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Alessandro Martorana

Alessandro Martorana

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Neuroscience

D-Index
47
Citations
7261
World Ranking
6499
National Ranking
334

Overview

Alessandro Martorana is affiliated with the University of Rome Tor Vergata in Italy and specializes in research at the intersection of medicine and neuroscience. Their work focuses primarily on neurology, physiology, cognitive neuroscience, psychiatry and mental health, and molecular biology.

The scientist has contributed to research on several main topics including:

  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Dementia and cognitive impairment research
  • Transcranial magnetic stimulation studies
  • Functional brain connectivity studies
  • Neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms
  • Neurological disease mechanisms and treatments
  • Advanced neuroimaging techniques and applications

Martorana has published extensively in journals that include:

  • Clinical Neurophysiology
  • Journal of Alzheimer's Disease
  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • European Journal of Neurology
  • Alzheimer's Research & Therapy

Some of their recent papers are:

  • Precuneus magnetic stimulation for Alzheimer's disease: a randomized, sham-controlled trial (2022) published in Brain
  • Classification Accuracy of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for the Diagnosis of Neurodegenerative Dementias (2020) published in Annals of Neurology
  • Decreased Frontal Gamma Activity in Alzheimer Disease Patients (2022) published in Annals of Neurology
  • LTP-like cortical plasticity predicts conversion to dementia in patients with memory impairment (2020) published in Brain Stimulation
  • Effect of Rotigotine vs Placebo on Cognitive Functions Among Patients With Mild to Moderate Alzheimer Disease (2020) published in JAMA Network Open

Martorana frequently collaborates with a core group of researchers who include Giacomo Koch, Caterina Motta, Martina Assogna, Chiara Giuseppina Bonomi, and Sonia Bonnì. These collaborations have resulted in numerous co-authored publications.

Best Publications

  • Inflammation Triggers Synaptic Alteration and Degeneration in Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis

    Diego Centonze;Luca Muzio;Silvia Rossi;Francesca Cavasinni

  • Transcranial magnetic stimulation of the precuneus enhances memory and neural activity in prodromal Alzheimer's disease.

    Giacomo Koch;Sonia Bonnì;Maria Concetta Pellicciari;Elias P. Casula

  • Orexinergic System Dysregulation, Sleep Impairment, and Cognitive Decline in Alzheimer Disease

    Claudio Liguori;Andrea Romigi;Marzia Nuccetelli;Silvana Zannino

  • "Is dopamine involved in Alzheimer's disease?".

    Alessandro Martorana;Giacomo Koch

  • Precuneus magnetic stimulation for Alzheimer’s disease: a randomized, sham-controlled trial

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  • Amyloid β, glutamate, excitotoxicity in Alzheimer's disease: are we on the right track?

    Zaira Esposito;Lorena Belli;Sofia Toniolo;Giuseppe Sancesario

  • Beyond the cholinergic hypothesis: do current drugs work in Alzheimer's disease?

    Alessandro Martorana;Zaira Esposito;Giacomo Koch

  • Dopaminergic Modulation of Cortical Plasticity in Alzheimer’s Disease Patients

    Giacomo Koch;Francesco Di Lorenzo;Sonia Bonnì;Viola Giacobbe

  • Impaired LTP- but not LTD-like cortical plasticity in Alzheimer's disease patients.

    Giacomo Koch;Francesco Di Lorenzo;Sonia Bonnì;Viviana Ponzo

  • Rapid eye movement sleep disruption and sleep fragmentation are associated with increased orexin-A cerebrospinal-fluid levels in mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer's disease

    Claudio Liguori;Marzia Nuccetelli;Francesca Izzi;Giuseppe Sancesario

  • Dopamine Modulates Cholinergic Cortical Excitability in Alzheimer's Disease Patients

    Alessandro Martorana;Francesco Mori;Zaira Esposito;Hajime Kusayanagi

  • Exercise attenuates the clinical, synaptic and dendritic abnormalities of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis

    Silvia Rossi;Roberto Furlan;Valentina De Chiara;Alessandra Musella

  • Sub-cellular localization of manganese in the basal ganglia of normal and manganese-treated rats: An electron spectroscopy imaging and electron energy-loss spectroscopy study

    M. Morello;A. Canini;P. Mattioli;R.P. Sorge

  • Transcranial magnetic stimulation distinguishes Alzheimer disease from frontotemporal dementia

    Alberto Benussi;Francesco Di Lorenzo;Valentina Dell'Era;Maura Cosseddu

  • Long-term potentiation-like cortical plasticity is disrupted in Alzheimer's disease patients independently from age of onset.

    Francesco Di Lorenzo;Viviana Ponzo;Sonia Bonnì;Caterina Motta

  • Lowered cAMP and cGMP signalling in the brain during levodopa‐induced dyskinesias in hemiparkinsonian rats: new aspects in the pathogenetic mechanisms

    M. Giorgi;V. D’Angelo;Z. Esposito;V. Nuccetelli

  • Dopamine D2-agonist Rotigotine effects on cortical excitability and central cholinergic transmission in Alzheimer's disease patients

    Alessandro Martorana;Francesco Di Lorenzo;Zaira Esposito;Temistocle Lo Giudice

  • Immunolocalization of CB1 receptor in rat striatal neurons: A confocal microscopy study

    Francesca R. Fusco;A. Martorana;C. Giampà;Z. De March

  • Differential post‐translational modifications of transthyretin in Alzheimer's disease: A study of the cerebral spinal fluid

    Antonino Biroccio;Piero del Boccio;Marta Panella;Sergio Bernardini

  • Oral fingolimod rescues the functional deficits of synapses in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis

    S Rossi;T Lo Giudice;V De Chiara;A Musella

  • Beneficial effects of rolipram in a quinolinic acid model of striatal excitotoxicity.

    Zena DeMarch;Carmela Giampà;Stefano Patassini;Alessandro Martorana

Frequent Co-Authors

Giacomo Koch
Giacomo Koch University of Ferrara
Giuseppe Sancesario
Giuseppe Sancesario University of Rome Tor Vergata
Giorgio Bernardi
Giorgio Bernardi University of Rome Tor Vergata
Carlo Caltagirone
Carlo Caltagirone Fondazione Santa Lucia
Sonia Bonnì
Sonia Bonnì Fondazione Santa Lucia
Caterina Motta
Caterina Motta University of Rome Tor Vergata
Nicola B. Mercuri
Nicola B. Mercuri University of Rome Tor Vergata
Alessandro Stefani
Alessandro Stefani University of Rome Tor Vergata
Marco Bozzali
Marco Bozzali Brighton and Sussex Medical School
Carmela Giampà
Carmela Giampà Fondazione Santa Lucia

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