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Claudio Pacchetti

Claudio Pacchetti

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Neuroscience

D-Index
61
Citations
9844
World Ranking
3743
National Ranking
168

Overview

Claudio Pacchetti is affiliated with the University of Pavia in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a significant concentration in neurology. They have contributed extensively to subfields including cellular and molecular neuroscience, physiology, clinical biochemistry, and endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Neurological disorders and treatments
  • Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus
  • Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders
  • Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research
  • Metabolism and Genetic Disorders
  • Neurological and metabolic disorders

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Pacchetti cover clinical studies and consensus in Parkinson's disease, such as:

  • GBA-Related Parkinson's Disease: Dissection of Genotype-Phenotype Correlates in a Large Italian Cohort (2020), published in Movement Disorders
  • Consensus on the treatment of dysphagia in Parkinson's disease (2021), Journal of the Neurological Sciences
  • Safety and efficacy of venglustat in GBA1-associated Parkinson's disease: an international, multicentre, double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled, phase 2 trial (2023), The Lancet Neurology
  • A multinational consensus on dysphagia in Parkinson's disease: screening, diagnosis and prognostic value (2021), Journal of Neurology
  • 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), The Lancet Neurology

Pacchetti has frequently published in venues such as:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Movement Disorders
  • Movement Disorders Clinical Practice
  • Neurological Sciences
  • Journal of the Neurological Sciences

The scientist has collaborated regularly with co-authors including:

  • Roberta Zangaglia
  • Micol Avenali
  • Pietro Cortelli
  • Enza Maria Valente
  • Roberto Ceravolo

Best Publications

  • Active music therapy in Parkinson's disease: an integrative method for motor and emotional rehabilitation.

    Claudio Pacchetti;Francesca Mancini;Roberto Aglieri;Cira Fundaró

  • Probiotics and prebiotic fiber for constipation associated with Parkinson disease: An RCT.

    Michela Barichella;Claudio Pacchetti;Carlotta Bolliri;Erica Cassani

  • Relationship between hallucinations, delusions, and rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder in Parkinson's disease

    Claudio Pacchetti;Raffaele Manni;Roberta Zangaglia;Francesca Mancini

  • Double-blind, placebo-controlled study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of botulinum toxin type A in the treatment of drooling in parkinsonism.

    Francesca Mancini;Roberta R. Zangaglia;Silvano Cristina;Maria Grazia Sommaruga

  • Plasma Homocysteine and l-DOPA Metabolism in Patients with Parkinson Disease

    Fabio Blandini;Roberto Fancellu;Emilia Martignoni;Anna Mangiagalli

  • Transcranial direct current stimulation for treatment of freezing of gait: A cross-over study

    Francesca Valentino;Giuseppe Cosentino;Filippo Brighina;Nicolò Gabriele Pozzi

  • A randomised, double-blind, dose-ranging study to evaluate efficacy and safety of three doses of botulinum toxin type A (Botox) for the treatment of spastic foot.

    Francesca Mancini;G. Sandrini;A. Moglia;G. Nappi

  • Not paralysis, but dystonia causes stridor in multiple system atrophy

    Ilaria Maria Merlo;Antonio Occhini;Claudio Pacchetti;Enrico Alfonsi

  • Prevalence of fatigue in Parkinson disease and its clinical correlates

    Fabrizio Stocchi;Giovanni Abbruzzese;Roberto Ceravolo;Pietro Cortelli

  • REM sleep behavior disorder, hallucinations, and cognitive impairment in Parkinson's disease

    Elena Sinforiani;Roberta Zangaglia;Raffaele Manni;Silvano Cristina

  • Validation of the Italian version of the Movement Disorder Society—Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale

    Angelo Antonini;Giovanni Abbruzzese;Luigi Ferini-Strambi;Barbara Tilley

  • Deep brain stimulation and cognitive functions in Parkinson's disease: A three-year controlled study

    Roberta Zangaglia;Claudio Pacchetti;Chiara Pasotti;Francesca Mancini

  • "Off" painful dystonia in Parkinson's disease treated with botulinum toxin

    C. Pacchetti;G. Albani;E. Martignoni;L. Godi

  • Freezing of gait in Parkinson's disease reflects a sudden derangement of locomotor network dynamics.

    Nicolò Gabriele Pozzi;Andrea Canessa;Chiara Palmisano;Chiara Palmisano;Joachim Brumberg

  • GBA-Related Parkinson's Disease: Dissection of Genotype-Phenotype Correlates in a Large Italian Cohort.

    Simona Petrucci;Monia Ginevrino;Ilaria Trezzi;Edoardo Monfrini

  • Botulinum toxin and neuromotor rehabilitation: An integrated approach to idiopathic cervical dystonia

    Cristina Tassorelli;Francesca Mancini;Laura Balloni;Claudio Pacchetti

  • Duodenal levodopa infusion improves quality of life in advanced Parkinson's disease

    A. Antonini;F. Mancini;M. Canesi;R. Zangaglia

  • REM behavior disorder, hallucinations and cognitive impairment in Parkinson's disease: a two-year follow up.

    Elena Sinforiani;Claudio Pacchetti;Roberta Zangaglia;Chiara Pasotti

  • Peripheral proteasome and caspase activity in Parkinson disease and Alzheimer disease

    F. Blandini;E. Sinforiani;C. Pacchetti;A. Samuele

  • Sleep disorders and the natural history of Parkinson's disease: The contribution of epidemiological studies

    Stefano Zoccolella;Mariantonietta Savarese;Paolo Lamberti;Raffaele Manni

  • Hallucinations and sleep-wake cycle in PD: a 24-hour continuous polysomnographic study.

    Raffaele Manni;C. Pacchetti;M. Terzaghi;I. Sartori

  • Comorbid disorders and hospitalisation in Parkinson's disease: a prospective study.

    E. Martignoni;L. Godi;A. Citterio;R. Zangaglia

  • Electrophysiologic patterns of oral-pharyngeal swallowing in parkinsonian syndromes

    E. Alfonsi;M. Versino;I. M. Merlo;C. Pacchetti

Frequent Co-Authors

Raffaele Manni
Raffaele Manni University of Pavia
Giorgio Sandrini
Giorgio Sandrini University of Pavia
Michele Terzaghi
Michele Terzaghi University of Pavia
Sara Marceglia
Sara Marceglia University of Trieste
Roberto Ceravolo
Roberto Ceravolo University of Pisa
Alberto Priori
Alberto Priori University of Milan
Fabio Blandini
Fabio Blandini University of Pavia
Francesca Morgante
Francesca Morgante St George's, University of London
Pietro Cortelli
Pietro Cortelli University of Bologna
Maurizio Zibetti
Maurizio Zibetti University of Turin

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