2020
Effects of semantic categorization strategy training on episodic memory in children and adolescents
Miotto E, Balardin J, da Graça M. Martin M, Polanczyk G, Savage C, Miguel E, Batistuzzo M. Effects of semantic categorization strategy training on episodic memory in children and adolescents. PLOS ONE 2020, 15: e0228866. PMID: 32069310, PMCID: PMC7028277, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0228866.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFunctional magnetic resonance imagingEpisodic memoryPrefrontal cortexCognitive trainingStrategy trainingMiddle frontal gyrus activationDefault mode network areasVerbal episodic memoryImproved memory performanceRight frontal poleLateral orbital gyrusCategorization trainingSuccessful memoryExecutive processesNeural correlatesMemory performanceWord listsAnterior cingulateFrontal poleMemoryHigher activationBrain regionsAdolescentsOrbital gyrusBehavioral effects
2019
Relationships between childhood maltreatment, impairment in executive functions and disruptive behavior disorders in a community sample of children
Bernardes E, Manitto A, Miguel E, Pan P, Batistuzzo M, Rohde L, Polanczyk G. Relationships between childhood maltreatment, impairment in executive functions and disruptive behavior disorders in a community sample of children. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2019, 29: 969-978. PMID: 31559500, DOI: 10.1007/s00787-019-01408-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDisruptive behavior disordersExecutive functionChildhood maltreatmentCognitive flexibilityEF performanceCommunity sampleBehavior disorderSchool-based sampleCognitive mechanismsCognitive tasksInhibitory controlDisruptive behaviorChild maltreatmentMaltreatmentWorse performanceMental disordersModeratorChildrenImpairmentDisordersIndependent relationshipMemoryFuture studiesAssociationTask
2015
Reduced Prefrontal Activation in Pediatric Patients With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder During Verbal Episodic Memory Encoding
Batistuzzo M, Balardin J, da Graça Morais Martin M, Hoexter M, Bernardes E, Borcato S, de Marco e Souza M, Querido C, Morais R, de Alvarenga P, Lopes A, Shavitt R, Savage C, Amaro E, Miguel E, Polanczyk G, Miotto E. Reduced Prefrontal Activation in Pediatric Patients With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder During Verbal Episodic Memory Encoding. Journal Of The American Academy Of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2015, 54: 849-858. PMID: 26407495, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2015.06.020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVerbal episodic memoryObsessive-compulsive disorderEpisodic memoryOrbitofrontal cortexPrefrontal cortexSemantic clusteringFunctional magnetic resonance imagingDorsomedial prefrontal cortexAltered brain activationDifferent neural mechanismsPathophysiology of OCDUnrelated wordsPrefrontal activationBrain activationWord listsExecutive dysfunctionNeural mechanismsTotal wordsCompulsive Scale scoresYale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale scoresStrategy scoresStrategy applicationMemoryCortexKey regions
2012
Neuropsychological predictors of response to randomized treatment in obsessive–compulsive disorder
D'Alcante C, Diniz J, Fossaluza V, Batistuzzo M, Lopes A, Shavitt R, Deckersbach T, Malloy-Diniz L, Miguel E, Hoexter M. Neuropsychological predictors of response to randomized treatment in obsessive–compulsive disorder. Progress In Neuro-Psychopharmacology And Biological Psychiatry 2012, 39: 310-317. PMID: 22789662, DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2012.07.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCognitive behavioral therapyObsessive-compulsive disorderCalifornia Verbal Learning TestVictoria Stroop TestVerbal Learning TestNeuropsychological measuresOCD patientsMental flexibilityVerbal memoryNeuropsychological predictorsLearning TestHigher verbal IQDifferent neuropsychological profilesUnderwent neuropsychological assessmentExecutive functioningExecutive abilitiesVerbal IQStroop testNeuropsychological profileNeuropsychological assessmentIntellectual functionHeuristic valueLarge sampleMemoryTreatment response
2009
Neuropsychological Outcome of Ventral CapsularVentral Striatal Gamma Capsulotomy for Refractory Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Pilot Study
Taub A, Lopes A, Fuentes D, D'Alcante C, de Mathis M, Canteras M, Siviero M, Greenberg B, Norén G, Batistuzzo M, Hoexter M, Cecílio S, Savage C, Rasmussen S, Miguel E. Neuropsychological Outcome of Ventral CapsularVentral Striatal Gamma Capsulotomy for Refractory Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Pilot Study. Journal Of Neuropsychiatry 2009, 21: 393-397. PMID: 19996247, DOI: 10.1176/jnp.2009.21.4.393.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObsessive-compulsive disorderObsessive-compulsive patientsProfound cognitive deficitsAbstract reasoningNeuropsychological batteryRefractory obsessive-compulsive disorderCognitive deficitsNeuropsychological outcomesGamma knife capsulotomyMemoryVocabularyPilot studyDeficitsReasoningLearningDisordersAttentionBatteries
1996
Recall and recognition memory in obsessive-compulsive disorder
Savage C, Keuthen N, Jenike M, Brown H, Baer L, Kendrick A, Miguel E, Rauch S, Albert M. Recall and recognition memory in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Journal Of Neuropsychiatry 1996, 8: 99-103. PMID: 8845711, DOI: 10.1176/jnp.8.1.99.Peer-Reviewed Original Research