{"title":"[Sleep stages and growth hormone in manganese poisoning. Effects of L dopa].","authors":"L Aranda, G López, K Horiuchi, I Mena, J Court","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Sleep characteristics are studied in 7 patients with sequelae of manganese intoxication and in 8 controls. A reduction in the length of the REM stage was observed, which could be prolonged by L Dopa administration, but without achieving values comparable to the controls. No changes were noted in the non-REM stage of sleep. These results are similar to the ones obtained in Parkinson's disease, suggesting clinical and probably biochemical similarities between the 2 conditions. The blood concentrations of growth hormone during sleep in the manganic patients was lower than in the control group, and no significant variations were noted after L Dopa administration.</p>","PeriodicalId":75394,"journal":{"name":"Acta neurologica latinoamericana","volume":"22 1-4","pages":"42-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1976-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"11448041","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Cauda equina syndrome caused by vertebral disk hernia].","authors":"E Bastarrica, M A Estable, J A De Boni","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Thirteen cases of cauda equina syndrome of discal ethiology are analyzed. The clinical characteristics and course are studied. The factors which influence the prognosis and the possibilities of treatment are analyzed.</p>","PeriodicalId":75394,"journal":{"name":"Acta neurologica latinoamericana","volume":"22 1-4","pages":"176-83"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1976-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12233586","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Pott's disease of cervical topography. Apropos of a case].","authors":"E Bastarrica, M Médici, A De Tenyi","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The authors present a case of cervical Pott's disease with severe neurological impairment and with a favourable course with medical and surgical treatment. The diagnostic difficulties and the possibilities of treatment at the present stage are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":75394,"journal":{"name":"Acta neurologica latinoamericana","volume":"22 1-4","pages":"199-204"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1976-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12233589","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Effects of ketamine on the pressure of the cerebrospinal fluid. Variations of its effects].","authors":"E Wilson, M Marx, A M Montaldo, R Arana-Iñiguez","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Effects of chlorhydrate of Ketamine upon CSF pressure were studied in 10 patients with different intracranial pathology. In opposition to the results of other authors, in 5 patients there was no increase of pressure after the drug was applied. This difference is ascribed to the individual pathology of the patients studied, emphasizing that 4 of them were bearers of a diffuse vascular encephalopathy with intelectual damage, added to an acute vascular accident in 3 cases. For these reasons, it is presumed that a deficient auto-regulation of cerebral circulation, with diminished vasomotor reactivity, is reasponsible for the absence of hypertension after application of the drug. The study of the variations of cerebrospinal fluid pressure after chlorhydrate of Ketamine is applied may enable to measure the efficiency of the mechanisms of auto-regulation in any determined patient.</p>","PeriodicalId":75394,"journal":{"name":"Acta neurologica latinoamericana","volume":"22 1-4","pages":"10-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1976-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12233578","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Possibilities in the field of craniofacial surgery].","authors":"S A Wolfe, A Berti","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Four cases which illustrate possibilities of a new field in craneofacial surgery are presented. Using certain surgical principles, various conditions whose previous treatment was unsastisfactory, can be corrected. Hope is thus given to many persons with severe facial deformities.</p>","PeriodicalId":75394,"journal":{"name":"Acta neurologica latinoamericana","volume":"22 1-4","pages":"184-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1976-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12233587","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Thalamo-cortical systems regulation spindle bursts and recruiting responses. III. Effects of lesions in the forebrain and rostral diencephalon.","authors":"M Velasco, J E Skinner, D B Lindsley","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75394,"journal":{"name":"Acta neurologica latinoamericana","volume":"22 1-4","pages":"1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1976-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12233733","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Fracture luxation of the cervical spine. Different treatments].","authors":"J A Palomo","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>There exist situations, such as cervical spinal cord injury which are treated by orthopedic specialists and/or neurosurgeons, with dissimilar methods. In is necessary to unify criteria or better still not commit mistakes which may worsen neurological déficit in these injured patients. The medical history and treatment of 16 patients with cervical spinal cord injury are discussed. The therapeutic procedures included: decompressive laminectomy, anterior fibula bone graft, Clowards' procedure and (minerva) exterior neck fixation. The evolution and complications are analyzed and in some cases connections are made in the hope of better results.</p>","PeriodicalId":75394,"journal":{"name":"Acta neurologica latinoamericana","volume":"22 1-4","pages":"168-75"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1976-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12233584","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
E Gerstle de Pasquet, M Pietra, S Bonnevaux, N Piazza de Silva, J B Gomensoro, M Tenzer
{"title":"[Epidemiology of 500 adult epileptics from a hospital population].","authors":"E Gerstle de Pasquet, M Pietra, S Bonnevaux, N Piazza de Silva, J B Gomensoro, M Tenzer","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>On the basis of 500 epileptic patients treated in the Out-Patient Department of the \"Instituto de Neurología\", Hospital de Clínicas, Montevideo, Uruguay, an epidemiological study is undertaken. Data obtained correspond to the period extending between 1965 and 1975. A precodified data registering system was used and the analysis was done by mechanical processes. It is mainly a descriptive analysis of the group of patients and their seizures, including 20 items. As far as social aspects are concerned, education levels and occupation are analyzed, encountering similar levels as those of the general population in this country. As to etiological factors, a high incidence of familiar history of epilepsy (17%) and of perinatal pathology (19%) is found. An analytical study of the seizures and their provoking factors is performed. Etiological factors are analyzed dividing the patients in two groups according to the age of beginning of seizures (before or after 25 years) and in the younger groups perinatal factors and epilepsy of unknown origin predominate, while in the older group vascular and tumoral causes are more frequent.</p>","PeriodicalId":75394,"journal":{"name":"Acta neurologica latinoamericana","volume":"22 1-4","pages":"50-65"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1976-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12233468","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Epileptic seizures as an early complication of neurosurgery.","authors":"E Gerstle de Pasquet, M Pietra, R A Iñiquez","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The appearance of epileptic seizures in the early postoperative period (first 10 days) after neurosurgery is an uncommon complication. A retrospective study of 600 patients operated on for glioma, meningioma, metastatic tumor, hydatid cyst, cerebral hemorrhage and head injury (100 cases each) is the subject of this report. In 6% of the total group, seizures were found during the first 10 days following surgery. They usually appeared during the first 48 hours. In most cases (78%), fits were of the partial motor type, originating in the frontoparietal (central) region. The clinical course was benign in most cases. Good control of seizures was usually obtained by common anticonvulsants and except for a few cases, the prognosis was not worsened by the appearance of these early fits. The pathophysiology of early seizures, which are not related to cerebral scarring, is discussed. It is concluded that they are related to biochemical alterations produced by surgery, similar to what happens in early post traumatic epilepsy or in cases of seizures appearing in the early stages of cerebrovascular accidents.</p>","PeriodicalId":75394,"journal":{"name":"Acta neurologica latinoamericana","volume":"22 1-4","pages":"144-51"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1976-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12233581","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}