Sergio Tufik
USERN Advisory Board
Prof. Tufik graduated in Medicine from the Faculty of Medical Sciences of Santa Casa de São Paulo (1972), Master in Physiology from the University of São Paulo - Ribeirão Preto (1976) and PhD in Psychopharmacology from Escola Paulista de Medicina (1978). Full Professor, Department of Psychobiology, Federal University of São Paulo. He is Director of the Instituto do Sono. He also holds the position of scientific advisor to FAPESP and CAPES. He chairs the Research Incentive Fund Association - AFIP and is a member, among others, of the Brazilian Sleep Association, Brazilian Society of Neuroscience and Behavior, Latin American Federation of Sleep Societies, American Association of Sleep Medicine, Sleep Research Society, World Federation of Sleep Research and Sleep Medicine, World Association of Sleep Medicine, European Sleep Research Societies and American Association of Clinical Chemistry. Member of the Editorial Board of the journals Sleep Medicine, Sleep Medicine Reviews, Sleep Science, Journal of Dentistry & Oral Disorders, is a reviewer of the Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, Sleep, Psychopharmacology, Life Sciences, European Archives of Psychiatry & Clinical Neuroscience among others.
Academic graduation
1976 - 1978
PhD in Psychopharmacology Sector of Psychobiology.
Federal University of São Paulo, UNIFESP, Brazil.
Title: Paradoxical sleep deprivation and rat brain dopaminergic system. Studies with apomorphine, amphetamine, pyribedyl and bromocriptine, Year obtained: 1978.
Advisor: Elisaldo Luiz de Araújo Carlini.
Keywords: Apomorphine; Sleep Disorders; Piribedil; Sleep deprivation; Paradoxical Sleep Deprivation; Sleep.
Major Area: Biological Sciences
1973 - 1976
Master in Physiology (CAPES 7 Concept).
University of São Paulo, USP, Brazil.
Title: Electrical stimulation of the central nervous system (lateral hypothalamus): Effect on consumer behavior and its interrelationships with self-stimulation, Year of Achievement: 1976.
Advisor: Miguel Rolando Covian.
Keywords: Self-stimulation; Consumer behavior; Central Nervous System.
Major Area: Biological Sciences
1967 - 1972
Graduation in Medicine.
Faculty of Medical Sciences of Santa Casa de Misericórdia de São Paulo, FCMSCMSP, Brazil.
Most cited publication
The metabolic consequences of sleep deprivation
KL Knutson, K Spiegel, P Penev, E Van Cauter
Sleep medicine reviews 11 (3), 163-178 2007
Weight gain decreases elevated plasma ghrelin concentrations of patients with anorexia nervosa
B Otto, U Cuntz, E Fruehauf, R Wawarta, C Folwaczny, RL Riepl, ...
European journal of endocrinology 145 (5), R5-R9 2001
Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome in the Sao Paulo epidemiologic sleep study
S Tufik, R Santos-Silva, JA Taddei, LRA Bittencourt
Sleep medicine 11 (5), 441-446 2010
The impact of resistance exercise on the cognitive function of the elderly
RC Cassilhas, VAR Viana, V Grassmann, RT Santos, RF Santos, S Tufik, ...
Medicine and science in sports and exercise 39 (8), 1401 2007
Restless legs syndrome: a review of clinical and pathophysiologic features
RP Allen, CJ Earley
Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology 18 (2), 128-147 2001
Afferent pain pathways: a neuroanatomical review
TF Almeida, S Roizenblatt, S Tufik
Brain research 1000 (1-2), 40-56 2004
Further validation of actigraphy for sleep studies
L de Souza, AA Benedito-Silva, MLN Pires, D Poyares, S Tufik, HM Calil
Sleep 26 (1), 81-85 2003
Academic graduation
1976 - 1978
PhD in Psychopharmacology Sector of Psychobiology.
Federal University of São Paulo, UNIFESP, Brazil.
Title: Paradoxical sleep deprivation and rat brain dopaminergic system. Studies with apomorphine, amphetamine, pyribedyl and bromocriptine, Year obtained: 1978.
Advisor: Elisaldo Luiz de Araújo Carlini.
Keywords: Apomorphine; Sleep Disorders; Piribedil; Sleep deprivation; Paradoxical Sleep Deprivation; Sleep.
Major Area: Biological Sciences
1973 - 1976
Master in Physiology (CAPES 7 Concept).
University of São Paulo, USP, Brazil.
Title: Electrical stimulation of the central nervous system (lateral hypothalamus): Effect on consumer behavior and its interrelationships with self-stimulation, Year of Achievement: 1976.
Advisor: Miguel Rolando Covian.
Keywords: Self-stimulation; Consumer behavior; Central Nervous System.
Major Area: Biological Sciences
1967 - 1972
Graduation in Medicine.
Faculty of Medical Sciences of Santa Casa de Misericórdia de São Paulo, FCMSCMSP, Brazil.
Most cited publication
The metabolic consequences of sleep deprivation
KL Knutson, K Spiegel, P Penev, E Van Cauter
Sleep medicine reviews 11 (3), 163-178 2007
Weight gain decreases elevated plasma ghrelin concentrations of patients with anorexia nervosa
B Otto, U Cuntz, E Fruehauf, R Wawarta, C Folwaczny, RL Riepl, ...
European journal of endocrinology 145 (5), R5-R9 2001
Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome in the Sao Paulo epidemiologic sleep study
S Tufik, R Santos-Silva, JA Taddei, LRA Bittencourt
Sleep medicine 11 (5), 441-446 2010
The impact of resistance exercise on the cognitive function of the elderly
RC Cassilhas, VAR Viana, V Grassmann, RT Santos, RF Santos, S Tufik, ...
Medicine and science in sports and exercise 39 (8), 1401 2007
Restless legs syndrome: a review of clinical and pathophysiologic features
RP Allen, CJ Earley
Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology 18 (2), 128-147 2001
Afferent pain pathways: a neuroanatomical review
TF Almeida, S Roizenblatt, S Tufik
Brain research 1000 (1-2), 40-56 2004
Further validation of actigraphy for sleep studies
L de Souza, AA Benedito-Silva, MLN Pires, D Poyares, S Tufik, HM Calil
Sleep 26 (1), 81-85 2003
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