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Alexandre Leopold Busse
Researcher at University of São Paulo
Publications - 50
Citations - 869
Alexandre Leopold Busse is an academic researcher from University of São Paulo. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Cognition. The author has an hindex of 15, co-authored 42 publications receiving 657 citations.
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Effects of Brazil nut consumption on selenium status and cognitive performance in older adults with mild cognitive impairment: a randomized controlled pilot trial
Bárbara Rita Cardoso,Daniel Apolinario,Verônica da Silva Bandeira,Alexandre Leopold Busse,Regina Miksian Magaldi,Wilson Jacob-Filho,Silvia Maria Franciscato Cozzolino +6 more
TL;DR: The results suggest that the intake of Brazil nut restores selenium deficiency and provides preliminary evidence that Brazil nut consumption can have positive effects on some cognitive functions of older adults with MCI.
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Short Assessment of Health Literacy for Portuguese-speaking Adults
Daniel Apolinario,Rafaela de Castro Oliveira Pereira Braga,Regina Miksian Magaldi,Alexandre Leopold Busse,Flavia Campora,Sonia Maria Dozzi Brucki,Shoou-Yih Daniel Lee +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, an instrumento desarrollado consiste de 50 itens that evaluan the capacidad del individuo de pronunciar and comprender terminos comunes.
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Functional health literacy and glycaemic control in older adults with type 2 diabetes: A cross-sectional study
Jonas Gordilho Souza,Daniel Apolinario,Regina Miksian Magaldi,Alexandre Leopold Busse,Flavia Campora,Wilson Jacob-Filho +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the relationship between functional health literacy and glycaemic control in a sample of older patients with type 2 diabetes in a government-financed outpatient geriatric clinic in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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Using temporal orientation, category fluency, and word recall for detecting cognitive impairment: the 10-point cognitive screener (10-CS).
Daniel Apolinario,Daniel Gomes Lichtenthaler,Regina Miksian Magaldi,Aline Thomaz Soares,Alexandre Leopold Busse,Jose Renato das Gracas Amaral,Wilson Jacob-Filho,Sonia Maria Dozzi Brucki +7 more
TL;DR: Six brief tasks are evaluated that could be useful as intervening distractors and possibly provide incremental accuracy: serial subtraction, clock drawing, category fluency, letter fluencies, timed visual detection, and digits backwards.
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Physical activity and cognition in the elderly: A review
TL;DR: The objective of this review was to examine the effects of different types of physical activity on cognitive function of elderly individuals with or without prior impairment.