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Angelo Quartarone

Angelo Quartarone

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Neuroscience

D-Index
59
Citations
16737
World Ranking
3947
National Ranking
173

Overview

Angelo Quartarone is affiliated with the University of Messina in Italy and has an extensive scientific output primarily in the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience. Their research largely focuses on Neurology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Rehabilitation, and Epidemiology, with notable contributions to Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery, Neurological Disorders and Treatments, Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies, Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments, Traumatic Brain Injury Research, and EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces.

Their publication record includes several recent papers featured in reputable journals. Among these are:

  • Evidence-based guidelines on the therapeutic use of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS): An update (2014-2018), 2020, Clinical Neurophysiology
  • Safety and recommendations for TMS use in healthy subjects and patient populations, with updates on training, ethical and regulatory issues: Expert Guidelines, 2020, Clinical Neurophysiology
  • Neuropsychological and neurophysiological correlates of fatigue in post-acute patients with neurological manifestations of COVID-19: Insights into a challenging symptom, 2020, Journal of the Neurological Sciences
  • Corrigendum to "Evidence-based guidelines on the therapeutic use of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS): An update (2014-2018)", 2020, Clinical Neurophysiology
  • Altered motor cortex physiology and dysexecutive syndrome in patients with fatigue and cognitive difficulties after mild COVID-19, 2022, European Journal of Neurology

These publications indicate an active engagement with both the clinical and neurophysiological aspects of neurological disorders and rehabilitation, with a particular interest in transcranial magnetic stimulation and the neurological sequelae of COVID-19.

Quartarone has frequently collaborated with a range of researchers, including Rocco Salvatore Calabrò, Francesco Corallo, Mirjam Bonanno, Rosaria De Luca, and Lilla Bonanno. These collaborations suggest involvement in interdisciplinary projects within neurology and rehabilitation sciences.

Their research has appeared most frequently in the following venues:

  • Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • Brain Sciences
  • Biomedicines
  • Bioengineering
  • Frontiers in Psychology

This selection of journals reflects a focus on clinical and experimental medicine, neuroscience, biomedical sciences, engineering approaches to biology, and psychological aspects of neurological research.

Best Publications

  • Evidence-based guidelines on the therapeutic use of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS): An update (2014–2018)

    Jean Pascal Lefaucheur;André Aleman;Chris Baeken;David H. Benninger

  • A practical guide to diagnostic transcranial magnetic stimulation: Report of an IFCN committee

    S. Groppa;A. Oliviero;A. Eisen;A. Quartarone

  • Safety and recommendations for TMS use in healthy subjects and patient populations, with updates on training, ethical and regulatory issues: Expert Guidelines

    Simone Rossi;Andrea Antal;Sven Bestmann;Marom Bikson

  • Dopamine-dependent changes in the functional connectivity between basal ganglia and cerebral cortex in humans

    D Williams;M Tijssen;G van Bruggen;A Bosch

  • Abnormal associative plasticity of the human motor cortex in writer's cramp.

    Angelo Quartarone;Sergio Bagnato;Vincenzo Rizzo;Hartwig R. Siebner

  • Emerging concepts in the physiological basis of dystonia

    Angelo Quartarone;Mark Hallett

  • Long-lasting increase in corticospinal excitability after 1800 pulses of subthreshold 5 Hz repetitive TMS to the primary motor cortex.

    Alexander Peinemann;Bibiana Reimer;Christian Löer;Angelo Quartarone

  • Task-specific hand dystonia: can too much plasticity be bad for you?

    Angelo Quartarone;Hartwig R. Siebner;J.C. Rothwell

  • Neuropsychological and neurophysiological correlates of fatigue in post-acute patients with neurological manifestations of COVID-19: Insights into a challenging symptom.

    Paola Ortelli;Davide Ferrazzoli;Luca Sebastianelli;Michael Engl

  • Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Enhances BDNF–TrkB Signaling in Both Brain and Lymphocyte

    Hoau-Yan Wang;Domenica Crupi;JingJing Liu;Andres Stucky

  • Homeostatic-like plasticity of the primary motor hand area is impaired in focal hand dystonia

    Angelo Quartarone;Vincenzo Rizzo;Sergio Bagnato;Francesca Morgante

  • Consensus Paper: Probing Homeostatic Plasticity of Human Cortex With Non-invasive Transcranial Brain Stimulation

    Anke Karabanov;Ulf Ziemann;Masashi Hamada;Mark S. George;Mark S. George

  • Abnormal plasticity of sensorimotor circuits extends beyond the affected body part in focal dystonia

    Angelo Quartarone;Francesca Morgante;Antonino Sant'Angelo;Vincenzo Rizzo

  • Slow repetitive TMS for drug-resistant epilepsy: Clinical and EEG findings of a placebo-controlled trial

    Roberto Cantello;Simone Rossi;Claudia Varrasi;Monica Ulivelli

  • Distinct changes in cortical and spinal excitability following high-frequency repetitive TMS to the human motor cortex

    Angelo Quartarone;Sergio Bagnato;Sergio Bagnato;Vincenzo Rizzo;Francesca Morgante

  • Cortical plasticity in Alzheimer's disease in humans and rodents.

    Fortunato Battaglia;Hoau-Yan Wang;M. Felice Ghilardi;Eleonora Gashi

  • Abnormal sensorimotor plasticity in organic but not in psychogenic dystonia.

    A. Quartarone;A. Quartarone;V. Rizzo;C. Terranova;F. Morgante

  • Abnormal plasticity in dystonia: Disruption of synaptic homeostasis

    Angelo Quartarone;Antonio Pisani

  • The many facets of motor learning and their relevance for Parkinson’s disease

    Lucio Marinelli;Angelo Quartarone;Mark Hallett;Giuseppe Frazzitta

  • The basal ganglia are hyperactive during the discrimination of tactile stimuli in writer's cramp.

    M. Peller;K. E. Zeuner;A. Munchau;A. Quartarone

Frequent Co-Authors

Paolo Girlanda
Paolo Girlanda University of Messina
Francesca Morgante
Francesca Morgante St George's, University of London
Giuseppe Anastasi
Giuseppe Anastasi University of Pisa
Maria Felice Ghilardi
Maria Felice Ghilardi City University of New York
Fortunato Battaglia
Fortunato Battaglia Seton Hall University
Silvia Marino
Silvia Marino Queen Mary University of London
Rocco Salvatore Calabrò
Rocco Salvatore Calabrò University of Messina
Ulf Ziemann
Ulf Ziemann University of Tübingen
John C. Rothwell
John C. Rothwell University College London
Marco Bove
Marco Bove University of Genoa

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