Search Results - "Picchioni, Dante"
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Tracking brain arousal fluctuations with fMRI
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (19-04-2016)“…Changes in brain activity accompanying shifts in vigilance and arousal can interfere with the study of other intrinsic and task-evoked characteristics of brain…”
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Decoupling of the brain's default mode network during deep sleep
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (07-07-2009)“…The recent discovery of a circuit of brain regions that is highly active in the absence of overt behavior has led to a quest for revealing the possible…”
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Reproducible, data-driven characterization of sleep based on brain dynamics and transitions from whole-night fMRI
Published in eLife (27-09-2024)“…Understanding the function of sleep requires studying the dynamics of brain activity across whole-night sleep and their transitions. However, current gold…”
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Autonomic arousals contribute to brain fluid pulsations during sleep
Published in NeuroImage (Orlando, Fla.) (01-04-2022)“…During sleep, slow waves of neuro-electrical activity engulf the human brain and aid in the consolidation of memories. Recent research suggests that these slow…”
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fMRI-based detection of alertness predicts behavioral response variability
Published in eLife (07-05-2021)“…Levels of alertness are closely linked with human behavior and cognition. However, while functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) allows for investigating…”
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Cerebrovascular activity is a major factor in the cerebrospinal fluid flow dynamics
Published in NeuroImage (Orlando, Fla.) (01-09-2022)“…•SSFP tagging allowed visualization of CSF flow of various amplitudes and time scales.•CSF flow by cardiac, respiratory and cerebrovascular activities was…”
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Rhythmic alternating patterns of brain activity distinguish rapid eye movement sleep from other states of consciousness
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (18-06-2013)“…Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep constitutes a distinct “third state” of consciousness, during which levels of brain activity are commensurate with wakefulness,…”
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Sympathetic activity contributes to the fMRI signal
Published in Communications biology (18-11-2019)“…The interpretation of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies of brain activity is often hampered by the presence of brain-wide signal variations…”
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Decreased connectivity between the thalamus and the neocortex during human nonrapid eye movement sleep
Published in Sleep (New York, N.Y.) (01-02-2014)“…To determine whether thalamocortical signaling between the thalamus and the neocortex decreases from wakefulness to nonrapid eye movement (NREM) sleep…”
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Caffeine Gum Minimizes Sleep Inertia
Published in Perceptual and motor skills (01-02-2013)“…Naps are an effective strategy for maintaining alertness and cognitive performance; however, upon abrupt wakening from naps, sleep inertia (temporary…”
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Infraslow EEG oscillations organize large-scale cortical–subcortical interactions during sleep: A combined EEG/fMRI study
Published in Brain research (16-02-2011)“…Abstract Infraslow (< 0.1 Hz) oscillations of brain activity, measured by EEG and other methods, have become a subject of increasing interest. While their…”
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Sleep, plasticity and the pathophysiology of neurodevelopmental disorders: the potential roles of protein synthesis and other cellular processes
Published in Brain sciences (01-03-2014)“…Sleep is important for neural plasticity, and plasticity underlies sleep-dependent memory consolidation. It is widely appreciated that protein synthesis plays…”
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fMRI differences between early and late stage-1 sleep
Published in Neuroscience letters (15-08-2008)“…This study sought to test for differences in regional brain activity between stage-1 sleep immediately following wake and immediately preceding stage-2 sleep…”
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A case-control study of the environmental risk factors for narcolepsy
Published in Neuroepidemiology (01-01-2007)“…Despite the acknowledged importance of environmental risk factors in the etiology of narcolepsy, there is little research on this topic. This study sought to…”
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Effects of sleep-corrected social jetlag on measures of mental health, cognitive ability, and brain functional connectivity in early adolescence
Published in Sleep (New York, N.Y.) (11-12-2023)“…Abstract Approximately half of adolescents encounter a mismatch between their sleep patterns on school days and free days, also referred to as “social jetlag.”…”
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0277 Robust Identification of Sleep States and Their Transitions Using Whole-Night fMRI Data
Published in Sleep (New York, N.Y.) (20-04-2024)“…Abstract Introduction Polysomnography (PSG)-based sleep staging has a relatively poor (30s) temporal resolution, and as a result does not capture any sleep…”
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Sleep and the functional connectome
Published in NeuroImage (Orlando, Fla.) (15-10-2013)“…Sleep and the functional connectome are research areas with considerable overlap. Neuroimaging studies of sleep based on EEG–PET and EEG–fMRI are revealing the…”
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Insomnia as predictor versus outcome of PTSD and depression among Iraq combat veterans
Published in Journal of clinical psychology (01-12-2011)“…Objectives: The study conducted a longitudinal assessment of insomnia as an antecedent versus consequence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and…”
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Reproducible, data-driven characterization of sleep based on brain dynamics and transitions from whole-night fMRI
Published in eLife (27-09-2024)“…Understanding the function of sleep requires studying the dynamics of brain activity across whole-night sleep and their transitions. However, current gold…”
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Using magnetic resonance spectroscopy in narcolepsy to study the limbic mechanisms of cataplexy
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