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Iraci Lucena da Silva Torres

Iraci Lucena da Silva Torres

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Neuroscience

D-Index
49
Citations
8209
World Ranking
6007
National Ranking
35

Iraci Lucena da Silva Torres publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Iraci Lucena da Silva Torres sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 276 publications — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Iraci Lucena da Silva Torres D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Iraci Lucena da Silva Torres sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Overview

Iraci Lucena da Silva Torres is affiliated with the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with a strong focus on subfields such as Physiology, Neurology, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and Pharmacology.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, particularly related to neurostimulation methods and pain treatment. Main topics of research include:

  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
  • Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Pain Management and Treatment
  • Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
  • Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
  • Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology
  • Muscle activation and electromyography studies

Key publications by Iraci Lucena da Silva Torres feature studies in neurostimulation and pain modulation, among other areas:

  • Clinical impact of melatonin on breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy; effects on cognition, sleep and depressive symptoms: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Patients with Anxiety: Current Perspectives, 2020, Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment
  • Impact of Bifrontal Home-Based Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Pain Catastrophizing and Disability due to Pain in Fibromyalgia: A Randomized, Double-Blind Sham-Controlled Study, 2021, Journal of Pain
  • Transcranial direct current stimulation combined with exercise modulates the inflammatory profile and hyperalgesic response in rats subjected to a neuropathic pain model: Long-term effects, 2020, Brain Stimulation
  • rTMS induces analgesia and modulates neuroinflammation and neuroplasticity in neuropathic pain model rats, 2021, Brain Research

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Torres include:

  • Wolnei Caumo
  • Liciane Fernandes Medeiros
  • Dirson João Stein
  • Felipe Fregni

Their research output has been published in a number of prominent venues, notably:

  • Neuroscience Letters
  • Scientific Reports
  • Neurochemical Research
  • International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience
  • Clinical & Biomedical Research

Best Publications

  • Depression Scores Associate With Chronotype and Social Jetlag in a Rural Population

    Rosa Maria Levandovski;Giovana Dantas;Luciana Carvalho Fernandes;Wolnei Caumo

  • Neurobiological Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation: A Review

    Liciane Fernandes Medeiros;Izabel Cristina Custodio de Souza;Liliane Pinto Vidor;Andressa de Souza

  • Cross‐Cultural Adaptation and Validation of the Brazilian Portuguese Version of the Pain Catastrophizing Scale

    Francisléa Sehn;Eduardo Chachamovich;Liliane Pinto Vidor;Letizzia Dall-Agnol

  • Effects of chronic variate stress on feeding behavior and on monoamine levels in different rat brain structures.

    G D Gamaro;L P Manoli;I L S Torres;R Silveira

  • Efficacy of melatonin in the treatment of endometriosis: a phase II, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.

    André Schwertner;Claudia C. Conceição dos Santos;Gislene Dalferth Costa;Alícia Deitos

  • The Central Sensitization Inventory validated and adapted for a Brazilian population: psychometric properties and its relationship with brain-derived neurotrophic factor.

    Wolnei Caumo;Luciana da Conceição Antunes;Jéssica Lorenzzi Elkfury;Evelyn Grabin Herbstrith

  • A Review on the Role of Inflammation in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.

    Douglas Teixeira Leffa;Iraci L S Torres;Luis Augusto Rohde

  • The Influence of Palatable Diets in Reward System Activation: A Mini Review

    Isabel Cristina de Macedo;Joice Soares de Freitas;Iraci Lucena da Silva Torres

  • Neonatal cerebral hypoxia-ischemia causes lateralized memory impairments in the adult rat.

    Nice Sarmento Arteni;Jennifer Salgueiro;Iraci Torres;Matilde Achaval

  • Long-lasting delayed hyperalgesia after chronic restraint stress in rats-effect of morphine administration.

    Iraci Lucena da Silva Torres;Simone N.S Cucco;Marcio Bassani;Marcelo S Duarte

  • Depth of /spl gamma/-ray interaction within continuous crystals from the width of its scintillation light-distribution

    C.W. Lerche;J.M. Benlloch;F. Sanchez;N. Pavon

  • Melatonin analgesia is associated with improvement of the descending endogenous pain-modulating system in fibromyalgia: a phase II, randomized, double-dummy, controlled trial

    Simone de Azevedo Zanette;Rafael Vercelino;Gabriela Laste;Joanna Ripoll Rozisky

  • Aging affects oxidative state in hippocampus, hypothalamus and adrenal glands of Wistar rats.

    Ionara Rodrigues Siqueira;Cíntia Fochesatto;Iraci Lucena da Silva Torres;Carla Dalmaz

  • Cafeteria diet-induced obesity plus chronic stress alter serum leptin levels

    I.C. Macedo;L.F. Medeiros;C. Oliveira;C.M. Oliveira

  • Motor Cortex Excitability and BDNF Levels in Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain According to Structural Pathology

    Wolnei Caumo;Alícia Deitos;Sandra Carvalho;Jorge Leite

  • Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Increases the Corticospinal Inhibition and the Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor in Chronic Myofascial Pain Syndrome: An Explanatory Double-Blinded, Randomized, Sham-Controlled Trial

    Letizzia Dall’Agnol;Liciane Fernandes Medeiros;Iraci L.S. Torres;Alicia Deitos

  • Evaluation of the structure of Brazilian State-Trait Anxiety Inventory using a Rasch psychometric approach ☆ ☆☆

    Márcia Balle Kaipper;Eduardo Chachamovich;Maria Paz Loayza Hidalgo;Iraci Lucena da Silva Torres

  • Effects of chronic restraint stress on feeding behavior and on monoamine levels in different brain structures in rats.

    I. L. S. Torres;G. D. Gamaro;A. P. Vasconcellos;R. Silveira

  • Reversal of chronic stress-induced pain by transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in an animal model.

    Lauren Naomi Spezia Adachi;Wolnei Caumo;Gabriela Laste;Liciane Fernandes Medeiros

  • Clinical impact of melatonin on breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy; effects on cognition, sleep and depressive symptoms: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.

    Ana Claudia Souza Palmer;Maxciel Zortea;Andressa Souza;Vinicius Santos

  • Repeated restraint stress alters hippocampal glutamate uptake and release in the rat.

    Fernanda Urruth Fontella;Deusa Aparecida Vendite;Angela Sampaio Tabajara;Lisiane O Porciúncula

Frequent Co-Authors

Wolnei Caumo
Wolnei Caumo Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Felipe Fregni
Felipe Fregni Harvard University
Carla Dalmaz
Carla Dalmaz Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Luis Augusto Rohde
Luis Augusto Rohde Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Carla Denise Bonan
Carla Denise Bonan Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul
Carlos Alexandre Netto
Carlos Alexandre Netto Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Diogo O. Souza
Diogo O. Souza Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Regina P. Markus
Regina P. Markus Universidade de São Paulo
Maurício Reis Bogo
Maurício Reis Bogo Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul
Andre R. Brunoni
Andre R. Brunoni Universidade de São Paulo

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