate and severe traumatic brain injury by Ariza, M, Pueyo, R, Matarín, M del M, Junqué, C, Mataró, M, Clemente, I, Moral, P, Poca, M A, Garnacho, Á, Sahuquillo, J

“…Aim: To analyse the influence of apolipoprotein (APOE) ε4 status on the cognitive and behavioural functions usually impaired after moderate and severe…”
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Proteomic Analysis of Cerebrospinal Fluid from Obese Women with Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension: A New Approach for Identifying New Candidates in the Pathogenesis of Obesity by Lecube, A., Poca, M. A., Colomé, N., Bech-Serra, J. J., Hernández, C., García-Ramírez, M., Gándara, D., Canals, F., Simó, R.

“…Body weight control is tightly regulated in the hypothalamus. The inaccessibility of human brain tissue can be partially solved by using cerebrospinal fluid…”
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Current aspects of pathophysiology and cell dysfunction after severe head injury by Sahuquillo, J, Poca, M A, Amoros, S

“…Traumatic brain injury is a major health problem in all developed countries. The main aim of this review is to provide a short update on the most recent…”
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CSF galanin and cognition after shunt surgery in normal pressure hydrocephalus by Mataró, M, Poca, M A, Del Mar Matarín, M, Catalan, R, Sahuquillo, J, Galard, R

“…Background: “Normal” pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) is associated with injury to neurotransmitter and neuropeptide systems that recovers after surgery. This…”
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Cerebral hemodynamic effects of morphine and fentanyl in Patients with severe head injury : Absence of correlation to cerebral autoregulation by DE NADAL, M, MUNAR, F, POCA, M. A, SAHUQUILLO, J, GARNACHO, A, ROSSELLO, J

“…The current study investigates the effects of morphine and fentanyl upon intracranial pressure and cerebral blood flow estimated by cerebral arteriovenous…”
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Interhemispheric supratentorial intracranial pressure gradients in head-injured patients : are they clinically important? by SAHUQUILLO, J, POCA, M.-A, ARRIBAS, M, GARNACHO, A, RUBIO, E

“…It is generally accepted that the intracranial compartment behaves as a unicameral space in which intracranial pressure (ICP) is uniformly distributed…”
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Cerebral hemodynamic effects of 7.2% hypertonic saline in patients with head injury and raised intracranial pressure by Munar, F, Ferrer, A M, de Nadal, M, Poca, M A, Pedraza, S, Sahuquillo, J, Garnacho, A

“…The aim of the present study was to investigate the acute effects of 7.2% hypertonic saline (HS) on intracranial pressure (ICP), cerebral and systemic…”
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Cognitive changes after cerebrospinal fluid shunting in young adults with spina bifida and assumed arrested hydrocephalus by Mataró, Maria, Poca, Maria Antonia, Sahuquillo, Juan, Cuxart, Ampar, Iborra, Jordi, de la Calzada, María Dolores, Junqué, Carme

“…OBJECTIVES To establish whether surgery can improve the neuropsychological functioning of young adult patients with spina bifida and apparent clinically…”
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Shunt related changes in somatostatin, neuropeptide Y, and corticotropin releasing factor concentrations in patients with normal pressure hydrocephalus by Poca, M A, Mataró, M, Sahuquillo, J, Catalán, R, Ibañez, J, Galard, R

“…OBJECTIVES Recent data indicate that alterations in brain neuropeptides may play a pathogenic role in dementia. Neuropeptide Y (NPY), somastostatin (SOM), and…”
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Infrared pupillometry. Basic principles and their application in the non-invasive monitoring of neurocritical patients by Martínez-Ricarte, F, Castro, A, Poca, M A, Sahuquillo, J, Expósito, L, Arribas, M, Aparicio, J

“…Pupil assessment is a fundamental part of the neurological examination. Size and reactivity to light of each pupil should be recorded periodically since…”
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Moderate hypothermia in the management of severe traumatic brain injury: a good idea proved ineffective? by Sahuquillo, J, Mena, M P, Vilalta, A, Poca, M A

“…Many drugs with proven efficacy in the preclinical stage have failed to show any benefit in improving the outcome of severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) when…”
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Brainstem auditory and somatosensory evoked potentials: a methodological study to evaluate the reproducibility of two devices by Moncho, D, Poca, M A, Minoves, T, Ferré, A, Rahnama, K, Sahuquillo, J

“…We aimed to determine whether statistical significant differences exist between the sets of results obtained from two devices used in our department for…”
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Neuropsychological alterations and neuroradiological findings in patients with post-traumatic concussion: Results of a pilot study by Rădoi, A, Poca, M A, Cañas, V, Cevallos, J M, Membrado, L, Saavedra, M C, Vidal, M, Martínez-Ricarte, F, Sahuquillo, J

“…INTRODUCTIONMild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) has traditionally been considered to cause no significant brain damage since symptoms spontaneously remit after…”
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Sleep disturbance: a forgotten syndrome in patients with Chiari I malformation by Ferré Masó, A, Poca, M A, de la Calzada, M D, Solana, E, Romero Tomás, O, Sahuquillo, J

“…Chiari type I malformation (CM-I) is characterised by caudal ectopia of the cerebellar tonsils through the foramen magnum. This is associated with brain stem,…”
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Functional and magnetic resonance imaging correlates of corpus callosum in normal pressure hydrocephalus before and after shunting by Mataró, Maria, Matarín, Mar, Poca, Maria Antonia, Pueyo, Roser, Sahuquillo, Juan, Barrios, Maite, Junqué, Carme

“…Background: Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) is associated with corpus callosum abnormalities. Objectives: To study the clinical and neuropsychological…”
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Agreement between CSF flow dynamics in MRI and ICP monitoring in the diagnosis of normal pressure hydrocephalus. Sensitivity and specificity of CSF dynamics to predict outcome by Poca, M A, Sahuquillo, J, Busto, M, Rovira, A, Capellades, J, Mataró, M, Rubio, E

“…The aims of the study were 1) to assess the degree of agreement between CSF flow dynamics determined by MR and ICP monitoring in the diagnosis of NPH, and 2)…”
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Does an increase in cerebral perfusion pressure always mean a better oxygenated brain? A study in head-injured patients by Sahuquillo, J, Amoros, S, Santos, A, Poca, M A, Panzardo, H, Domínguez, L, Pedraza, S

“…The adequate management of cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP) continues to be a controversial issue in head-injured patients. The purpose of our study was to…”
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Spontaneous Ventriculostomy: Report of Three Cases Revealed by Flow-Sensitive Phase-Contrast Cine MR Imaging by Rovira, Alex, Capellades, Jaume, Grive, Elisenda, Poca, Maria A, Pedraza, Salvador, Sahuquillo, Juan, Rodriguez-Baeza, Alfonso

“…Spontaneous ventriculostomy is a rare condition that occurs with the spontaneous rupture of a ventricle, resulting in a communication between the ventricular…”
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Cognitive Disturbances and Neuropsychological Changes after Surgical Treatment in a Cohort of 185 Patients with Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus by SOLANA, Elisabeth, SAHUQUILLO, Juan, JUNQUE, Carme, QUINTANA, Manuel, POCA, Maria A

“…Although idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) is considered a treatable dementia, there is still some controversy regarding the cognitive…”
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Neonatal Alexander Disease: MR Imaging Prenatal Diagnosis by Vazquez, E, Macaya, A, Mayolas, N, Arevalo, S, Poca, M.A, Enriquez, G

“…Alexander disease (AD) is a rare neurodegenerative disorder characterized by megalencephaly, leukoencephalopathy, and Rosenthal fibers within astrocytes. This…”
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