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Américo Ceiki Sakamoto

Américo Ceiki Sakamoto

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44
Citations
7798
World Ranking
7152
National Ranking
57

Overview

Américo Ceiki Sakamoto is affiliated with the Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil and has contributed extensively to the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience. Their research primarily focuses on epilepsy, brain function, and neurological disorders, with additional interest in cellular and molecular neuroscience. Their publications span topics such as epilepsy research and treatment, neuroscience and neuropharmacology, pharmacological effects and toxicity studies, EEG and brain-computer interfaces, microRNA in disease regulation, neonatal and fetal brain pathology, and cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus.

They have published in several scientific venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Epilepsia
  • Frontiers in Neurology
  • Epilepsy Research
  • Epileptic Disorders
  • Child's Nervous System

Their body of work includes papers such as:

  • Long-Term Outcome of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Surgery in 621 Patients With Hippocampal Sclerosis: Clinical and Surgical Prognostic Factors, 2022, Frontiers in Neurology
  • Could the 2017 ILAE and the four-dimensional epilepsy classifications be merged to a new "Integrated Epilepsy Classification"?, 2020, Seizure
  • Expression of circulating microRNAs as predictors of diagnosis and surgical outcome in patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis, 2020, Epilepsy Research
  • Modulation of NMDA receptor by miR-219 in the amygdala and hippocampus of patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy, 2020, Journal of Clinical Neuroscience
  • Multidimensional Approach Assessing the Role of Interleukin 1 Beta in Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy, 2021, Frontiers in Neurology

Among frequent co-authors collaborating with Américo Ceiki Sakamoto are:

  • Tonicarlo Rodrigues Velasco
  • Hélio Rubens Machado
  • Ana Paula Andrade Hamad
  • Marcelo Volpon Santos
  • Frederico Nakane Nakano

Their research subfields include psychiatry and mental health, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, cellular and molecular neuroscience, molecular biology, and cognitive neuroscience.

Their scientific output reflects a multidisciplinary approach combining clinical insights and molecular biology techniques aimed at better understanding epilepsy and related neurological disorders, with a special emphasis on factors predicting treatment outcomes and the molecular mechanisms underlying disease progression.

Best Publications

  • Semiological Seizure Classification

    H. Lüders;Jayant Acharya;C. Baumgartner;S. Benbadis

  • Hippocampal GABA and glutamate transporter immunoreactivity in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy

    G.W. Mathern;D. Mendoza;A. Lozada;J.K. Pretorius

  • Cavernoma-related epilepsy: review and recommendations for management--report of the Surgical Task Force of the ILAE Commission on Therapeutic Strategies

    Felix Rosenow;Mario A Alonso-Vanegas;Christoph Baumgartner;Ingmar Blümcke

  • Nasu-Hakola Disease (Polycystic Lipomembranous Osteodysplasia with Sclerosing Leukoencephalopathy—PLOSL): A Dementia Associated with Bone Cystic Lesions. From Clinical to Genetic and Molecular Aspects

    Bianchin Mm;Capella Hm;Chaves Dl;Steindel M

  • Cellular prion protein: on the road for functions.

    Vilma R Martins;Rafael Linden;Marco A.M Prado;Roger Walz

  • Epilepsies associated with hippocampal sclerosis

    Fernando Cendes;Americo C. Sakamoto;Roberto Spreafico;William Bingaman

  • Human hippocampal AMPA and NMDA mRNA levels in temporal lobe epilepsy patients.

    G. W. Mathern;J. K. Pretorius;H. I. Kornblum;D. Mendoza

  • Cerebral Infarction in Patients Aged 15 to 40 Years

    José Ibiapina Siqueira Neto;Antonio Carlos Santos;Soraia Ramos Cabete Fabio;Americo C. Sakamoto

  • Analysis of clinical characteristics and risk factors for mortality in human status epilepticus

    Eliana Garzon;Regina Maria França Fernandes;Américo Ceiki Sakamoto;Américo Ceiki Sakamoto

  • Cognitive decline in temporal lobe epilepsy due to unilateral hippocampal sclerosis.

    Carolina Mattos Marques;Luís Otávio Sales Ferreira Caboclo;Tatiana Indelicato da Silva;Maria Helena da Silva Noffs

  • Hyperventilation Revisited: Physiological Effects and Efficacy on Focal Seizure Activation in the Era of Video‐EEG Monitoring

    Mirian S B Guaranha;Eliana Garzon;Carlos A Buchpiguel;Sérgio Tazima

  • Self-perception of factors that precipitate or inhibit seizures in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy

    Patrícia da Silva Sousa;Katia Lin;Eliana Garzon;Américo C. Sakamoto;Américo C. Sakamoto

  • Serial EEG during human status epilepticus: Evidence for PLED as an ictal pattern

    Eliana Garzon;Regina Maria França Fernandes;Américo Ceiki Sakamoto

  • A new epileptic seizure classification based exclusively on ictal semiology

    H. Lüders;J. Acharya;C. Baumgartner;S. Benbadis

  • Quality of life and burden in caregivers of patients with epilepsy.

    Ana Carolina Westphal-Guitti;Neide Barreira Alonso;Rosa Cristina Vaz Pedroso Migliorini;Tatiana Indelicato da Silva

  • Calcified neurocysticercotic lesions and postsurgery seizure control in temporal lobe epilepsy.

    J. P. Leite;V. C. Terra-Bustamante;R. M. F. Fernandes;A. C. Santos

  • Validity and reliability of the Portuguese version of the quality of life in epilepsy inventory (QOLIE-31) for Brazil.

    Tatiana Indelicato da Silva;Rozana Mesquita Ciconelli;Neide Barreira Alonso;Auro Mauro Azevedo

  • Do psychiatric comorbidities predict postoperative seizure outcome in temporal lobe epilepsy surgery

    Ricardo Guarnieri;Roger Walz;Jaime E.C. Hallak;Érica Coimbra

  • Psychiatric comorbidity in epilepsy: a study comparing patients with mesial temporal sclerosis and juvenile myoclonic epilepsy.

    Gerardo Maria de Araújo Filho;Vivianne Pellegrino Rosa;Katia Lin;Luís Otávio Sales Ferreira Caboclo

  • Seizure outcome after surgery for epilepsy due to focal cortical dysplastic lesions

    Veriano Alexandre;Roger Walz;Marino M. Bianchin;Tonicarlo R. Velasco

Frequent Co-Authors

Elza Márcia Targas Yacubian
Elza Márcia Targas Yacubian Federal University of Sao Paulo
Roger Walz
Roger Walz Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
João Pereira Leite
João Pereira Leite Universidade de São Paulo
Esper A. Cavalheiro
Esper A. Cavalheiro Federal University of Sao Paulo
Fulvio A. Scorza
Fulvio A. Scorza Federal University of Sao Paulo
Vilma R. Martins
Vilma R. Martins National Institute of Standards and Technology
Ricardo Mario Arida
Ricardo Mario Arida Federal University of Sao Paulo
Gary W. Mathern
Gary W. Mathern University of California, Los Angeles
Hans Lüders
Hans Lüders Case Western Reserve University
Felix Rosenow
Felix Rosenow Goethe University Frankfurt

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