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Covid-19 and Parkinson’s disease: an overview by Cartella, S. M., Terranova, C., Rizzo, V., Quartarone, A., Girlanda, P.

“…In March 2020, WHO declared Covid-19 outbreak pandemic. There has been increasing evidence that frail, old, multi-pathological patients are at greater risk of…”
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Paired Associative Stimulation of Left and Right Human Motor Cortex Shapes Interhemispheric Motor Inhibition based on a Hebbian Mechanism by Rizzo, V., Siebner, H.S., Morgante, F., Mastroeni, C., Girlanda, P., Quartarone, A.

“…This study was designed to examine whether corticocortical paired associative stimulation (cc-PAS) can modulate interhemispheric inhibition (IHI) in the human…”
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Low-intensity repetitive paired associative stimulation targeting the motor hand area at theta frequency causes a lasting reduction in corticospinal excitability by Rizzo, V., Mastroeni, C., Maggio, R., Terranova, C., Girlanda, P., Siebner, H.R., Quartarone, A.

“…•5-Hz rPAS25ms produces a long-lasting increase in corticospinal excitability.•5-Hz rPAS15ms effectively suppresses corticospinal excitability.•5-Hz rPAS…”
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Abnormal plasticity of sensorimotor circuits extends beyond the affected body part in focal dystonia by Quartarone, A, Morgante, F, Sant’Angelo, A, Rizzo, V, Bagnato, S, Terranova, C, Siebner, H R, Berardelli, A, Girlanda, P

“…Objective: To test whether abnormal sensorimotor plasticity in focal hand dystonia is a primary abnormality or is merely a consequence of the dystonic posture…”
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R1.1 Neuromuscular junction by Girlanda, P

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Abnormal sensorimotor plasticity in organic but not in psychogenic dystonia by Quartarone, A., Rizzo, V., Terranova, C., Morgante, F., Schneider, S., Ibrahim, N., Girlanda, P., Bhatia, K. P., Rothwell, J. C.

“…Dystonia is characterized by two main pathophysiological abnormalities: ‘reduced’ excitability of inhibitory systems at many levels of the sensorimotor system,…”
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Environmental risk factors and clinical phenotype in familial and sporadic primary blepharospasm by DEFAZIO, G, ABBRUZZESE, G, MARINELLI, L, MARTINO, D, MORGANTE, F, SANTORO, L, TINAZZI, M, BERARDELLI, A, ANIELLO, M. S, BLOISE, M, CRISCI, C, ELEOPRA, R, FABBRINI, G, GIRLANDA, P, LIGUORI, R, MACEROLLO, A

“…Although environmental and genetic factors may contribute to the etiology of blepharospasm, their relative contribution in causing familial and sporadic…”
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Abnormal tactile temporal discrimination in psychogenic dystonia by MORGANTE, F, TINAZZI, M, FIORIO, M, BERARDELLI, A, SQUINTANI, G, MARTINO, D, DEFAZIO, G, ROMITO, L, ALBANESE, A, DI MATTEO, A, QUARTARONE, A, GIRLANDA, P

“…Neurophysiologic studies demonstrated that patients with primary torsion dystonia (PTD) and with psychogenic dystonia (Psy-D) share similar abnormalities in…”
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Spatial Integration of Somatosensory Inputs during Sensory-Motor Plasticity Phenomena Is Normal in Focal Hand Dystonia by Quartarone, Angelo, Chillemi, G., Calamuneri, A., Maggio, R., Morgante, F., Rizzo, V., Terranova, C., Girlanda, Paolo

“…Background. Surround inhibition is a system that sharpens sensation by creating an inhibitory zone around the central core of activation. In the motor system,…”
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Long-term assessment of the risk of spread in primary late-onset focal dystonia by Abbruzzese, G, Berardelli, A, Girlanda, P, Marchese, R, Martino, D, Morgante, F, Avanzino, L, Colosimo, C, Defazio, G

“…Background:Primary late-onset focal dystonias may spread over time to adjacent body regions, but differences in the risk of spread over time among the various…”
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The Italian Dystonia Registry: rationale, design and preliminary findings by Defazio, Giovanni, Esposito, M., Abbruzzese, G., Scaglione, C. L., Fabbrini, G., Ferrazzano, G., Peluso, S., Pellicciari, R., Gigante, A. F., Cossu, G., Arca, R., Avanzino, L., Bono, F., Mazza, M. R., Bertolasi, L., Bacchin, R., Eleopra, R., Lettieri, C., Morgante, F., Altavista, M. C., Polidori, L., Liguori, R., Misceo, S., Squintani, G., Tinazzi, M., Ceravolo, R., Unti, E., Magistrelli, L., Coletti Moja, M., Modugno, N., Petracca, M., Tambasco, N., Cotelli, M. S., Aguggia, M., Pisani, A., Romano, M., Zibetti, M., Bentivoglio, A. R., Albanese, A., Girlanda, P., Berardelli, A.

“…The Italian Dystonia Registry is a multicenter data collection system that will prospectively assess the phenomenology and natural history of adult-onset…”
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67. Neural response to transcranial magnetic stimulation in adult thyroid hormone resistance by Allegra, C, Terranova, C, Rizzo, V, Benvenga, S, Bartolone, L, Morgante, F, Girlanda, P, Quartarone, A

“…Thyroid hormone resistance describes a rare syndrome in which the thyroid hormone levels are elevated, but the thyroid stimulating hormone level is not…”
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111. Impairment of synaptic plasticity in patients affected by brain tumors by Allegra, C, Maggio, R, Marino, M, Terranova, C, Rizzo, V, Girlanda, P, Quartarone, A

“…Aim of the present study was to investigate motor cortex synaptic plasticity in both hemispheres of patients affected by brain tumors. We employed an…”
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119. Cortical excitability in patients affected by brain tumors by Maggio, R, Marino, M, Allegra, C, Terranova, C, Rizzo, V, Girlanda, P, Quartarone, A

“…In this study we investigated cortical excitability, inhibitory and excitatory intracortical circuitries, by using transcranial magnetic stimulation, in both…”
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P 182. Normal lateral inhibition mechanism during sensory-motor plasticity in dystonia by Terranova, C, Rizzo, V, Morgante, F, Girlanda, P, Quartarone, A

“…Objective To explore if sensory information is processed and integrated during sensory-motor plasticity phenomena by using lateral inhibition mechanisms in…”
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Impairment of sensory-motor integration in patients affected by RLS by Rizzo, Vincenzo, Aricò, I., Liotta, G., Ricciardi, L., Mastroeni, C., Morgante, F., Allegra, R., Condurso, R., Girlanda, P., Silvestri, R., Quartarone, A.

“…Much evidence suggests that restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a disorder characterized by an unsuppressed response to sensory urges due to abnormalities in…”
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58. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation induces neuroprotection via activating CaMKII α -CREB-Bcl-2 pathway in rat brain by Terranova, C, Rizzo, V, Rajan, T.S, Naro, A, Ahmad, A, Ghilardi, M.F, Bruschetta, D, Girlanda, P, Cuzzocrea, S, Wang, H.Y, Quartarone, A

“…Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) affects neuronal plasticity in humans and animals, even if the molecular mechanisms underlying rTMS effects…”
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118. High frequency paired associative stimulation modulates the corticospinal excitability in human subjects: An EEG study by Naro, A, Russo, M, Abdelkader, M, Marino, M, Morgante, F, Rizzo, V, Girlanda, P, Quartarone, A

“…To evaluate the effects of a brief PAS on the corticospinal excitability on M1, observing the modulation of the MEP amplitude and of the absolute EEG-power,…”
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P 183. Long term depression: A study with rapid-rate PAS by Maggio, R, Mastroeni, C, Caffarelli, M, Brizzi, T, Rizzo, V, Girlanda, P, Quartarone, A

“…Introduction In a previous paper we showed that sub-motor threshold 5 Hz rENS of the right median nerve when synchronized with sub-motor threshold 5 Hz rTMS of…”
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P210: Preoperative functional mapping for rolandic brain tumor surgery by Terranova, C, Maggio, R, Rizzo, V, Angileri, F, Conti, A, Germano’, A, Girlanda, P, Tomasello, F, Quartarone, A

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