Mitos de ontem e heróis de hoje: o desvelar da existência humana / Mythis from yesterday and heroes from today: the unveiling of the human being

Este artigo tem como finalidade apresentar o enlace da mitologia greco-romana com a Psicanálise. Para tal, realizou-se uma revisão da literatura sobre o tema, além de se buscar ligações teórico-práticas com casos clínicos — uma paciente adulta e um paciente infantil - vistos no Estágio em Psicologia Clínica em uma clínica-escola da Faculdade de Psicologia de uma Universidade. O tema é de importância para o meio acadêmico, visto que estas histórias da antiguidade ainda se fazem presentes no mundo de hoje, por serem universais e atemporais. A possibilidade de compreensão dos casos atendidos à luz dos mitos sustenta a avaliação da atualidade de tais histórias (AU)

This article has the finallity of show the link of the greco-roman myths with the Psychoanalisis. For that, was been done one review of literature about the subject, besides done theoretical-practical ligations with clinical cases — one adult patient and one child patient - seen on Clinical Practice in a Pshychology Service from a university. This subject is important to the academic because this antiquity histories still presents on the world of today, for being universals and non-temporais. The ligation donewith the cases showeds was possibile just because the sub ject still actual. The possibility of understanding of this cases from the mythis, maintains the atuality avaliation of this histories (AU)

Aos treze: o corpo em cena / Thirteen: body in scene

O filme ‘Aos Treze’ mostra, de forma impactante, o drama vivido por Tracy e sua família em um momento de crise, demarcado por sua entrada na adolescência. As situações encenadas, sem dúvidas, servem de palco para muitas reflexões. Priorizei, para meus comentários, alguns aspectos das vivências da personagem Tracy, que remetem à configuração traumática de nosso mundo atual(AU)

The movie ‘Thirteen’ shows, in a shocking way, the drama of Tracy and her family in a moment of crisis, marked mainly by her entry into adolescence. There is no doubt that the situations exhibited in the movie, serve as a stage for reflection. I prioritized my comments in some aspects of Tracy’s life experiences, which remit to the traumatic configuration of our world today(AU)

Hydralazine reduces myocardial tissue damage in rats submitted to chronic inhibition of systemic nitric oxide synthesis during 4, 14 and 28 days

The aim of the present work was to develop a qualitative chronopathological study concerning abnormalities in myocardium, due to nitric oxide (NO) blockage. We used 60 Wistar normotensive young male rats from several breeds. Groups of rats were submitted to L-Name (L) via oral administration dissolved in water (750mg/l) during days 4, 14 and 28. Other groups were submitted concomitantly to L-Name and hydralazine hydrocloride (L + H) (120mg/l). On days 4 and 14 (L group) we have found myocardial abnormalities and lesions while in L + H we could not identify abnormalities. Considering L group on day 28, the myocardium presented characteristic fibrosis (reactive and reparative), vascular damage with increasing wall thickness due mainly to proliferation of the arterial smooth muscle cell. Total obliteration of vessels was noted only in this period. We also observed reactive fibrosis between muscle cells of the vascular wall and proliferation of cells in the intimal layer. In L + H (day 28), similar vascular abnormalities described for L group (less frequent and less apparent) were also observed. In L + H we did not identify total vascular obstructions. In L + H, infarct areas were not observed. Control groups did not present any abnormalities. Our results support the idea that, at least in some cases, hypertrophy vascular abnormalities and myocardial lesions in arterial hypertension can occur because of the reduction in organic nitric oxide production. Our results also suggested that these morbid processes can be postponed by the use of hydralazine which, however, does not avoid abnormalities after long-term experimental blockage of NO