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Annabella Di Giorgio

Annabella Di Giorgio

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Neuroscience

D-Index
34
Citations
4546
World Ranking
9343
National Ranking
519

Overview

Annabella Di Giorgio is affiliated with Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza in Italy and specializes primarily in the field of Medicine. Their research focuses extensively on Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Neurology, and Infectious Diseases.

The scientist's work covers various major topics, including:

  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
  • Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19

Among the frequent co-authors with whom Annabella has collaborated are:

  • David C. Glahn
  • Dara M. Cannon
  • Fleur M. Howells
  • Ingrid Agartz
  • Geraldo F. Busatto

Annabella Di Giorgio has published multiple papers in renowned venues. Some of the recent selected publications include:

  • "Cortical thickness across the lifespan: Data from 17,075 healthy individuals aged 3-90 years", 2021, Human Brain Mapping
  • "Increased power by harmonizing structural MRI site differences with the ComBat batch adjustment method in ENIGMA", 2020, NeuroImage
  • "Virtual Histology of Cortical Thickness and Shared Neurobiology in 6 Psychiatric Disorders", 2020, JAMA Psychiatry
  • "Subcortical volumes across the lifespan: Data from 18,605 healthy individuals aged 3-90 years", 2021, Human Brain Mapping
  • "Greater male than female variability in regional brain structure across the lifespan", 2020, Human Brain Mapping

Publication activity spans many venues, with the highest number of works appearing in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Human Brain Mapping
  • European Urology Open Science
  • Diagnostics
  • Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis

Best Publications

  • Cortical thickness across the lifespan: Data from 17,075 healthy individuals aged 3-90 years

    Sophia Frangou;Amirhossein Modabbernia;Steven C. R. Williams;Efstathios Papachristou

  • Brain Heterogeneity in Schizophrenia and Its Association With Polygenic Risk.

    Dag Alnæs;Tobias Kaufmann;Dennis van der Meer;Aldo Córdova-Palomera

  • Increased power by harmonizing structural MRI site differences with the ComBat batch adjustment method in ENIGMA.

    Joaquim Radua;Eduard Vieta;Russell Shinohara;Peter Kochunov

  • Virtual Histology of Cortical Thickness and Shared Neurobiology in 6 Psychiatric Disorders

    Yash Patel;Nadine Parker;Jean Shin;Derek Howard

  • Stress-Related Methylation of the Catechol-O-Methyltransferase Val158 Allele Predicts Human Prefrontal Cognition and Activity

    Gianluca Ursini;Valentina Bollati;Leonardo Fazio;Annamaria Porcelli

  • Treatment with olanzapine is associated with modulation of the default mode network in patients with Schizophrenia.

    Fabio Sambataro;Giuseppe Blasi;Leonardo Fazio;Grazia Caforio

  • Neural signatures of the risk for bipolar disorder: A meta-analysis of structural and functional neuroimaging studies

    Giulia Cattarinussi;Annabella Di Giorgio;Robert Christian Wolf;Matteo Balestrieri

  • Functional variants of the dopamine receptor D2 gene modulate prefronto-striatal phenotypes in schizophrenia.

    Alessandro Bertolino;Leonardo Fazio;Grazia Caforio;Giuseppe Blasi

  • Prefrontal cortical thinning links to negative symptoms in schizophrenia via the ENIGMA consortium.

    E Walton;D P Hibar;T G M van Erp;S G Potkin

  • Subcortical volumes across the lifespan: Data from 18,605 healthy individuals aged 3-90 years

    Danai Dima;Danai Dima;Amirhossein Modabbernia;Efstathios Papachristou;Gaelle E. Doucet

  • Functional Variation of the Dopamine D2 Receptor Gene Is Associated with Emotional Control as well as Brain Activity and Connectivity during Emotion Processing in Humans

    Giuseppe Blasi;Luciana Lo Bianco;Paolo Taurisano;Barbara Gelao

  • The diverse phenotype and genotype of pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration.

    Maria Teresa Pellecchia;E. M. Valente;L. Cif;S. Salvi

  • Greater male than female variability in regional brain structure across the lifespan

    Lara M Wierenga;Gaelle E Doucet;Gaelle E Doucet;Danai Dima;Danai Dima;Ingrid Agartz;Ingrid Agartz

  • Genetically Determined Interaction between the Dopamine Transporter and the D2 Receptor on Prefronto-Striatal Activity and Volume in Humans

    Alessandro Bertolino;Leonardo Fazio;Annabella Di Giorgio;Giuseppe Blasi

  • Genetically determined measures of striatal D2 signaling predict prefrontal activity during working memory performance

    Alessandro Bertolino;Alessandro Bertolino;Paolo Taurisano;Nicola Marco Pisciotta;Giuseppe Blasi

  • Preferential responses in amygdala and insula during presentation of facial contempt and disgust

    Fabio Sambataro;Savino Dimalta;Annabella Di Giorgio;Paolo Taurisano

  • The Association Between Familial Risk and Brain Abnormalities Is Disease Specific: An ENIGMA-Relatives Study of Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder

    Sonja M.C. de Zwarte;Rachel M. Brouwer;Ingrid Agartz;Ingrid Agartz;Martin Alda;Martin Alda

  • Association of the Ser704Cys DISC1 polymorphism with human hippocampal formation gray matter and function during memory encoding

    Annabella Di Giorgio;Giuseppe Blasi;Fabio Sambataro;Fabio Sambataro;Antonio Rampino

  • DRD2/AKT1 interaction on D2 c-AMP independent signaling, attentional processing, and response to olanzapine treatment in schizophrenia

    Giuseppe Blasi;Francesco Napolitano;Gianluca Ursini;Gianluca Ursini;Paolo Taurisano

  • Epistasis between Dopamine Regulating Genes Identifies a Nonlinear Response of the Human Hippocampus During Memory Tasks

    Alessandro Bertolino;Alessandro Bertolino;Annabella Di Giorgio;Giuseppe Blasi;Fabio Sambataro;Fabio Sambataro

  • Greater male than female variability in regional brain structure across the lifespan

    Lara M Wierenga;Gaelle Doucet;Danai Dima;Danai Dima;Ingrid Agartz;Ingrid Agartz

Frequent Co-Authors

Alessandro Bertolino
Alessandro Bertolino University of Bari Aldo Moro
Giuseppe Blasi
Giuseppe Blasi University of Bari Aldo Moro
David C. Glahn
David C. Glahn Boston Children's Hospital
Fabio Sambataro
Fabio Sambataro University of Padua
Joaquim Radua
Joaquim Radua University of Barcelona
Edith Pomarol-Clotet
Edith Pomarol-Clotet Fidmag Sisters Hospitallers
Oliver Gruber
Oliver Gruber Heidelberg University
Ruben C. Gur
Ruben C. Gur University of Pennsylvania
Dag Alnæs
Dag Alnæs Oslo University Hospital

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