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  • 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in Brazil Leader Award
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  • 2022 - Research.com Neuroscience in Brazil Leader Award

Overview

Fernando Cendes is affiliated with the State University of Campinas in Brazil. Their research spans several intersecting fields within medicine and neuroscience, with a particular emphasis on epilepsy and neuroimaging.

The main fields of study they have contributed to include Medicine and Neuroscience. Within these areas, Cendes has focused on subfields such as Psychiatry and Mental Health, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Neurology, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.

Their research topics prominently cover:

  • Epilepsy research and treatment
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
  • Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
  • Fetal and Pediatric Neurological Disorders

Cendes has published extensively in several high-profile journals and publication venues. Frequent venues include:

  • Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
  • Epilepsia
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Neurology
  • Epileptic Disorders

Their recent papers feature contributions to epilepsy classification, brain infection mechanisms in COVID-19, and the broader application of neuroimaging in epilepsy syndromes. Notable publications include:

  • The ILAE consensus classification of focal cortical dysplasia: An update proposed by an ad hoc task force of the ILAE diagnostic methods commission, 2022, Epilepsia
  • Morphological, cellular, and molecular basis of brain infection in COVID-19 patients, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • White matter abnormalities across different epilepsy syndromes in adults: an ENIGMA-Epilepsy study, 2020, Brain
  • Network-based atrophy modeling in the common epilepsies: A worldwide ENIGMA study, 2020, Science Advances
  • Timing of referral to evaluate for epilepsy surgery: Expert Consensus Recommendations from the Surgical Therapies Commission of the International League Against Epilepsy, 2022, Epilepsia

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Cendes include:

  • Clarissa Lin Yasuda
  • Marina K. M. Alvim
  • Brunno Machado de Campos
  • Íscia Lopes-Cendes
  • Paul M. Thompson

In addition to journal publications, Cendes has contributed to book publications, including a volume published by Frontiers Media titled Epilepsy - Case Report Collection 2022 released in 2023.

Best Publications

  • The clinicopathologic spectrum of focal cortical dysplasias: A consensus classification proposed by an ad hoc Task Force of the ILAE Diagnostic Methods Commission

    Ingmar Blümcke;Maria Thom;Eleonora Aronica;Dawna D. Armstrong

  • Texture analysis of medical images.

    G. Castellano;L. Bonilha;L.M. Li;F. Cendes

  • International consensus classification of hippocampal sclerosis in temporal lobe epilepsy: A Task Force report from the ILAE Commission on Diagnostic Methods

    Ingmar Blümcke;Maria Thom;Eleonora Aronica;Dawna D. Armstrong

  • The genetic architecture of the human cerebral cortex

    Katrina L. Grasby;Neda Jahanshad;Jodie N. Painter;Lucía Colodro-Conde

  • The consequences of refractory epilepsy and its treatment

    Kenneth D. Laxer;Eugen Trinka;Lawrence J. Hirsch;Fernando Cendes

  • Autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy. A distinctive clinical disorder.

    I E Scheffer;K P Bhatia;I Lopes-Cendes;D R Fish

  • Early childhood prolonged febrile convulsions, atrophy and sclerosis of mesial structures, and temporal lobe epilepsy: An MRI volumetric study

    F. Cendes;F. Andermann;F. Dubeau;P. Gloor

  • MRI volumetric measurement of amygdala and hippocampus in temporal lobe epilepsy

    F. Cendes;F. Andermann;P. Gloor;A. Evans

  • Structural brain abnormalities in the common epilepsies assessed in a worldwide ENIGMA study.

    Christopher D Whelan;Christopher D Whelan;Andre Altmann;Juan A Botía;Neda Jahanshad

  • Recommendations for the use of structural magnetic resonance imaging in the care of patients with epilepsy: A consensus report from the International League Against Epilepsy Neuroimaging Task Force.

    Andrea Bernasconi;Fernando Cendes;William H. Theodore;Ravnoor S. Gill

  • Autosomal dominant frontal epilepsy misdiagnosed as sleep disorder

    Ingrid E Scheffer;K P Bhatia;I Lopes-Cendes;D R Fish

  • The ILAE consensus classification of focal cortical dysplasia: An update proposed by an ad hoc task force of the ILAE diagnostic methods commission

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  • Morphological, cellular, and molecular basis of brain infection in COVID-19 patients

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  • Learning and retention of words and designs following excision from medial or lateral temporal-lobe structures

    M Jones-Gotman;R J Zatorre;A Olivier;F Andermann

  • Neuroimaging evidence of progressive neuronal loss and dysfunction in temporal lobe epilepsy.

    Edwin Tasch;Fernando Cendes;Li Min Li;Francois Dubeau

  • Atrophy of mesial structures in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy: cause or consequence of repeated seizures?

    F. Cendes;F. Andermann;F. Andermann;P. Gloor;P. Gloor;I. Lopes-Cendes;I. Lopes-Cendes

  • Frequency and characteristics of dual pathology in patients with lesional epilepsy.

    F. Cendes;M. J. Cook;Craig Watson;F. Andermann

  • Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging and magnetic resonance imaging volumetry in the lateralization of temporal lobe epilepsy : a series of 100 patients

    Fernando Cendes;Zografos Caramanos;Frederick Andermann;François Dubeau

  • Lateralization of temporal lobe epilepsy based on regional metabolic abnormalities in proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic images.

    Fernando Cendes;Frederick Andermann;Mark C. Preul;Douglas L. Arnold

  • Surgical outcome in patients with epilepsy and dual pathology

    L. M. Li;F. Cendes;Frederick Andermann;Craig Watson

  • Mesial atrophy and outcome after amygdalohippocampectomy or temporal lobe removal.

    F Arruda;F Cendes;F Andermann;F Dubeau

  • Normalization of neuronal metabolic dysfunction after surgery for temporal lobe epilepsy Evidence from proton MR spectroscopic imaging

    F. Cendes;F. Andermann;F. Dubeau;P. M. Matthews

Frequent Co-Authors

Iscia Lopes-Cendes
Iscia Lopes-Cendes State University of Campinas
Benito Pereira Damasceno
Benito Pereira Damasceno State University of Campinas
Marilisa M. Guerreiro
Marilisa M. Guerreiro State University of Campinas
Carlos A.M. Guerreiro
Carlos A.M. Guerreiro State University of Campinas
Eliane Kobayashi
Eliane Kobayashi Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital
François Dubeau
François Dubeau McGill University
Leonardo Bonilha
Leonardo Bonilha Medical University of South Carolina
Douglas L. Arnold
Douglas L. Arnold Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital
Frederick Andermann
Frederick Andermann McGill University
Andrea Bernasconi
Andrea Bernasconi Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital

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