Agessandro Abrahão

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
60 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Agessandro Abrahão is a scholar working on Neurology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Agessandro Abrahão has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Neurology, 13 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 11 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Agessandro Abrahão's work include Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research (19 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (11 papers) and Neurological disorders and treatments (11 papers). Agessandro Abrahão is often cited by papers focused on Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research (19 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (11 papers) and Neurological disorders and treatments (11 papers). Agessandro Abrahão collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Brazil and United States. Agessandro Abrahão's co-authors include Clement Hamani, Nir Lipsman, Lorne Zinman, Ying Meng, Kullervo Hynynen, Yuexi Huang, Isabelle Aubert, Sandra E. Black, Chris Heyn and Todd G. Mainprize and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Neurology and Annals of Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Agessandro Abrahão

56 papers receiving 1.3k citations

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First-in-human trial of blood–brain barrier opening in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis using MR-guided focused ultrasound

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Martin Griebe Germany

Tracy D. Farr Germany

Yong‐An Chung South Korea

Stanley T. Fricke United States

Carmen Gasca‐Salas Spain

Manish Ranjan United States

Carlos Ernesto Garrido Salmón Brazil

Rafael Rodríguez‐Rojas Spain

Theodore A. Henderson United States

Paul Sharp United Kingdom

Martin Griebe Germany

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161 ×0.6

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305 ×1.2

RNMI

197 ×0.9

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Agessandro Abrahão

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20 of 20 papers shown

Paul, Maia, et al.. (2025). Qualitative dyadic analysis in care partnership research: a scoping review. BMC Medical Research Methodology. 26(1). 7–7.

Hamani, Clement, Benjamin Davidson, Nir Lipsman, et al.. (2024). Insertional effect following electrode implantation: an underreported but important phenomenon. Brain Communications. 6(3). fcae093–fcae093. 11 indexed citations

Abrahão, Agessandro, et al.. (2024). Sex, racial, and ethnic disparities in motor neuron disease: clinical trial enrolment. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration. 25(7-8). 694–701.

Scantlebury, Nadia, Jennifer S. Rabin, Yana Yunusova, et al.. (2023). Safety of Bilateral Staged Magnetic Resonance‐Guided Focused Ultrasound Thalamotomy for Essential Tremor. Movement Disorders Clinical Practice. 10(10). 1559–1561. 16 indexed citations

Abrahão, Agessandro, et al.. (2023). Motor Unit Number Index of the Upper Trapezius: A Meta-Analysis and Cross-sectional Study of Its Reliability. Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques. 51(1). 129–133. 2 indexed citations

Yunusova, Yana, Ashley A. Waito, Carolina Barnett, et al.. (2022). Protocol for psychometric evaluation of the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis - Bulbar Dysfunction Index (ALS-BDI): a prospective longitudinal study. BMJ Open. 12(3). e060102–e060102. 2 indexed citations

Rabelo, Thallita Kelly, Ana Carolina Pinheiro Campos, Agessandro Abrahão, et al.. (2022). Neuromodulation Therapies in Pre-Clinical Models of Traumatic Brain Injury: Systematic Review and Translational Applications. Journal of Neurotrauma. 40(5-6). 435–448. 17 indexed citations

Mirian, Ario, et al.. (2022). Breached Barriers: A Scoping Review of Blood-Central Nervous System Barrier Pathology in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 16. 851563–851563. 18 indexed citations

Sivak, Allison, et al.. (2021). Fifty Years of Motor Unit Number Estimation. Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques. 50(1). 109–111. 5 indexed citations

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Waito, Ashley A., Carolina Barnett, Sanjana Shellikeri, et al.. (2020). Validation of Articulatory Rate and Imprecision Judgments in Speech of Individuals With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. 30(1). 137–149. 5 indexed citations

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Davidson, Benjamin, Clement Hamani, Ying Meng, et al.. (2020). Examining cognitive change in magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound capsulotomy for psychiatric illness. Translational Psychiatry. 10(1). 397–397. 21 indexed citations

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Shoesmith, Christen, Agessandro Abrahão, Tim J Benstead, et al.. (2020). Canadian best practice recommendations for the management of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 192(46). E1453–E1468. 55 indexed citations

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Shoesmith, Christen, Agessandro Abrahão, Tim J Benstead, et al.. (2020). Recommandations canadiennes pour les pratiques optimales de prise en charge de la sclérose latérale amyotrophique. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 192(46). E1505–E1521.

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Shellikeri, Sanjana, et al.. (2019). Speech network regional involvement in bulbar ALS: a multimodal structural MRI study. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration. 20(5-6). 385–395. 9 indexed citations

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Pedroso, José Luiz, Pedro Braga‐Neto, Agessandro Abrahão, et al.. (2016). Non-motor and Extracerebellar Features in Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2. The Cerebellum. 16(1). 34–39. 29 indexed citations

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Abrahão, Agessandro, et al.. (2016). MUNIX: Reproducibility and clinical correlations in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Clinical Neurophysiology. 127(9). 2979–2984. 41 indexed citations

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Abrahão, Agessandro, José Luiz Pedroso, Patrícia de Carvalho Aguiar, & Orlando Graziani Póvoas Barsottini. (2015). Gene Expression Profile in Peripheral Blood Cells of Friedreich Ataxia Patients. The Cerebellum. 15(3). 306–313. 3 indexed citations

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Pedroso, José Luiz, Pedro Braga‐Neto, Agessandro Abrahão, et al.. (2015). Pattern of Peripheral Nerve Involvement in Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2: a Neurophysiological Assessment. The Cerebellum. 15(6). 767–773. 7 indexed citations

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Abrahão, Agessandro, et al.. (2013). Successful Intra-arterial Thrombolysis in a Patient with an Intracranial Meningioma. Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases. 22(8). e658–e660. 4 indexed citations

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Pedroso, José Luiz, et al.. (2012). The Essential Can Be Invisible to the Eyes: The “Fogging Effect” Phenomenon in the Subacute Stage of Ischemic Stroke. Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases. 22(8). e628–e629. 1 indexed citations

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