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Eugenio Scarnati

Eugenio Scarnati

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Neuroscience

D-Index
34
Citations
7254
World Ranking
9265
National Ranking
513

Overview

Eugenio Scarnati is affiliated with the University of L'Aquila in Italy and has made contributions within the fields of neuroscience and medicine, with a focus on neurology and related sub-disciplines. Their research spans several subfields, including cognitive neuroscience, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and pathology and forensic medicine.

Their work touches on a range of topics primarily rooted in neurological studies. These topics include:

  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Neurological diseases and metabolism
  • Neurological disorders and treatments
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • Vestibular and auditory disorders

Scarnati's recent publications illustrate a focus on neurophysiological phenomena and neurodegenerative disorders:

  • "Comparison between Tail Suspension Swing Test and Standard Rotation Test in Revealing Early Motor Behavioral Changes and Neurodegeneration in 6-OHDA Hemiparkinsonian Rats," 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "Contribution of different somatosensory afferent input to subcortical somatosensory evoked potentials in humans," 2021, Clinical Neurophysiology
  • "Pedunculopontine tegmental Nucleus-evoked prepulse inhibition of the blink reflex in Parkinson's disease," 2021, Clinical Neurophysiology

These publications appear primarily in the following venues:

  • Clinical Neurophysiology
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Collaborative work features contributions from frequent co-authors including Angelo Insola, Paolo Mazzone, Ilaria Rosa, Davide Di Censo, and Brigida Ranieri. Angelo Insola and Paolo Mazzone are noted for multiple co-authored papers, indicating ongoing collaborative relationships.

Best Publications

  • Neuronal activity in monkey ventral striatum related to the expectation of reward

    W Schultz;P Apicella;E Scarnati;T Ljungberg

  • Bilateral deep brain stimulation of the pedunculopontine and subthalamic nuclei in severe Parkinson's disease

    Alessandro Stefani;Andres M. Lozano;Antonella Peppe;Paolo Stanzione

  • Responses to reward in monkey dorsal and ventral striatum.

    P. Apicella;T. Ljungberg;E. Scarnati;W. Schultz

  • Implantation of human pedunculopontine nucleus: A safe and clinically relevant target in Parkinson's disease

    Paolo Mazzone;Andres Lozano;Paolo Stanzione;Salvatore Galati

  • Neuronal activity in monkey striatum related to the expectation of predictable environmental events.

    P. Apicella;E. Scarnati;T. Ljungberg;W. Schultz

  • Role of primate basal ganglia and frontal cortex in the internal generation of movements. I. Preparatory activity in the anterior striatum.

    Ranulfo Romo;Eugenio Scarnati;Wolfram Schultz

  • Role of primate basal ganglia and frontal cortex in the internal generation of movements. III. Neuronal activity in the supplementary motor area.

    Ranulfo Romo;Wolfram Schultz

  • Tonically discharging neurons of monkey striatum respond to preparatory and rewarding stimuli.

    P. Apicella;E. Scarnati;W. Schultz

  • A microiontophoretic study on the nature of the putative synaptic neurotransmitter involved in the pedunculopontine-substantia nigra pars compacta excitatory pathway of the rat.

    E. Scarnati;A. Proia;E. Campana;C. Pacitti

  • Context-dependent activity in primate striatum reflecting past and future behavioral events.

    Wolfram Schultz;Paul Apicella;Ranulfo Romo;Eugenio Scarnati

  • Pedunculopontine-evoked excitation of substantia nigra neurons in the rat.

    Eugenio Scarnati;Elena Campana;Claudio Pacitti

  • Reward-related activity in the monkey striatum and substantia nigra.

    Wolfram Schultz;Paul Apicella;Tomas Ljungberg;Ranulfo Romo

  • The reciprocal electrophysiological influence between the nucleus tegmenti pedunculopontinus and the substantia nigra in normal and decorticated rats

    E. Scarnati;A. Proia;S. Di Loreto;C. Pacitti

  • Pharmacological study of the cortical-induced excitation of subthalamic nucleus neurons in the rat: evidence for amino acids as putative neurotransmitters.

    B. Rouzaire-Dubois;E. Scarnati

  • Evidence that non-NMDA receptors are involved in the excitatory pathway from the pedunculopontine region to nigrostriatal dopaminergic neurons.

    S. Di Loreto;T. Florio;E. Scarnati

  • Bilateral corticosubthalamic nucleus projections: an electrophysiological study in rats with chronic cerebral lesions.

    B. Rouzaire-Dubois;E. Scarnati

  • Role of tonically-active neurons in the control of striatal function: cellular mechanisms and behavioral correlates.

    Antonio Pisani;Paola Bonsi;Barbara Picconi;Massimo Tolu

  • Deficits in reaction times and movement times as correlates of hypokinesia in monkeys with MPTP-induced striatal dopamine depletion

    W. Schultz;A. Studer;R. Romo;E. Sundstrom

  • High-frequency stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus modulates the activity of pedunculopontine neurons through direct activation of excitatory fibres as well as through indirect activation of inhibitory pallidal fibres in the rat.

    Tiziana Florio;Eugenio Scarnati;Giuseppina Confalone;Daniela Minchella

  • Sleep induced by low doses of apomorphine in rats

    G.P Mereu;E Scarnati;E Paglietti;B.Pellegrini Quarantotti

Frequent Co-Authors

Paolo Mazzone
Paolo Mazzone University of Rome Tor Vergata
Angelo Insola
Angelo Insola CTO Hospital
Alessandro Stefani
Alessandro Stefani University of Rome Tor Vergata
Wolfram Schultz
Wolfram Schultz University of Cambridge
Paolo Stanzione
Paolo Stanzione University of Rome Tor Vergata
Andres M. Lozano
Andres M. Lozano University of Toronto
Ranulfo Romo
Ranulfo Romo National Autonomous University of Mexico
Antonella Peppe
Antonella Peppe University of Rome Tor Vergata
Massimiliano Valeriani
Massimiliano Valeriani University of Rome Tor Vergata
Erik Sundström
Erik Sundström Karolinska Institute

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