There is no shortage, but inequality: demographic evolution of neurologists in Brazil (2010-2020).

Background: Neurology is a medical specialty that deals with prevalent diseases such as stroke, headache, epilepsy, and neurodegenerative diseases. Many countries, such as Brazil, struggle to provide neurological care for their populations, but the inadequacy and unequal distribution of the neurologist workforce are real challenges.

Objective: To analyze the demographic evolution of neurologists and the first-year Neurology residency positions in Brazil during the last decade (2010-2020) and the distribution imbalance between regions.

Neurological disease caused by Oropouche virus in northern Brazil: should it be included in the scope of clinical neurological diseases?

We describe two neurological cases of Oropouche virus infection in northern Brazil, where the virus is endemic but neglected as a pathogen. This study reiterates the necessity of developing protocols for diagnosing infections and training medical personnel to recognize the pathogenicity of Oropouche virus in neurological infections.

The subtleties of cognitive decline in multiple sclerosis: an exploratory study using hierarchichal cluster analysis of CANTAB results.

Background: It is essential to investigate cognitive deficits in multiple sclerosis (MS) to develop evidence-based cognitive rehabilitation strategies. Here we refined cognitive decline assessment using the automated tests of the Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (CANTAB) and hierarchical cluster analysis.

Methods: We searched for groups of distinct cognitive profiles in 35 relapsing-remitting MS outpatients and 32 healthy controls.

Medical perception of stroke care conditions in Brazil.

Stroke is currently the second leading cause of death in Brazil. Neurologists' reports on the absence of adequate resources for stroke care are frequent; however, there are no objective data on this perception.To assess the perception of neurologists of stroke care conditions in Brazil.