Publications by authors named "Vanessa F M Ferreira"

Background: Peripheral nerve injuries (PNIs) remain an important health problem often leading to severe motor disabilities predominantly in the younger population.

Objective: To analyze our experience of clinical and electrodiagnostic evaluation (EDX) of PNIs over a 26-year period.

Materials And Methods: Between 1989 and 2014, 1124 consecutive patients with 1418 PNIs were referred for clinical as well as EDX evaluation.

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Unlabelled: Our internal clock system is predominantly dopaminergic, but memory is predominantly cholinergic. Here, we examined the common sensibility encapsulated in the statement: "time goes faster as we get older".

Objective: To measure a 2 min time interval, counted mentally in subjects of different age groups.

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