Ésper A. Cavalheiro

18.7k total citations · 4 hit papers
394 papers, 13.9k citations indexed

About

Ésper A. Cavalheiro is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental health and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Ésper A. Cavalheiro has authored 394 papers receiving a total of 13.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 245 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 179 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 87 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Ésper A. Cavalheiro's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (230 papers), Epilepsy research and treatment (168 papers) and Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies (71 papers). Ésper A. Cavalheiro is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (230 papers), Epilepsy research and treatment (168 papers) and Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies (71 papers). Ésper A. Cavalheiro collaborates with scholars based in Brazil, Poland and Italy. Ésper A. Cavalheiro's co-authors include Waldemar A. Turski, Fúlvio A. Scorza, Ricardo Mário Arida, Lechosław Turski, Maria da Graça Naffah‐Mazzacoratti, Zuner A. Bortolotto, João Pereira Leite, Chrysanthy Ikonomidou, L. Turski and Michael Schwarz and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Ésper A. Cavalheiro

387 papers receiving 13.6k citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Limbic seizures produced by pilocarpine in rats: Behavioural, electroencephalographic and neuropathological study

1983 944 citations Waldemar A. Turski, Ésper A. Cavalheiro et al. profile →
Circuit Mechanisms of Seizures in the Pilocarpine Model of Chronic Epilepsy: Cell Loss and Mossy Fiber Sprouting

1993 576 citations Luiz E. Mello, Ésper A. Cavalheiro et al. Epilepsia profile →
Review: Cholinergic mechanisms and epileptogenesis. The seizures induced by pilocarpine: A novel experimental model of intractable epilepsy

1989 529 citations Chrysanthy Ikonomidou, Waldemar A. Turski et al. profile →
Long‐Term Effects of Pilocarpine in Rats: Structural Damage of the Brain Triggers Kindling and Spontaneous I Recurrent Seizures

1991 525 citations Ésper A. Cavalheiro, João Pereira Leite et al. Epilepsia profile →

Peers

Ésper A. Cavalheiro

CMN

PMH

PPCH

James O McNamara United States

Asla Pitkänen Finland

Michael A. Rogawski United States

Claude G. Wasterlain United States

Gregory L. Holmes United States

Ronald J. Racine Canada

Brian S. Meldrum United Kingdom

Robert J. DeLorenzo United States

Carl E. Stafstrom United States

Robert L. Macdonald United States

James O McNamara United States

Ésper A. Cavalheiro

8.7k ×1.0

CMN

3.5k ×0.6

PMH

7.2k ×1.9

1.6k ×0.6

PPCH

2.2k ×1.0

Citations per year, relative to Ésper A. Cavalheiro Ésper A. Cavalheiro (= 1×) peers James O McNamara

Countries citing papers authored by Ésper A. Cavalheiro

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Ésper A. Cavalheiro's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Ésper A. Cavalheiro with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Ésper A. Cavalheiro more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Ésper A. Cavalheiro

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Ésper A. Cavalheiro. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Ésper A. Cavalheiro. The network helps show where Ésper A. Cavalheiro may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ésper A. Cavalheiro

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ésper A. Cavalheiro. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ésper A. Cavalheiro based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ésper A. Cavalheiro. Ésper A. Cavalheiro is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

Garcia, Anastacia M., María Leonor López‐Meraz, Marco I. González, et al.. (2025). Immunity and neuroinflammation in early stages of life and epilepsy. Epilepsia. 66(7). 2157–2169. 2 indexed citations

Alonso, Neide Barreira, et al.. (2021). Challenges in the treatment of a chronic disease: A study of narratives of people with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy. Seizure. 90. 74–79. 1 indexed citations

Souza, Isis Nem de Oliveira, Douglas Bueno, Iranaia Assunção‐Miranda, et al.. (2020). Modulation in phase and frequency of neural oscillations during epileptiform activity induced by neonatal Zika virus infection in mice. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 6763–6763. 9 indexed citations

Souza, Isis Nem de Oliveira, Paula S. Frost, Rômulo Leão Silva Neris, et al.. (2018). Acute and chronic neurological consequences of early-life Zika virus infection in mice. Science Translational Medicine. 10(444). 84 indexed citations

Carrete, Henrique, Ricardo Silva Centeno, Carmen Lúcia Penteado Lancellotti, et al.. (2018). The impact of epilepsy duration in a series of patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy due to unilateral hippocampal sclerosis. Epilepsy Research. 147. 51–57. 15 indexed citations

Mula, Marco, Ésper A. Cavalheiro, Alla Guekht, et al.. (2017). Educational needs of epileptologists regarding psychiatric comorbidities of the epilepsies: a descriptive quantitative survey. Epileptic Disorders. 19(2). 178–185. 23 indexed citations

Scorza, Carla A., et al.. (2017). Status epilepticus does not induce acute brain inflammatory response in the Amazon rodent Proechimys, an animal model resistant to epileptogenesis. Neuroscience Letters. 668. 169–173. 37 indexed citations

Hirata, Aparecida Emiko, et al.. (2015). Fish oil provides protection against the oxidative stress in pilocarpine model of epilepsy. Metabolic Brain Disease. 30(4). 903–909. 10 indexed citations

Rocha, Luísa & Ésper A. Cavalheiro. (2013). Pharmacoresistance in epilepsy : from genes and molecules to promising therapies. Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)). 4 indexed citations

10.

Almeida, Alexandre Aparecido de, Sérgio Gomes da Silva, Jansen Fernandes, et al.. (2013). Differential effects of exercise intensities in hippocampal BDNF, inflammatory cytokines and cell proliferation in rats during the postnatal brain development. Neuroscience Letters. 553. 1–6. 47 indexed citations

11.

Pansani, Aline Priscila, Diego Basile Colugnati, G.H.M. Schoorlemmer, et al.. (2011). Repeated amygdala-kindled seizures induce ictal rebound tachycardia in rats. Epilepsy & Behavior. 22(3). 442–449. 15 indexed citations

12.

Scorza, Carla A., et al.. (2003). Levels of the synaptic protein X11 alpha/mint1 are increased in hippocampus of rats with epilepsy. Epilepsy Research. 57(1). 49–57. 5 indexed citations

13.

Perosa, Sandra Regina, Marimélia Porcionatto, Arthur Cukiert, et al.. (2002). Glycosaminoglycan levels and proteoglycan expression are altered in the hippocampus of patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy. Brain Research Bulletin. 58(5). 509–516. 48 indexed citations

14.

Arida, Ricardo Mário, Fúlvio A. Scorza, Clóvis de Araújo Peres, & Ésper A. Cavalheiro. (1999). The course of untreated seizures in the pilocarpine model of epilepsy. Epilepsy Research. 34(2-3). 99–107. 128 indexed citations

15.

Cavalheiro, Ésper A., et al.. (1997). Neuropeptide-Y immunoreactivity in the pilocarpine model of temporal lobe epilepsy. Experimental Brain Research. 116(1). 186–190. 40 indexed citations

16.

Coimbra, Cícero Galli, et al.. (1995). Effects of reperfusion under moderate hypothermia on ischemic brain damage. Ciencia e cultura. 47(4). 266–268.

17.

Cavalheiro, Ésper A., João Pereira Leite, Z A Bortolotto, et al.. (1991). Long‐Term Effects of Pilocarpine in Rats: Structural Damage of the Brain Triggers Kindling and Spontaneous I Recurrent Seizures. Epilepsia. 32(6). 778–782. 525 indexed citations breakdown →

18.

Naffah‐Mazzacoratti, Maria da Graça, et al.. (1990). Effect of amygdaloid kindled seizures during pregnancy on neonatal brain biogenic amines.. UNIFESP Institutional Repository (Universidade Federal de São Paulo). 23(9). 827–30. 2 indexed citations

19.

Naffah‐Mazzacoratti, Maria da Graça, Débora Amado, & Ésper A. Cavalheiro. (1990). HPLC determination of norepinephrine, 5-hydroxytyramine and 5-hydroxytryptamine in rat brain using sodium dodecyl sulphate as ion-pair.. PubMed. 23(3-4). 255–62. 7 indexed citations

20.

Mello, Luiz E., Zuner A. Bortolotto, & Ésper A. Cavalheiro. (1986). Modelos experimentais de epilepsia: uma revisäo. 1 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact