[PDF] Top 20 Dement. neuropsychol. vol.3 número4

... Since the advent of electronic online publi- cation of scientific papers, it has become easier to make results public and to retrieve papers published almost any- where in the world.. I[r] ... See full document

... In this study, we considered groups of two semantically related answers as a cluster on the basis that there is no sound rationale why three but not two conceptual entries should form a group, and because the abstract ... See full document

... Abstract – In view of the urgent need to identify an early and specific biomarker for Alzheimer’s disease (AD), a PubMed database search was performed using the terms “Alzheimer disea[r] ... See full document

... Figure 3. [A] frontal cortex depicting multiple foci of micro-bleeding. HE. 25x. [B] Higher magnification of the boxed area in 3A. Note that the micro-bleeding is surrounding a vessel in which the wall is ... See full document

... Clusters 3 and ...Cluster 3 presenting worse performance on the WCST and preserved performance on the Stroop test, whereas Cluster 4 revealed greatest difficulties on the Stroop test, with preservation on ... See full document

... Previous studies on falls in the elderly have confirmed the most relevant risk factors as being older age, history of previous falls, necessity of walking aid, presence of visual im[r] ... See full document

... To evaluate the cognitive performance of these patients, we chose the following neuropsychological tests: MMSE score (dementia screening), reverse digit span, semantic fluency of anim[r] ... See full document

... The comparison between scores on the items of the BCB by control individuals from Group I and Group II, who underwent the abbreviated and original BCB, respec- tively, showed better scores on the delayed recall test in ... See full document

... 1. Ele/ela está interessado em aprender coisas novas? de jeito nenhum (3) um pouco (2 ) mais ou menos (1) muito(0) 2. Há alguma coisa que interesse a ele/ela? de jeito nenhum (3) um pouco (2 ) mais ou menos ... See full document

... For patients in the early stage, we found a spiritual theme regarding preparations for death as a last life task. Figure 3 is an article by an 82-year-old woman. Her MMSE score was 23. The main items were the ... See full document

... for 3 hours per day for 10 consecutive days, and a control group for comparison con- taining 7 chronic inpatients who received “conventional” speech and language therapy for the same total number of hours as the ... See full document

... control and MCI groups had different performances on Block Design, Raven’s Colored Matrices and Estimated IQ. Among MCI and AD patients, statistically significant differ- ences were found for S-TOFHLA and SPT-time, and ... See full document

... a 3-year prospective study that assessed several clini- cal, functional and cognitive measures in individuals with dementia, the stage of Global Deterioration Scale (GDS), a measure of severity, was found to be ... See full document

... The objective was to describe and compare the duration of hospital stay and mortality in el- derly patients with PrD versus those with InD, and without either delirium , who had been [r] ... See full document

... The CW was conserved in 70% ethyl alcohol until the injection of agar in the vessel lumen was performed in or- der to avoid collapse of the artery. It was subsequently fixed in 10% paraformaldehyde. The anterior cerebral ... See full document

... Our aim in this study was: (1) to investigate the impor- tance of the CDT test compared to other commonly used tests, in the diagnosis of dementia in the elderly; (2) to evaluate the r[r] ... See full document

... of frequency of forgetfulness was also used. Based on this scale, participants indicated how often they forgot pass- words, peoples’ names, among other commonly forgotten items, selecting Never (0), Sometimes (1), ... See full document

... Resumo – Estudar a validade de critério do Mini-Cog em idosos com baixo nível educacional. Desenho: transversal e de validação. Cenário: Policlínica Piquet Carneiro, uma unidade ambulatorial do Hospital da Universidade ... See full document

... The present study demonstrated a decline in MMSE performance among healthy individuals with age, reinforc- ing the notion that mental and cognitive status changes with aging may be unr[r] ... See full document

... Out of the 34 older adults who took part in this study, 9 were receiving Lithium. Of this nine, 7 were randomly assigned to the CG and 2 to the SG. Table 3 shows the number of participants who received lithium in ... See full document