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Case Report: Neurodegenerative Diseases After Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection, a Report of Three Cases: Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, Rapidly Progressive Alzheimer's Disease, and Frontotemporal Dementia by Pimentel, Gabriela Almeida, Guimarães, Thiago Gonçalves, Silva, Guilherme Diogo, Scaff, Milberto

“…The relationship between severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and neurodegenerative diseases is yet to be fully clarified. Rapid…”
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Transcranial magnetic stimulation in mild to severe hemiparesis early after stroke: a proof of principle and novel approach to improve motor function by Conforto, Adriana B., Anjos, Sarah M., Saposnik, Gustavo, Mello, Eduardo A., Nagaya, Erina M., Santos, Waldyr, Ferreiro, Karina N., Melo, Eduardo S., Reis, Felipe I., Scaff, Milberto, Cohen, Leonardo G.

“…Low-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) of the unaffected hemisphere can enhance function of the paretic hand in patients with mild…”
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Effects of Somatosensory Stimulation on Motor Function After Subacute Stroke by Bastos Conforto, Adriana, Nocelo Ferreiro, Karina, Tomasi, Camilla, dos Santos, Renata Laurenti, Loureiro Moreira, Viviane, Nagahashi Marie, Suely Kazue, Baltieri, Silvia Cristina, Scaff, Milberto, Cohen, Leonardo G.

“…Background. Previous works showed potentially beneficial effects of a single session of peripheral nerve sensory stimulation (PSS) on motor function of a…”
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The Influence of Depressive Symptoms on Quality of Life after Stroke: A Prospective Study by Guajardo, Valeri Delgado, MSc, Terroni, Luisa, MD, PhD, Sobreiro, Matildes de Freitas Menezes, MSc, Zerbini, Maria Irene dos Santos, PhD, Tinone, Gisela, MD, PhD, Scaff, Milberto, MD, PhD, Iosifescu, Dan V., MD, de Lucia, Mara Cristina Souza, PhD, Fráguas, Renério, MD, PhD

“…Background Poststroke depressive symptoms have prospectively predicted impairment of health-related quality of life (HRQOL). However, it is not known whether…”
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Stroke lesion in cortical neural circuits and post-stroke incidence of major depressive episode: A 4-month prospective study by Terroni, Luisa, Amaro, Edson, Iosifescu, Dan V., Tinone, Gisela, Sato, João Ricardo, Leite, Claudia Costa, Sobreiro, Matildes F.M., Lucia, Mara Cristina Souza, Scaff, Milberto, Fráguas, Renério

“…Abstract Objective. Little is known about the relevance of lesion in neural circuits reported to be associated with major depressive disorder. We investigated…”
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Right inferior frontal gyrus activation is associated with memory improvement in patients with left frontal low-grade glioma resection by Miotto, Eliane C, Balardin, Joana B, Vieira, Gilson, Sato, Joao R, Martin, Maria da Graça M, Scaff, Milberto, Teixeira, Manoel J, Junior, Edson Amaro

“…Patients with low-grade glioma (LGG) have been studied as a model of functional brain reorganization due to their slow-growing nature. However, there is no…”
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Effects of somatosensory stimulation on motor function in chronic cortico-subcortical strokes by BASTOS CONFORTO, Adriana, COHEN, Leonardo G, LAURENTI DOS SANTOS, Renata, SCAFF, Milberto, KAZUE NAGAHASHI MARIE, Suely

“…Somatosensory stimulation enhances aspects of motor function in patients with chronic, predominantly subcortical infarcts. We investigated the effects of…”
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Abnormal sensory integration affects balance control in hemiparetic patients within the first year after stroke by Oliveira, Clarissa B., Medeiros, Ítalo R.T., Greters, Mario G., Frota, Norberto A.F., Tavares Lucato, Leandro, Scaff, Milberto, Conforto, Adriana B.

“…Impairments in balance can be a consequence of changes in the motor, sensory, and integrative aspects of motor control. Abnormal sensory reweighting, i.e., the…”
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Development of an adapted version of the Boston Naming Test for Portuguese speakers by Miotto, Eliane C, Sato, João, Lucia, Mara C S, Camargo, Cândida H P, Scaff, Milberto

“…To present the development of an adapted version of the Boston Naming Test for Portuguese speakers, and to investigate the effects of age, education and gender…”
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Cognitive deficits in patients with mild to moderate traumatic brain injury by Miotto, Eliane Correa, Cinalli, Fernanda Zanetti, Serrao, Valéria Trunkl, Benute, Glaucia Guerra, Lucia, Mara Cristina Souza, Scaff, Milberto

“…Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is one of the most frequent causes of brain damage. Cognitive deficits reported in the literature after moderate to severe TBI…”
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Speech and language disturbances due to subcortical lesions by Radanovic, Marcia, Scaff, Milberto

“…Over the last few decades, the number of studies concerning the role of subcortical structures in cognition has increased due to advances in neuroimaging. We…”
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Cognitive impairments in patients with low grade gliomas and high grade gliomas by Miotto, Eliane C, Junior, Aluizio Silva, Silva, Clemar Corrêa, Cabrera, Hector Navarro, Machado, Melissa A R, Benute, Glaucia R G, Lucia, Mara C S, Scaff, Milberto, Teixeira, Manoel Jacobsen

“…The relationship between brain tumors and cognitive deficits is well established in the literature. However, studies investigating the cognitive status in low…”
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Hopkins verbal learning test-revised and brief visuospatial memory test-revised: preliminary normative data for the Brazilian population by Miotto, Eliane Correa, Campanholo, Kenia Repiso, Rodrigues, Melissa Machado, Serrao, Valéria Trunkl, Lucia, Mara C S de, Scaff, Milberto

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Spontaneous cervical artery dissection: an update on clinical and diagnostic aspects by Campos-Herrera, Cynthia Resende, Scaff, Milberto, Yamamoto, Fábio Iuji, Conforto, Adriana Bastos

“…Spontaneous cervical arterial dissection (SCAD) is a non-traumatic tear or disruption in the wall of the internal carotid arteries or the vertebral arteries…”
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Interhemispheric Asymmetry of Corticomotor Excitability After Chronic Cerebellar Infarcts by Farias da Guarda, Suzete Nascimento, Cohen, Leonardo G., da Cunha Pinho, Marco, Yamamoto, Fábio Iuji, Marchiori, Paulo Eurípedes, Scaff, Milberto, Conforto, Adriana Bastos

“…Early after stroke, there is loss of intracortical facilitation (ICF) and increase in short-interval intracortical inhibition (SICI) in the primary motor…”
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Late Reactivation of Chagas’ Disease Presenting in a Recipient as an Expansive Mass Lesion in the Brain after Heart Transplantation of Chagasic Myocardiopathy by Marchiori, Paulo Euripedes, PhD, Alexandre, Paula Levatti, MD, Britto, Nise, MD, Patzina, Roseli A., MD, Fiorelli, A. Alfredo, MD, Lucato, Leandro T., MD, Rosemberg, Sergio, MD, Pereira, Samira L. Apostolos, MD, PhD, Stolf, Noedir Groppo, MD, Scaff, Milberto, PhD

“…Background Chagas’ disease is endemic in many Latin American countries. In the last decades, millions of people from these countries have migrated to the…”
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Inherited thrombophilia as a risk factor for the development of ischemic stroke in young adults by Voetsch, B, Damasceno, B P, Camargo, E C, Massaro, A, Bacheschi, L A, Scaff, M, Annichino-Bizzacchi, J M, Arruda, V R

“…Several recent studies have analyzed a possible effect of thrombophilia risk factors such as factor V Leiden, the prothrombin variant (allele 20210 A), and…”
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Status Dystonicus: study of five cases by Teive, Hélio A G, Munhoz, Renato P, Souza, Mônica M, Antoniuk, Sérgio A, Santos, Mara Lucia S F, Teixeira, Manoel Jacobsen, Barbosa, Egberto Reis, Carvalho, Rodrigo C, Scaff, Milberto, Werneck, Lineu César

“…Status Dystonicus (SD) is characterized by generalized muscle contractions in dystonic patients. We report 5 cases of SD, two of which in patients with…”
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Neuroinfection survey at a neurological ward in a Brazilian tertiary teaching hospital by Marchiori, Paulo E, Lino, Angelina M M, Machado, Luis R, Pedalini, Livia M, Boulos, Marcos, Scaff, Milberto

“…This study was undertaken to characterize the neuroinfection profile in a tertiary neurological ward. Neuroinfection is a worldwide concern and bacterial…”
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Parkinsonism after glycine-derivate exposure by Barbosa, Egberto R., Leiros da Costa, Maria D., Bacheschi, Luiz A., Scaff, Milberto, Leite, Claudia C.

“…This 54‐year‐old man accidentally sprayed himself with the chemical agent glyphosate, a herbicide derived from the amino acid glycine. He developed…”
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