Publications by authors named "Tiago C C Pinto"
Purpose: The imposition of the thin body as an ideal of beauty and the changes that occur in adolescence lead to a constant concern with adolescents' body weight, putting them at risk for eating disorders. Thus, the study sought to investigate associations between eating disorders and salivary cortisol concentrations, nutritional status and depressive symptoms in female adolescents with bulimia.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out with 1435 adolescents aged 10-19 years.
Background: Exposure to intermittent hypoxia has been demonstrated to be an efficient tool for hypoxic preconditioning, preventing damage to cells and demonstrating therapeutic benefits. We aimed to evaluate the effects of respiratory intermittent hypobaric hypoxia (IHH) to avoid brain injury caused by exposure to acute severe hypoxia (ASH).
Methods: biomarkers of oxidative damage, mitochondrial apoptosis, and transcriptional factors in response to hypoxia were assessed by Western blot and immunohistochemistry in brain tissue.
The future of awake bruxism assessment will incorporate physiological data, possibly electromyography (EMG) of the temporal muscles. But up to now, temporal muscle contraction patterns in awake bruxism have not been characterized to demonstrate clinical utility. The present study aimed to perform surface EMG evaluations of people assessed for awake bruxism to identify possible different subtypes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAccuracy and Psychometric Properties of the Brazilian Version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment as a Brief Screening Tool for Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer's Disease in the Initial Stages in the Elderly.
Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord
January 2020
Article Synopsis
- The study assessed the effectiveness of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment Brazilian Version (MoCA-BR) for identifying mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and mild Alzheimer's disease (AD) in the elderly, compared to the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE).
- Results showed significant differences in MoCA-BR scores among different cognitive impairment groups, with strong reliability and consistency metrics (Cronbach alpha of 0.77, ICC of 0.91).
- MoCA-BR proved to be a reliable tool that effectively distinguishes between cognitively healthy individuals and those with MCI or mild AD, showing superior tracking capabilities for MCI compared to MMSE.
Objective: To propose cutoff scores for the Brazilian version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA-BR) stratified by education in order to detect mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and mild Alzheimer's disease (AD) in the elderly.
Method: A transversal study in health centers was performed on 159 elderly people with 4-12 years of education and 70 of their peers with over 12 years of schooling. The MoCA-BR cutoff scores for screening cognitive impairment were determined based on an ROC curve analysis.
Unlabelled: ABSTRACTObjective:To compare the accuracy of Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) in tracking mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer's Disease (AD).
Method: A Systematic review of the PubMed, Bireme, Science Direct, Cochrane Library, and PsycInfo databases was conducted. Using inclusion and exclusion criteria and staring with 1,629 articles, 34 articles were selected.
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to establish baseline cognitive performance data for the Brazilian version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA-BR) among cognitively healthy seniors.
- The research involved 110 participants over 65 years old, all with at least four years of education, and revealed an average MoCA-BR score of 23.2, showing a positive correlation between education and cognitive performance while age had a negative correlation.
- The findings suggest that cognitive performance in healthy older adults is mainly affected by their level of education, with age also playing a role but to a lesser extent.
Objective: To perform a systematic review of the literature for scientific evidence of possible differences in cortisol concentrations in adolescents with eating disorders.
Source Of Data: Electronic searches were conducting in the PubMed, Scientific Electronic Library Online, Virtual Health Library, and Science Direct databases for articles published between 2007 and 2017 using the keywords, cortisol, hydrocortisone; eating disorders, bulimia, bulimia nervosa, anorexia, anorexia nervosa; adolescence, adolescent, adolescents.
Synthesis Of Data: A total of 192 articles were found.
Introduction: Depression is a serious mood disorder and is one of the most common mental illnesses. Despite the availability of several classes of antidepressants, a substantial percentage of patients are unresponsive to these drugs, which have a slow onset of action in addition to producing undesirable side effects. Some scientific evidence suggests that cyclodextrins (CDs) can improve the physicochemical and pharmacological profile of antidepressant drugs (ADDs).
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