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Leonardo Cruz de Souza

Professor de Neurologia da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas …
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[HTML][HTML] Alzheimer's disease: risk factors and potentially protective measures

…, CMG Loures, LCV Alves, LC de Souza… - Journal of biomedical …, 2019 - Springer
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common type of dementia and typically manifests
through a progressive loss of episodic memory and cognitive function, subsequently causing …

Recommendations to distinguish behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia from psychiatric disorders

…, C Trieu, C Onyike, P Caramelli, LC De Souza… - Brain, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The behavioural variant of frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) is a frequent cause of early-onset
dementia. The diagnosis of bvFTD remains challenging because of the limited accuracy …

Advancing research diagnostic criteria for Alzheimer's disease: the IWG-2 criteria

…, M Sarazin, S Epelbaum, LC De Souza… - The Lancet …, 2014 - thelancet.com
In the past 8 years, both the International Working Group (IWG) and the US National Institute
on Aging–Alzheimer's Association have contributed criteria for the diagnosis of Alzheimer's …

Revising the definition of Alzheimer's disease: a new lexicon

…, S Salloway, M Sarazin, LC de Souza… - The Lancet …, 2010 - thelancet.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is classically defined as a dual clinicopathological entity. The recent
advances in use of reliable biomarkers of AD that provide in-vivo evidence of the disease …

[HTML][HTML] Frontal lobe neurology and the creative mind

LC de Souza, HC Guimarães, AL Teixeira… - Frontiers in …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
… The results from de Souza and colleagues showed that bvFTD patients performed worse
than controls (a normal and a pathological control group) in all dimensions of the TTCT (fluency…

Consensus classification of posterior cortical atrophy

…, SF Cappa, M Ceccaldi, LC de Souza… - Alzheimer's & …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction A classification framework for posterior cortical atrophy (PCA) is proposed to
improve the uniformity of definition of the syndrome in a variety of research settings. Methods …

Early and protective microglial activation in Alzheimer's disease: a prospective study using 18 F-DPA-714 PET imaging

…, C Leroy, M Labit, RA Comley, LC De Souza… - Brain, 2016 - academic.oup.com
… Leonardo Cruz de Souza , Leonardo Cruz de Souza 8 Faculdade de Medicina,
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Brazil …

[HTML][HTML] Rostral and caudal prefrontal contribution to creativity: a meta-analysis of functional imaging data

G Gonen-Yaacovi, LC de Souza, R Levy… - Frontiers in human …, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Creativity is of central importance for human civilization, yet its neurocognitive bases are
poorly understood. The aim of the present study was to integrate existing functional imaging …

[HTML][HTML] Pro-inflammatory interleukin-6 signaling links cognitive impairments and peripheral metabolic alterations in Alzheimer's disease

…, ELM Vieira, AL Teixeira, LC de Souza… - Translational …, 2021 - nature.com
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is associated with memory impairment and altered peripheral
metabolism. Mounting evidence indicates that abnormal signaling in a brain-periphery metabolic …

Social cognition and emotional assessment differentiates frontotemporal dementia from depression

M Bertoux, M Delavest, LC de Souza… - Journal of Neurology …, 2012 - jnnp.bmj.com
Background Behavioural variant of frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) is a neurodegenerative
disease that is clinically characterised by progressive behavioural changes and social …