2026 Fulvio A. Scorza: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	47	6403	5891	42	41	664	9196

Overview

Fulvio A. Scorza is affiliated with the Federal University of Sao Paulo in Brazil. Their research primarily focuses on the field of medicine, with a substantial body of work in neurology. Their scientific contributions extend into several subfields including neurology, infectious diseases, psychiatry and mental health, surgery, and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

The researcher has published extensively on topics such as long-term effects of COVID-19, peripheral neuropathies and disorders, Parkinson's disease mechanisms and treatments, COVID-19 clinical research studies, retinal and optic conditions, neurological disorders and treatments, as well as infectious encephalopathies and encephalitis.

Fulvio A. Scorza has frequently collaborated with notable co-authors including:

Josef Finsterer
Carla A. Scorza
Ana C. Fiorini
Antônio-Carlos G. de Almeida

Their publications appear often in the following venues:

Clinics
Critical Care Science
Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira
Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine
Annals of Medicine and Surgery

Selected recent papers include:

Guillain-Barre syndrome in 220 patients with COVID-19, 2021, The Egyptian Journal of Neurology Psychiatry and Neurosurgery
COVID-19 associated cranial nerve neuropathy: A systematic review, 2021, Bosnian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences
Post SARS-CoV-2 vaccination Guillain-Barre syndrome in 19 patients, 2021, Clinics
Peripheral neuropathy in COVID-19 is due to immune-mechanisms, pre-existing risk factors, anti-viral drugs, or bedding in the Intensive Care Unit, 2021, Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
SARS-CoV-2-associated Guillain-Barre syndrome in 62 patients, 2020, European Journal of Neurology

Best Publications

The burden of premature mortality of epilepsy in high-income countries: A systematic review from the Mortality Task Force of the International League Against Epilepsy.

David J. Thurman;Giancarlo Logroscino;Ettore Beghi;W. Allen Hauser

346
Citations
The pilocarpine model of epilepsy: what have we learned?

Fulvio A Scorza;Ricardo M Arida;Maria da Graça Naffah-Mazzacoratti;Débora A Scerni

242
Citations
Effect of physical exercise on seizure occurrence in a model of temporal lobe epilepsy in rats.

Ricardo Mario Arida;Fulvio Alexandre Scorza;Neide Ferreira dos Santos;Clovisde Araujo Peres

209
Citations
Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology and biological psychiatry Re.: omega-3 fatty acids and sudden unexpected death in epilepsy: what does the evidence tell us?

Fulvio A. Scorza;Roberta M. Cysneiros;Ricardo M. Arida;Marly de Albuquerque

187
Citations
The course of untreated seizures in the pilocarpine model of epilepsy.

Ricardo Mario Arida;Fulvio Alexandre Scorza;Clovis de Araujo Peres;Esper Abrão Cavalheiro

183
Citations
Early exercise promotes positive hippocampal plasticity and improves spatial memory in the adult life of rats.

Sérgio Gomes da Silva;Nicolas Unsain;Daniel Hugo Mascó;Michelle Toscano-Silva

171
Citations
Physical Activity and Epilepsy Proven and Predicted Benefits

Ricardo M Arida;Esper A Cavalheiro;Antonio C da Silva;Fulvio A Scorza

160
Citations
Cardiac abnormalities in Parkinson's disease and Parkinsonism.

Fulvio A. Scorza;Ana C. Fiorini;Ana C. Fiorini;Carla A. Scorza;Josef Finsterer

150
Citations
Differential effects of spontaneous versus forced exercise in rats on the staining of parvalbumin-positive neurons in the hippocampal formation.

Ricardo Mario Arida;Ricardo Mario Arida;Carla Alessandra Scorza;Alexandre Valotta da Silva;Fulvio Alexandre Scorza;Fulvio Alexandre Scorza

143
Citations
Evaluation of physical activity habits in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder

Marcio Antonio de Assis;Marcelo Feijó de Mello;Fulvio Alexandre Scorza;Mariana Pupo Cadrobbi

141
Citations
Exercise-induced hippocampal anti-inflammatory response in aged rats.

Sérgio Gomes da Silva;Priscila Santos Rodrigues Simões;Renato Arruda Mortara;Fulvio Alexandre Scorza

139
Citations
Whole transcriptome analysis of the hippocampus: toward a molecular portrait of epileptogenesis

Oswaldo K Okamoto;Luciana Janjoppi;Felipe M Bonone;Aline P Pansani

130
Citations
Evaluation of physical exercise habits in Brazilian patients with epilepsy

Ricardo Mario Arida;Fulvio Alexandre Scorza;Fulvio Alexandre Scorza;Marly de Albuquerque;Roberta Monterazzo Cysneiros

121
Citations
Acute strength exercise and the involvement of small or large muscle mass on plasma brain‐derived neurotrophic factor levels

Paulo Roberto Correia;Aline Priscila Pansani;Felipe Machado;Marilia dos Santos Andrade

120
Citations
Experimental and clinical findings from physical exercise as complementary therapy for epilepsy.

Ricardo Mario Arida;Antonio-Carlos Guimarães de Almeida;Esper Abrão Cavalheiro;Fulvio Alexandre Scorza

118
Citations
Effects of different types of physical exercise on the staining of parvalbumin-positive neurons in the hippocampal formation of rats with epilepsy.

Ricardo Mario Arida;Carla Alessandra Scorza;Fulvio Alexandre Scorza;Sergio Gomes da Silva

117
Citations
Guillain-Barre syndrome in 220 patients with COVID-19

Josef Finsterer;Fulvio A. Scorza

114
Citations
Physical training reverts hippocampal electrophysiological changes in rats submitted to the pilocarpine model of epilepsy.

Ricardo Mario Arida;Emilio Rafael Garrido Sanabria;Andre Cesar da Silva;Leonardo Coutinho Faria

103
Citations
Piperine decreases pilocarpine-induced convulsions by GABAergic mechanisms

Giovany Michely Pinto da Cruz;Cícero Francisco Bezerra Felipe;Fúlvio Alexandre Scorza;Marta Aline Coelho da Costa

100
Citations
Cardiorespiratory and electroencephalographic responses to exhaustive acute physical exercise in people with temporal lobe epilepsy

Rodrigo Luiz Vancini;Claudio Andre Barbosa de Lira;Fúlvio Alexandre Scorza;Marly de Albuquerque

95
Citations
The potential role of physical exercise in the treatment of epilepsy.

Ricardo Mario Arida;Fulvio Alexandre Scorza;Sérgio Gomes da Silva;Steven C. Schachter

93
Citations