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Overview

Caterina Motta is affiliated with the University of Rome Tor Vergata in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with significant contributions to related subfields such as Neurology, Physiology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work covers several main topics including Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, dementia and cognitive impairment research, transcranial magnetic stimulation studies, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, neurological disease mechanisms and treatments, functional brain connectivity studies, and advanced neuroimaging techniques and applications.

Recent publications by Caterina Motta include:

  • Precuneus magnetic stimulation for Alzheimer's disease: a randomized, sham-controlled trial (2022) in Brain
  • Decreased Frontal Gamma Activity in Alzheimer Disease Patients (2022) in Annals of Neurology
  • LTP-like cortical plasticity predicts conversion to dementia in patients with memory impairment (2020) in Brain Stimulation
  • Effect of Rotigotine vs Placebo on Cognitive Functions Among Patients With Mild to Moderate Alzheimer Disease (2020) in JAMA Network Open
  • Effects of Palmitoylethanolamide Combined with Luteoline on Frontal Lobe Functions, High Frequency Oscillations, and GABAergic Transmission in Patients with Frontotemporal Dementia (2020) in Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

The frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with Caterina Motta include Alessandro Martorana, Giacomo Koch, Martina Assogna, Chiara Giuseppina Bonomi, and Sonia Bonnì.

Publications by Caterina Motta are commonly found in these venues:

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

Best Publications

  • 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

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

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  • Interleukin-1β causes synaptic hyperexcitability in multiple sclerosis.

    Silvia Rossi;Roberto Furlan;Valentina De Chiara;Caterina Motta

  • Fumarates modulate microglia activation through a novel HCAR2 signaling pathway and rescue synaptic dysregulation in inflamed CNS

    Benedetta Parodi;Silvia Rossi;Sara Morando;Christian Cordano

  • TNF-α-mediated anxiety in a mouse model of multiple sclerosis.

    Nabila Haji;Georgia Mandolesi;Antonietta Gentile;Lucia Sacchetti

  • Tumor necrosis factor is elevated in progressive multiple sclerosis and causes excitotoxic neurodegeneration.

    Silvia Rossi;Caterina Motta;Valeria Studer;Francesca Barbieri

  • Neuroinflammation drives anxiety and depression in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis.

    Silvia Rossi;Valeria Studer;Caterina Motta;Serena Polidoro

  • Cognitive and Cortical Plasticity Deficits Correlate with Altered Amyloid- β CSF Levels in Multiple Sclerosis

    Francesco Mori;Silvia Rossi;Giulia Sancesario;Claudia Codecà

  • Interleukin-1β causes anxiety by interacting with the endocannabinoid system.

    Silvia Rossi;Lucia Sacchetti;Francesco Napolitano;Valentina De Chiara

  • Neural stem cell transplantation induces stroke recovery by upregulating glutamate transporter GLT-1 in astrocytes

    Marco Bacigaluppi;Gianluca Luigi Russo;Luca Peruzzotti-Jametti;Silvia Rossi

  • Proposed chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency criteria do not predict multiple sclerosis risk or severity.

    Diego Centonze;Roberto Floris;Matteo Stefanini;Silvia Rossi

  • 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

  • Interleukin-1β causes excitotoxic neurodegeneration and multiple sclerosis disease progression by activating the apoptotic protein p53

    Silvia Rossi;Caterina Motta;Valeria Studer;Giulia Macchiarulo

  • Inflammation inhibits GABA transmission in multiple sclerosis.

    Silvia Rossi;Valeria Studer;Caterina Motta;Valentina De Chiara

  • Cannabinoid CB1 receptors regulate neuronal TNF-α effects in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis.

    Silvia Rossi;Roberto Furlan;Valentina De Chiara;Luca Muzio

  • Synaptic Plasticity and PDGF Signaling Defects Underlie Clinical Progression in Multiple Sclerosis

    Francesco Mori;Silvia Rossi;Sonia Piccinin;Caterina Motta

  • Preservation of striatal cannabinoid CB1 receptor function correlates with the antianxiety effects of fatty acid amide hydrolase inhibition.

    Silvia Rossi;Valentina De Chiara;Alessandra Musella;Lucia Sacchetti

  • Cerebrospinal fluid detection of interleukin-1β in phase of remission predicts disease progression in multiple sclerosis

    Silvia Rossi;Valeria Studer;Caterina Motta;Giorgio Germani

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

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

  • Decreased Frontal Gamma Activity in Alzheimer Disease Patients

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  • Subclinical central inflammation is risk for RIS and CIS conversion to MS

    S Rossi;C Motta;V Studer;G Macchiarulo

  • Transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 channels modulate the synaptic effects of TNF-α and of IL-1β in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis

    Gabriele Musumeci;Giorgio Grasselli;Silvia Rossi;Valentina De Chiara

Frequent Co-Authors

Diego Centonze
Diego Centonze University of Rome Tor Vergata
Giacomo Koch
Giacomo Koch University of Ferrara
Alessandro Martorana
Alessandro Martorana University of Rome Tor Vergata
Silvia Rossi
Silvia Rossi Chiesi (Italy)
Sonia Bonnì
Sonia Bonnì Fondazione Santa Lucia
Carlo Caltagirone
Carlo Caltagirone Fondazione Santa Lucia
Alessandra Musella
Alessandra Musella Università Telematica San Raffaele Roma
Nicola B. Mercuri
Nicola B. Mercuri University of Rome Tor Vergata
Giorgio Bernardi
Giorgio Bernardi University of Rome Tor Vergata
Maria Concetta Pellicciari
Maria Concetta Pellicciari Foundation Saint Lucia

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