A5000654100- Action Observation and Synchronization
- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
- Motor Control and Adaptation
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
- Vestibular and auditory disorders
- Face Recognition and Perception
- Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Visual perception and processing mechanisms
- Spatial Neglect and Hemispheric Dysfunction
- Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
- Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
- Neuroscience and Music Perception
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Multisensory perception and integration
- Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
- Free Will and Agency
- Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
- Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills
- Tactile and Sensory Interactions
- Management, Economics, and Public Policy
- Cardiac Health and Mental Health
- Fusion and Plasma Physics Studies
Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad Alta Specializzazione
2019-2025
Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico
2006-2023
University of Milano-Bicocca
2014-2019
University of Verona
2014-2016
Fondazione Santa Lucia
2006-2012
St. Eugenio Hospital
2009
University of Rome Tor Vergata
2008
Hemispatial neglect is common after unilateral brain damage, particularly to perisylvian structures in the right-hemisphere (RH). In this disabling syndrome, behaviour and awareness are biased away from contralesional side of space towards ipsilesional side. Theoretical accounts terms hemispheric rivalry have speculated that intact left-hemisphere (LH) may become hyper-excitable a RH lesion, due release inhibition damaged hemisphere. We tested directly using novel twin-coil transcranial...
The neural mechanisms and the circuitry involved in levodopa-induced dyskinesia (LID) are still partially obscure. LID can be considered consequence of an abnormal pattern or code activity that originates is conveyed from basal ganglia to thalamus cortical motor areas. However, not only striatothalamocortical circuits but also other interconnected pathways could implicated its pathogenesis.In a series experiments, we applied repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) over lateral...
Spatial priority maps are real-time representations of the behavioral salience locations in visual field, resulting from combined influence stimulus driven activity and top-down signals related to current goals individual. They arbitrate which a number (potential) targets scene will win competition for attentional resources. As result, deployment attention specific spatial location is determined by peak activation (corresponding highest salience) across map. Here we report study performed on...
Using a twin coil transcranial magnetic stimulation (tc-TMS) approach we have previously demonstrated that facilitation may be detected in the primary motor cortex (M1) following over ipsilateral caudal intraparietal sulcus (cIPS). Here tested interhemispheric interactions between IPS and contralateral (M1). We found conditioning right cIPS facilitated M1 when stimulus had an intensity of 90% resting threshold (RMT) but not at 70% or 110% RMT. Facilitation was maximal interstimulus interval...
Abstract Patients affected by Parkinson's disease (PD) may present with lower urinary tract (LUT) dysfunction characterized involuntary detrusor overactivity. We evaluated possible impact of a 2‐week course low frequency 1 Hz repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) on LUT behavior in eight advanced PD patients complaining disturbances. tested the effects rTMS measuring urodynamic examination and International Prostate Symptoms Score (IPSS) questionnaire, used for evaluation...
The cerebellum is involved in motor learning of new procedures both during actual execution a task and observational training. These processes are thought to depend on the activity neural network that involves lateral primary cortex (M1). In this study, we used twin-coil TMS technique investigate whether observation visuomotor procedural related modulation cerebello-motor connectivity. We observed that, at rest, magnetic conditioning pulse applied over reduced motor-evoked potentials...
Background Recent literature documented the presence of spatial-temporal interactions in human brain. The aim present study was to verify whether representation past and future is also mapped onto spatial representations cerebellum may be a neural substrate for linking space time linguistic domain. We asked processing tense verb influenced by where response takes place semantics verb. Principal Findings Responses were facilitated left while responses right space. Repetitive transcranial...
Abstract Background Brain disorders can occur in the context of peripheral organ diseases as well solid transplants. The aim this study was to explore involvement neurologists evaluation and management transplant candidates recipients when a nervous system impairment co‐exists. Methods We invited all European Academy Neurology members answer web‐based survey. Descriptive statistics were used summarize results. Results In total, 176 respondents completed survey; are more involved neurological...
Post-operative cognitive decline (POCD) is characterized by impairments in functions. Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) associated with a high risk of POCD due to its impact on neuroinflammation and oxidative stress. In this study, we investigated the dynamics neurotrophic, inflammatory, stress markers cohort post-CABG patients identify potential biomarkers for POCD. Blood samples were collected at baseline (immediately post-surgery) 3-month follow-up. Expression levels NRF2 other...
The present study aimed to investigate the role of frontopolar cortex in prospective memory (PM) by means inhibitory theta-burst stimulation (cTBS). "Experiment 1"-8 volunteers were evaluated after cTBS over left Brodmann area (BA) 10, right BA10, and Cz. In PM procedure, sequences 4 words each presented. During intersequence delay, subjects had repeat sequence observed order (ongoing task forward) or reverse (backward). At occurrence a target word, press key on keyboard (PM task). Recall...
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by altered functional cortico-cortical connectivity likely due to loss of afferent and efferent connections between different cortical areas. Here we explored parieto-frontal in 15 AD
Mechanisms of neurocognitive injury as post-operative sequelae coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) are not understood. The systemic inflammatory response to surgical stress causes skeletal muscle impairment, and this is also worsened by immobility. Since evidence supports a link between vitality neuroprotection, there need understand the mechanisms which promotion activity counteracts deleterious effects surgery on long-term cognition.We performed clinical trial test hypothesis that...
Abstract We carried out an fMRI study with a twofold purpose: to investigate the relationship between networks dedicated semantic and visual processing address issue of whether memory is subserved by unique network or different subsystems, according category feature type. To achieve our goals, we administered word–picture matching task, within-category foils, 15 healthy subjects during scanning. Semantic distance target foil domain target–foil pairs were varied orthogonally. Our results...
The role of distinct cortical regions in guiding social orienting needs further investigation. Our aim was to explore the contribution frontal eye field (FEF) early attention towards stimuli with value. We used a TMS-EEG approach investigate ERPs (no-TMS block) and TEPs (TMS during cueing phase modified version dot-probe task, comparing competing (face vs. house) not (house conditions. results revealed an increased amplitude ERP components condition, showing greater posterior N170...
Sensorimotor simulation is described by embodied cognition theories as a human mirror system-based neural mechanism underpinnings emotion recognition. This could have critical role in Self Mirroring Technique (SMT), method used psychotherapy to foster patients' emotions recognition showing video of own face recorded during moment emotionally salient. However, sensorimotor perception has not been investigated so far. In the present study, we measured electromiographic activity from three...