Background Chronic pain disorders are presumed to induce changes in brain grey and white
matters. Few studies have focused CNS alterations in trigeminal neuralgia (TN). Methods …

Purpose: To compare the hippocampal volumes in patients with bipolar disorder (BD) and
healthy controls, obtained by applying different segmentation methods (manual, Freesurfer [FS…

Purpose To evaluate the white matter integrity of the corona radiata, cingulate gyri, and corpus
callosum in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection through diffusion …

Background Alcoholic subjects manifest important deficits in frontal executive function, yet
maintain cognitive mental status within normal range. Methods This study searched for …

We measured the oral and pharyngeal transit of a paste bolus in 20 patients with Chagas’
disease and 21 controls. Each subject swallowed of a 10-ml paste bolus prepared with 50 ml …

Objective To perform a pilot study to investigate the association between working memory
and cortical thickness in a sample of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) children. …

Purpose Changes in cerebral cortical regions occur in HIV-infected patients, even in those
with mild neurocognitive disorders. Working memory / attention is one of the most affected …

Objective: To develop a study aiming at optimizing myocardial perfusion imaging. Materials
and Methods: Imaging of an anthropomorphic thorax phantom with a GE SPECT Ventri …

Duodenal contractions are thought to play a role in the control of gastric emptying. Although
noninvasive techniques, such as ultrasonography and MRI, have been proposed for …

Background: Soft tissue attenuation artifacts are the most common cause of misinterpretation
in myocardial perfusion Imaging (MPI). Few studies assessing the value of prone imaging …