- Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Traumatic Brain Injury Research
- Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
- Epilepsy research and treatment
- Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Neurological disorders and treatments
- Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
- Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications
- Migraine and Headache Studies
- Infant Development and Preterm Care
- Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience
- Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
- Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
- Restless Legs Syndrome Research
- EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
- Moyamoya disease diagnosis and treatment
- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
- Trigeminal Neuralgia and Treatments
- Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders
Centro Neurolesi Bonino Pulejo
2017-2020
Aim Cognitive impairment is present in several neurodegenerative disorders. The clock‐drawing test (CDT) represents a useful screening instrument for assessing the evolution of cognitive decline. aim this study was to investigate sensitivity CDT monitoring and differentiating decline Alzheimer's dementia (AD), vascular (VaD), Parkinson's disease (PD). Methods This involved 139 patients, including 39 patients with PD mild impairment, 16 demented 21 VaD 17 VaD, 33 due AD, 13 probable AD. All...
Migraine is neurological disorder with a complex pathophysiology. We described the neuropsychological profile of 100 migraineurs (50 visual aura and 50 without aura), in interictal phase, compared to matched healthy controls.A battery standardized tests was used assess attention, memory executive functions. Beck Depression Inventory Hamilton Rating Scale for Anxiety were evaluate anxiety depressive symptoms. Severity disability during daily activities assessed by Disability...
Formal thought disorder refers to disorganized thinking and it represents a hallmark of schizophrenia psychosis. Psychosis is rare complication after stroke.We described two cases female patients, who developed an atypical schizophrenia-like psychosis post-stroke, characterized by formal disorder, hallucinations, delusion. Cerebrovascular disease affected the right temporal lobe, areas devoted modulation higher order cognitive processes.To date, relation between stroke remain unclear, maybe...
Parkinson disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by motor and nonmotor symptoms. The impaired ability to recognize facial emotion expressions represents an important symptom. aim of this study investigate the in recognizing patients with PD under dopamine replacement therapy.Thirty medicated 15 healthy controls (HC) were enrolled. All participants performed Ekman 60-Faces test for emotional recognition. underwent neuropsychological evaluation global cognitive functioning,...
Moyamoya disease (MMD) meaning "hazy puff of smoke" in Japanese is a rare chronic cerebrovascular syndrome characterized by progressive stenosis and occlusion the internal carotid arteries (ICAs) anterior cerebral (ACAs), middle (MCAs).Our moyamoya patient with severely impaired cognitive motor functions underwent specific neuropsychological rehabilitative treatments to assess recovery consciousness.Results obtained showed an improvement clinical examination. These findings highlighted...