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Norberto Garcia-Cairasco

Norberto Garcia-Cairasco

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Neuroscience

D-Index
42
Citations
7550
World Ranking
7622
National Ranking
61

Overview

Norberto Garcia-Cairasco is affiliated with the Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil. Their research spans multiple domains within neuroscience and medicine, with a significant focus on neuropharmacology and neurophysiology.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Neuroscience (67 publications)
  • Medicine (44 publications)

Within these broader fields, their work concentrates on several subfields, such as:

  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (33 publications)
  • Cognitive Neuroscience (13 publications)
  • Psychiatry and Mental Health (13 publications)
  • Physiology (12 publications)
  • Molecular Biology (10 publications)

The central topics of their research involve:

  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (58 publications)
  • Epilepsy Research and Treatment (26 publications)
  • Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research (18 publications)
  • Neuroendocrine Regulation and Behavior (16 publications)
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol (14 publications)
  • Alzheimer's Disease Research and Treatments (14 publications)
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces (8 publications)

Norberto Garcia-Cairasco frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Epilepsy & Behavior (8 publications)
  • Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews (3 publications)
  • Journal of Alzheimer s Disease (3 publications)
  • Frontiers in Neurology (3 publications)
  • Molecular Neurobiology (3 publications)

Notable recent papers include:

  • "The anticonvulsant effects of cannabidiol in experimental models of epileptic seizures: From behavior and mechanisms to clinical insights," 2020, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • "Cannabidiol effectively reverses mechanical and thermal allodynia, hyperalgesia, and anxious behaviors in a neuropathic pain model: Possible role of CB1 and TRPV1 receptors," 2021, Neuropharmacology
  • "Deep learning approaches for seizure video analysis: A review," 2024, Epilepsy & Behavior
  • "Insulin Resistance as a Common Link Between Current Alzheimer's Disease Hypotheses," 2021, Journal of Alzheimer s Disease
  • "Exploring the light/dark box test: Protocols and implications for neuroscience research," 2022, Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Frequent collaborators in Norberto Garcia-Cairasco's work include:

  • Willian Lazarini-Lopes (15 coauthored publications)
  • José Antônio Cortes de Oliveira (13 coauthored publications)
  • Rui Milton Patrício da Silva-Júnior (12 coauthored publications)
  • Gabriel Servilha-Menezes (9 coauthored publications)
  • Suélen Santos Alves (7 coauthored publications)

Best Publications

  • A Comprehensive Overview on Stress Neurobiology: Basic Concepts and Clinical Implications

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  • Animal models of epilepsy: use and limitations

    Ludmyla Kandratavicius;Priscila Alves Balista;Cleiton Lopes-Aguiar;Rafael Naime Ruggiero

  • New insights from the use of pilocarpine and kainate models

    João Pereira Leite;Norberto Garcia-Cairasco;E. A. Cavalheiro

  • Neuroethological and morphological (Neo-Timm staining) correlates of limbic recruitment during the development of audiogenic kindling in seizure susceptible Wistar rats.

    N. Garcia-Cairasco;H. Wakamatsu;J.A.C. Oliveira;E.L.T. Gomes

  • Audiogenic kindling in the Wistar rat: a potential model for recruitment of limbic structures

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  • Quantitative study of the response to genetic selection of the Wistar audiogenic rat strain (WAR).

    M C Doretto;C G Fonseca;R B Lôbo;V C Terra

  • Behavioral, Morphologic, and Electroencephalographic Evaluation of Seizures Induced by Intrahippocampal Microinjection of Pilocarpine

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  • Midbrain substrates of audiogenic seizures in rats

    N. Garcia-Cairasco;V.C. Terra;M.C. Doretto

  • Modulation of experimental arthritis by vagal sensory and central brain stimulation

    Gabriel Shimizu Bassi;Daniel Penteado Martins Dias;Marcelo Franchin;Jhimmy Talbot

  • The Wistar Audiogenic Rat (WAR) strain and its contributions to epileptology and related comorbidities: History and perspectives

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  • Intrinsic neural circuits between dorsal midbrain neurons that control fear-induced responses and seizure activity and nuclei of the pain inhibitory system elaborating postictal antinociceptive processes: a functional neuroanatomical and neuropharmacological study.

    Renato L. Freitas;Célio M.R. Ferreira;Sandro J. Ribeiro;Andressa D. Carvalho

  • Anticonvulsant and proconvulsant roles of nitric oxide in experimental epilepsy models.

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  • Hippocampal cell proliferation and epileptogenesis after audiogenic kindling are not accompanied by mossy fiber sprouting or fluoro-jade staining

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  • Inhibition of the renin-angiotensin system prevents seizures in a rat model of epilepsy.

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  • New insights into behavioral evaluation of audiogenic seizures. A comparison of two ethological methods.

    N. Garcia-Cairasco;M.C. Doretto;R.P. Prado;B.P.D. Jorge

  • Comparative neuroanatomical and temporal characterization of FluoroJade-positive neurodegeneration after status epilepticus induced by systemic and intrahippocampal pilocarpine in Wistar rats.

    O.W. Castro;M.A. Furtado;C.Q. Tilelli;A. Fernandes

  • Impact of Corticosterone Treatment on Spontaneous Seizure Frequency and Epileptiform Activity in Mice with Chronic Epilepsy

    Olagide Wagner de Castro;Victor Rodrigues Santos;Raymund Y. K. Pun;Jessica M. McKlveen

  • Reduced exploratory activity of audiogenic seizures suceptible Wistar rats

    N. Garcia-Cairasco;J.A.C. Oliveira;H. Wakamatsu;S.T.B. Bueno

  • EEG wavelet analyses of the striatum-substantia nigra pars reticulata-superior colliculus circuitry: audiogenic seizures and anticonvulsant drug administration in Wistar audiogenic rats (War strain).

    Franco Rossetti;Marcelo Cairrão Araujo Rodrigues;José Antônio Cortes de Oliveira;Norberto Garcia-Cairasco

  • Limbic epileptogenicity, cell loss and axonal reorganization induced by audiogenic and amygdala kindling in wistar audiogenic rats (WAR strain)

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  • Changes in Calcium-Binding Protein Expression in Human Cortical Contusion Tissue

    Efraín Buriticá;Liliana Villamil;Francisco Guzmán;Martha I. Escobar

  • Study of spontaneous recurrent seizures and morphological alterations after status epilepticus induced by intrahippocampal injection of pilocarpine

    M.A. Furtado;O.W. Castro;F. Del Vecchio;J.A. Cortes de Oliveira

  • Neuroanatomical and cellular substrates of hypergrooming induced by microinjection of oxytocin in central nucleus of amygdala, an experimental model of compulsive behavior

    Simone Saldanha Marroni;Frederico Nakane Nakano;Christiano Del Cantoni Gati;Christiano Del Cantoni Gati;J. A. C Oliveira

  • Post-ictal analgesia: involvement of opioid, serotoninergic and cholinergic mechanisms.

    N.C Coimbra;C Castro-Souza;E.N Segato;J.E.P Nora

  • The anticonvulsant effects of cannabidiol in experimental models of epileptic seizures: From behavior and mechanisms to clinical insights.

    Willian Lazarini-Lopes;Raquel A. Do Val-da Silva;Rui M.P. da Silva-Júnior;João P. Leite

  • Methodological standards and interpretation of video-electroencephalography in adult control rodents. A TASK1-WG1 report of the AES/ILAE Translational Task Force of the ILAE

    Shilpa D. Kadam;Raimondo D'Ambrosio;Venceslas Duveau;Corinne Roucard

  • PTEN deletion increases hippocampal granule cell excitability in male and female mice.

    Victor R. Santos;Raymund Y.K. Pun;Salwa R. Arafa;Candi L. LaSarge

  • Pathophysiology of mood disorders in temporal lobe epilepsy

    Ludmyla Kandratavicius;Rafael Naime Ruggiero;Jaime Eduardo Hallak;Norberto Garcia-Cairasco

Frequent Co-Authors

João Pereira Leite
João Pereira Leite Universidade de São Paulo
José Antunes-Rodrigues
José Antunes-Rodrigues Universidade de São Paulo
Américo Ceiki Sakamoto
Américo Ceiki Sakamoto Universidade de São Paulo
Steve C. Danzer
Steve C. Danzer Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Luiz G.S. Branco
Luiz G.S. Branco Universidade de São Paulo
Phillip C. Jobe
Phillip C. Jobe University of Illinois at Chicago
Aristea S. Galanopoulou
Aristea S. Galanopoulou Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Fernanda G. De Felice
Fernanda G. De Felice Queen's University
Akio Ikeda
Akio Ikeda Kyoto University
Marian Joëls
Marian Joëls University of Groningen

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