Search Results - "ZACCARA, G"

Efficacy of ketogenic diet for infantile spasms: A systematic review by Prezioso, G., Carlone, G., Zaccara, G., Verrotti, A.

“…The aim of this systematic review was to collect and analyze all the RCTs and observational studies investigating the efficacy of ketogenic diet (KD) in…”
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Incidence and predictors of acute symptomatic seizures after stroke by BEGHI, E, D'ALESSANDRO, R, MATTANA, F, MUSOLINO, R, PROVINCIALI, L, SANTANGELO, M, SPECCHIO, L. M, ZACCARA, G, BERETTA, S, CONSOLI, D, CRESPI, V, DELAJ, L, GANDOLFO, C, GRECO, G, LA NEVE, A, MANFREDI, M

“…To assess incidence and predictors of acute symptomatic seizures in a prospective cohort of patients with first stroke. Patients with first stroke hospitalized…”
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Neurological comorbidity and epilepsy: implications for treatment by Zaccara, G.

“…Epilepsy is a chronic condition that may be associated with several other diseases. In these cases, we should consider the following points: (1) antiepileptic…”
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Novel treatment options for epilepsy: Focus on perampanel by Franco, V., Crema, F., Iudice, A., Zaccara, G., Grillo, E.

“…Perampanel is a new chemical entity recently approved in the United States (US) and European Union (EU) as adjunctive treatment of partial-onset seizures with…”
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The adverse event profile of perampanel: meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by Zaccara, G., Giovannelli, F., Cincotta, M., Verrotti, A., Grillo, E.

“…Background and purpose To identify adverse events (AEs) significantly associated with perampanel treatment in double‐blind clinical studies (RCTs). Serious…”
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Why we prefer levetiracetam over phenytoin for treatment of status epilepticus by Zaccara, G., Giorgi, F. S., Amantini, A., Giannasi, G., Campostrini, R., Giovannelli, F., Paganini, M., Nazerian, P.

“…Over last fifty years, intravenous (iv) phenytoin (PHT) loading dose has been the treatment of choice for patients with benzodiazepine‐resistant convulsive…”
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Relationship between impulsivity traits and awareness of motor intention by Giovannelli, F., Mastrolorenzo, B., Rossi, A., Gavazzi, G., Righi, S., Zaccara, G., Viggiano, M. P., Cincotta, M.

“…Deficient voluntary control of behaviour and impulsivity are key aspects of impulse control disorders. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the…”
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Comparison of the efficacy and tolerability of new antiepileptic drugs: what can we learn from long-term studies? by Zaccara, G., Messori, A., Cincotta, M., Burchini, G.

“…Objective –  A review of long‐term open‐label studies was performed with the aim of detecting differences in efficacy and/or tolerability of new antiepileptic…”
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Central nervous system adverse effects of new antiepileptic drugs. A meta-analysis of placebo-controlled studies by Zaccara, G, Gangemi, P F, Cincotta, M

“…Systematic review and meta-analysis of the most frequent treatment-emergent central nervous system adverse events (CNS AEs) of new antiepileptic drugs (AEDs)…”
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Role of the dorsal premotor cortex in rhythmic auditory-motor entrainment: a perturbational approach by rTMS by Giovannelli, Fabio, Innocenti, Iglis, Rossi, Simone, Borgheresi, Alessandra, Ragazzoni, Aldo, Zaccara, Gaetano, Viggiano, Maria Pia, Cincotta, Massimo

“…Synchronization of body movements to an external beat is a universal human ability, which has also been recently documented in nonhuman species. The neural…”
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70. Effects of music reading on motor cortex excitability by Giovannelli, F, Rossi, S, Borgheresi, A, Calistri, M, Zaccara, G, Avanzini, G, Viggiano, M.P, Cincotta, M

“…Neurophysiological studies suggest that reading sheet music facilitates sensorimotor cortex in musicians. The aim of the present study was twofold: to evaluate…”
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26. Relationship between impulsivity traits and awareness of motor intention by Giovannelli, F, Mastrolorenzo, B, Rossi, A, Gavazzi, G, Borgheresi, A, Calistri, M, Zaccara, G, Viggiano, M.P, Cincotta, M

“…Deficient voluntary control of behaviour and impulsivity are key aspects of impulse control disorders. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the…”
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The adverse event profile of zonisamide: a meta-analysis by Verrotti, A., Loiacono, G., Di Sabatino, F., Zaccara, G.

“…The first aim of our study was to analyze the adverse events statistically significantly associated with zonisamide, through a systematic review and…”
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106. Parietal cortex involvement in visual perceptual learning: A rTMS investigation by Giovannelli, F, Bartolucci, M, Borgheresi, A, Battista, D, Del Sordo, E, Zaccara, G, Viggiano, M.P, Cincotta, M

“…Practice-induced visual perceptual learning is thought to reflect the plasticity of sensory brain regions. The hypothesis that changes in early visual areas…”
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1. A meta-analysis of the cortical silent period in epilepsies by Giovannelli, F, Borgheresi, A, Tramacere, L, Colon, S, Sirabella, E, Viggiano, M.P, Zaccara, G, Cincotta, M

“…The cortical silent period (CSP) following transcranial magnetic stimulation reflects GABAB-mediated inhibition in the primary motor cortex (M1), and could…”
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Automatic identification of dysprosody in idiopathic Parkinson's disease by Bandini, A., Giovannelli, F., Orlandi, S., Barbagallo, S.D., Cincotta, M., Vanni, P., Chiaramonti, R., Borgheresi, A., Zaccara, G., Manfredi, C.

“…•We analyze dysprosody in patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease using a sentence repetition task.•We perform an automatic analysis of speech signals.•PD…”
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75. Automatic detection of dysprosody patterns in patients with idiopathic Parkinson’s disease by Bandini, A, Giovannelli, F, Cincotta, M, Vanni, P, Chiaramonti, R, Borgheresi, A, Zaccara, G, Orlandi, S, Manfredi, C

“…Dysprosody is characterized by alterations of rhythm and speed of speech and represents one of the most frequent alteration of speech in patients with…”
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“…the times they aren’t a-changin’…” rTMS does not affect basic mechanisms of temporal discrimination: A pilot study with ERPs by Giovannelli, F, Ragazzoni, A, Battista, D, Tarantino, V, Del Sordo, E, Marzi, T, Zaccara, G, Avanzini, G, Viggiano, M.P, Cincotta, M

“…Highlights • We used rTMS to test the role of different cortical areas in a time discrimination task. • SMA, right posterior parietal cortex and superior…”
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Audio–visual integration effect in lateral occipital cortex during an object recognition task: An interference pilot study by Giovannelli, F., Giganti, F., Righi, S., Peru, A., Borgheresi, A., Zaccara, G., Viggiano, M.P., Cincotta, M.

“…•We evaluate the role of the lateral occipital cortex (LOC) in audio–visual integration.•Facilitation induced by coherent audio–visual integration was reduced…”
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P 68. The effect of music on corticospinal excitability is related to the perceived emotion: A transcranial magnetic stimulation study by Giovannelli, F, Borgheresi, A, Innocenti, I, Rossi, S, Zaccara, G, Viggiano, M.P, Cincotta, M

“…Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and neuroimaging studies suggest a functional link between the emotion-related brain areas and the motor system. It is…”
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