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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in Brazil Leader Award
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Overview

Sergio Tufik is affiliated with the Federal University of Sao Paulo in Brazil. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with specific contributions to Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Physiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Clinical Psychology.

The main topics they have worked on include Sleep and Wakefulness Research, Sleep and related disorders, Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research, Exercise and Physiological Responses, Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research, Muscle Physiology and Disorders, and Menstrual Health and Disorders.

Tufik has authored several papers published in notable scientific journals. Recent publications include:

  • "Histopathological changes and oxidative damage in type I and type II muscle fibers in rats undergoing paradoxical sleep deprivation" (2021, Cellular Signalling)
  • "Should we screen for sleep apnoea in men with idiopathic infertility?" (2025, Nature Reviews Urology)
  • "Sleep is altered during menstruation but not inflammatory parameters: Results from polysomnography of EPISONO database" (2024, Journal of Sleep Research)
  • "An investigation of racial and socioeconomic factors related to sleep in a Brazilian population sample" (2025, Sleep Health)
  • "1170 Exploring the Behavior of Autoantibodies and Vitamin D in a Vitiligo Sample: A Link with Phototherapy and Sleep" (2025, SLEEP)

The venues where Tufik frequently publishes include:

  • Journal of Sleep Research
  • SLEEP
  • Cellular Signalling
  • Nature Reviews Urology
  • Sleep Health

Collaborators who frequently coauthor with Tufik are:

  • Mônica L. Andersen
  • Marcos Mônico-Neto
  • Hanna Karen Moreira Antunes
  • Tathiana A. Alvarenga
  • G. L. Fernandes

Best Publications

  • Estimation of the global prevalence and burden of obstructive sleep apnoea: a literature-based analysis.

    Adam V. Benjafield;Najib T. Ayas;Peter R. Eastwood;Raphael Heinzer

  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome in the Sao Paulo Epidemiologic Sleep Study

    Sergio Tufik;Rogerio Santos-Silva;Jose Augusto Taddei;Lia Rita Azeredo Bittencourt

  • The impact of resistance exercise on the cognitive function of the elderly.

    Ricardo C. Cassilhas;Valter A. R. Viana;Viviane Grassmann;Ronaldo Vagner Thomatieli dos Santos

  • Further validation of actigraphy for sleep studies.

    Luciane de Souza;Ana Amélia Benedito-Silva;Maria Laura Nogueira Pires;Dalva Poyares

  • Afferent pain pathways: a neuroanatomical review.

    Tatiana F. Almeida;Suely Roizenblatt;Sergio Tufik

  • SPATIAL MEMORY IS IMPROVED BY AEROBIC AND RESISTANCE EXERCISE THROUGH DIVERGENT MOLECULAR MECHANISMS

    R.C. Cassilhas;K.S. Lee;J. Fernandes;M.G.M. Oliveira

  • Sleep deprivation induced by the modified multiple platform technique: quantification of sleep loss and recovery.

    Ricardo Borges Machado;Débora C Hipólide;Ana Amélia Benedito-Silva;Sergio Tufik

  • Interactions between sleep, stress, and metabolism: From physiological to pathological conditions

    Camila Hirotsu;Sergio Tufik;Monica Levy Andersen

  • Alpha sleep characteristics in fibromyalgia

    Suely Roizenblatt;Harvey Moldofsky;Ana Amelia Benedito-Silva;Sergio Tufik

  • Special section World Health Organisation (WHO) - World Association of Sleep Medicine (WASM) Recommendations - Part 1 Developing ICF Core Sets for persons with sleep disorders based on the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health q

    A. Stucki;A. Cieza;F. Michel;G. Stucki

  • Role of hippocampal oxidative stress in memory deficits induced by sleep deprivation in mice.

    R.H Silva;V.C Abílio;A.L Takatsu;S.R Kameda

  • Randomized, double-blind clinical trial, controlled with placebo, of the toxicology of chronic melatonin treatment.

    Maria de Lourdes V. Seabra;Magda Bignotto;Luciano R. Pinto;Sergio Tufik

  • Rapid Detection and Identification of Metallo-β-Lactamase-Encoding Genes by Multiplex Real-Time PCR Assay and Melt Curve Analysis

    Rodrigo E. Mendes;Rodrigo E. Mendes;Katia A. Kiyota;Jussimara Monteiro;Jussimara Monteiro;Mariana Castanheira

  • Sleep and muscle recovery: endocrinological and molecular basis for a new and promising hypothesis.

    M. Dattilo;H.K.M. Antunes;A. Medeiros;M. Mônico Neto

  • Equilíbrio, coordenação e agilidade de idosos submetidos à prática de exercícios físicos resistidos

    Andressa da Silva;Gustavo Jeronimo de Melo Almeida;Ricardo Cardoso Cassilhas;Moises Cohen

  • Does REM sleep deprivation induce a supersensitivity of dopaminergic receptors in the rat brain

    Sergio Tufik;Charles Julian Lindsey;Elisaldo Araujo Carlini

  • Endocrinological and catecholaminergic alterations during sleep deprivation and recovery in male rats.

    Monica L Andersen;Paulo J F Martins;Vânia D'Almeida;Magda Bignotto

  • O exercício físico e os aspectos psicobiológicos

    Marco Túlio de Mello;Rita Aurélia Boscolo;Andrea Maculano Esteves;Sergio Tufik

  • Physical exercise, neuroplasticity, spatial learning and memory

    Ricardo Cardoso Cassilhas;Ricardo Cardoso Cassilhas;Sergio Tufik;Marco Tulio de Mello

  • Social stability attenuates the stress in the modified multiple platform method for paradoxical sleep deprivation in the rat.

    Deborah Suchecki;Sergio Tufik

Frequent Co-Authors

Roberto Frussa-Filho
Roberto Frussa-Filho Federal University of Sao Paulo
Deborah Suchecki
Deborah Suchecki Federal University of Sao Paulo
Fulvio A. Scorza
Fulvio A. Scorza Federal University of Sao Paulo
Esper A. Cavalheiro
Esper A. Cavalheiro Federal University of Sao Paulo
Christian Guilleminault
Christian Guilleminault Stanford University
José N. Nobrega
José N. Nobrega Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Orlando Francisco Amodeo Bueno
Orlando Francisco Amodeo Bueno Federal University of Sao Paulo
Luiz E. Mello
Luiz E. Mello Federal University of Sao Paulo
Allan I. Pack
Allan I. Pack University of Pennsylvania

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