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Alessandro Tessitore is affiliated with the University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" in Italy and has a research profile strongly rooted in medicine and neuroscience. Their scholarly output includes over 200 publications in medicine, with 58 focusing specifically on neuroscience. Within these broad fields, Tessitore's work concentrates extensively on neurology and psychiatry and mental health, as well as cognitive neuroscience, pathology and forensic medicine, and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

Their research topics prominently cover areas such as Parkinson's disease mechanisms and treatments, neurological disorders and treatments, migraine and headache studies, trigeminal neuralgia and treatments, functional brain connectivity studies, genetic neurodegenerative diseases, and psychosomatic disorders and their treatments.

Tessitore's publications appear frequently in specialized venues including:

  • Headache The Journal of Head and Face Pain
  • Journal of the Neurological Sciences
  • Movement Disorders Clinical Practice
  • Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
  • Journal of Neurology

Key recent papers from Tessitore and collaborators include:

  • "Multidimensional assessment of the effects of erenumab in chronic migraine patients with previous unsuccessful preventive treatments: a comprehensive real-world experience" (2020) in The Journal of Headache and Pain
  • "Flexible brain dynamics underpins complex behaviours as observed in Parkinson's disease" (2021) in Scientific Reports
  • "Clinical Correlates of Functional Motor Disorders: An Italian Multicenter Study" (2020) in Movement Disorders Clinical Practice
  • "Skin Biopsy May Help to Distinguish Multiple System Atrophy-Parkinsonism from Parkinson's Disease With Orthostatic Hypotension" (2020) in Movement Disorders
  • "Safety and efficacy of continuous subcutaneous levodopa-carbidopa infusion (ND0612) for Parkinson's disease with motor fluctuations (BouNDless): a phase 3, randomised, double-blind, double-dummy, multicentre trial" (2024) in The Lancet Neurology

Frequent collaborators in Tessitore's research include Rosa De Micco, Gioacchino Tedeschi, Marcello Silvestro, Antonio Russo, and Mattia Siciliano. These coauthors have contributed across multiple projects, indicating sustained partnerships within the neurological and clinical research domains.

Best Publications

  • Serotonin Transporter Genetic Variation and the Response of the Human Amygdala

    Ahmad R. Hariri;Venkata S. Mattay;Alessandro Tessitore;Bhaskar Kolachana

  • The Amygdala Response to Emotional Stimuli: A Comparison of Faces and Scenes

    Ahmad R. Hariri;Alessandro Tessitore;Venkata S. Mattay;Francesco Fera

  • Catechol O-methyltransferase val158-met genotype and individual variation in the brain response to amphetamine.

    Venkata S. Mattay;Terry E. Goldberg;Francesco Fera;Ahmad R. Hariri

  • Neocortical modulation of the amygdala response to fearful stimuli

    Ahmad R Hariri;Venkata S Mattay;Alessandro Tessitore;Francesco Fera

  • Neurophysiological correlates of age-related changes in human motor function

    V.S. Mattay;F. Fera;A. Tessitore;A.R. Hariri

  • Dopaminergic modulation of cortical function in patients with Parkinson's disease.

    Venkata S. Mattay;Alessandro Tessitore;Joseph H. Callicott;Alessandro Bertolino

  • Neurophysiological correlates of age-related changes in working memory capacity.

    Venkata. S. Mattay;Francesco Fera;Alessandro Tessitore;Ahmad R. Hariri

  • Dopamine Modulates the Response of the Human Amygdala: A Study in Parkinson's Disease

    Alessandro Tessitore;Ahmad R. Hariri;Francesco Fera;William G. Smith

  • Default-mode network connectivity in cognitively unimpaired patients with Parkinson disease

    Alessandro Tessitore;Fabrizio Esposito;Carmine Vitale;Gabriella Santangelo

  • Resting-state brain connectivity in patients with Parkinson's disease and freezing of gait

    Alessandro Tessitore;Marianna Amboni;Fabrizio Esposito;Antonio Russo

  • Fatigue in Parkinson's disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Mattia Siciliano;Luigi Trojano;Gabriella Santangelo;Rosa De Micco

  • Functional changes in the activity of brain regions underlying emotion processing in the elderly

    Alessandro Tessitore;Ahmad R. Hariri;Ahmad R. Hariri;Francesco Fera;Francesco Fera;William G. Smith

  • Dextroamphetamine modulates the response of the human amygdala

    Ahmad R Hariri;Venkata S Mattay;Alessandro Tessitore;Francesco Fera

  • Rhythm-specific modulation of the sensorimotor network in drug-naive patients with Parkinson's disease by levodopa.

    Fabrizio Esposito;Fabrizio Esposito;Alessandro Tessitore;Alfonso Giordano;Rosita De Micco

  • Resting-state functional connectivity associated with mild cognitive impairment in Parkinson’s disease

    Marianna Amboni;Alessandro Tessitore;Fabrizio Esposito;Fabrizio Esposito;Gabriella Santangelo

  • Disrupted default mode network connectivity in migraine without aura

    Alessandro Tessitore;Antonio Russo;Alfonso Giordano;Francesca Conte

  • Abnormal thalamic function in patients with vestibular migraine

    Antonio Russo;Vincenzo Marcelli;Fabrizio Esposito;Virginia Corvino

  • Executive resting-state network connectivity in migraine without aura

    Antonio Russo;Alessandro Tessitore;Alfonso Giordano;Daniele Corbo

  • Prevalence of fatigue in Parkinson disease and its clinical correlates

    Fabrizio Stocchi;Giovanni Abbruzzese;Roberto Ceravolo;Pietro Cortelli

  • Neural Mechanisms Underlying Probabilistic Category Learning in Normal Aging

    Francesco Fera;Thomas W. Weickert;Terry E. Goldberg;Alessandro Tessitore;Alessandro Tessitore

Frequent Co-Authors

Gioacchino Tedeschi
Gioacchino Tedeschi University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
Fabrizio Esposito
Fabrizio Esposito University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
Francesco Fera
Francesco Fera Magna Graecia University
Ahmad R. Hariri
Ahmad R. Hariri Duke University
Daniel R. Weinberger
Daniel R. Weinberger Johns Hopkins University
Venkata S. Mattay
Venkata S. Mattay Lieber Institute for Brain Development
Marianna Amboni
Marianna Amboni University of Salerno
Luigi Trojano
Luigi Trojano University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
Gabriella Santangelo
Gabriella Santangelo University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
Francesca Morgante
Francesca Morgante St George's, University of London

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