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Overview

Fabio Placidi is affiliated with the University of Rome Tor Vergata in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with a notable concentration in Cognitive Neuroscience, Neurology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Physiology, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The main topics explored in Placidi's work include:

  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Epilepsy Research and Treatment
  • Sleep and Related Disorders
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Restless Legs Syndrome Research

Placidi's publication record includes multiple recent papers, notably:

  • "Sleep-disordered breathing and the risk of Alzheimer's disease" (2020) published in Sleep Medicine Reviews
  • "Sleep-Wake Cycle in Alzheimer's Disease Is Associated with Tau Pathology and Orexin Dysregulation" (2020) published in Journal of Alzheimer s Disease
  • "Sleep dysregulation, memory impairment, and CSF biomarkers during different levels of neurocognitive functioning in Alzheimer's disease course" (2020) published in Alzheimer s Research & Therapy
  • "Brain Functional Connectivity in de novo Parkinson's Disease Patients Based on Clinical EEG" (2022) published in Frontiers in Neurology
  • "Presynaptic Dopaminergic Imaging Characterizes Patients with REM Sleep Behavior Disorder Due to Synucleinopathy" (2024) published in Annals of Neurology

Frequent co-authors in Placidi's research include:

  • Claudio Liguori
  • Nicola Biagio Mercuri
  • Francesca Izzi
  • Mariana Fernandes
  • Matteo Spanetta

Placidi has contributed regularly to specific publication venues, with numerous works appearing in:

  • Sleep Medicine
  • Neurological Sciences
  • Journal of Alzheimer s Disease Reports
  • Journal of the Neurological Sciences
  • Epilepsy & Behavior

Best Publications

  • Orexinergic System Dysregulation, Sleep Impairment, and Cognitive Decline in Alzheimer Disease

    Claudio Liguori;Andrea Romigi;Marzia Nuccetelli;Silvana Zannino

  • Cognitive profile and brain morphological changes in obstructive sleep apnea.

    Federico Torelli;Nicola Moscufo;Girolamo Garreffa;Fabio Placidi

  • Multicenter case-control study on restless legs syndrome in multiple sclerosis: the REMS study.

    Mauro Manconi;Luigi Ferini-Strambi;Massimo Filippi

  • Carotid Artery Wall Thickness in Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome

    Mauro Silvestrini;Barbara Rizzato;Fabio Placidi;Roberto Baruffaldi

  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea is Associated With Early but Possibly Modifiable Alzheimer’s Disease Biomarkers Changes

    Claudio Liguori;Nicola Biagio Mercuri;Francesca Izzi;Andrea Romigi

  • Cerebral hemodynamic changes in sleep apnea syndrome and effect of continuous positive airway pressure treatment

    M. Diomedi;F. Placidi;L. M. Cupini;G. Bernardi

  • Sleep abnormalities in mentally retarded autistic subjects: Down's syndrome with mental retardation and normal subjects.

    Marina Diomedi;Paolo Curatolo;Anna Scalise;Fabio Placidi

  • Effect of anticonvulsants on nocturnal sleep in epilepsy.

    Fabio Placidi;Marina Diomedi;Anna Scalise;Maria Grazia Marciani

  • Rapid eye movement sleep disruption and sleep fragmentation are associated with increased orexin-A cerebrospinal-fluid levels in mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer's disease

    Claudio Liguori;Marzia Nuccetelli;Francesca Izzi;Giuseppe Sancesario

  • Impairment of daytime cerebrovascular reactivity in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome

    Fabio Placidi;Marina Diomedi;Letizia Maria Cupini;Giorgio Bernardi

  • Sleep-disordered breathing and the risk of Alzheimer's disease.

    Claudio Liguori;Michelangelo Maestri;Matteo Spanetta;Fabio Placidi

  • Sleep organization pattern as a prognostic marker at the subacute stage of post-traumatic coma.

    M Valente;F Placidi;A.J Oliveira;A Bigagli

  • Non-motor functions in parkinsonian patients implanted in the pedunculopontine nucleus: focus on sleep and cognitive domains.

    Stefani Alessandro;Roberto Ceravolo;Livia Brusa;Mariangela Pierantozzi

  • Cerebrovascular Reactivity and Subcortical Infarctions

    Letizia M. Cupini;Marina Diomedi;Fabio Placidi;Mauro Silvestrini

  • Nocturnal Sleep and Daytime Somnolence in Untreated Patients with Temporal Lobe Epilepsy: Changes After Treatment with Controlled‐Release Carbamazepine

    Gian Luigi Gigli;Fabio Placidi;Marina Diomedi;Marta Maschio

  • Cerebrospinal fluid levels of the endocannabinoid anandamide are reduced in patients with untreated newly diagnosed temporal lobe epilepsy.

    Andrea Romigi;Monica Bari;Fabio Placidi;M. Grazia Marciani

  • Effect of antiepileptic drugs on sleep.

    Fabio Placidi;Anna Scalise;Maria Grazia Marciani;Andrea Romigi

  • Bilateral Hemispheric Activation in the Early Recovery of Motor Function After Stroke

    Mauro Silvestrini;Letizia M. Cupini;Fabio Placidi;Marina Diomedi

  • Effects of lamotrigine on nocturnal sleep, daytime somnolence and cognitive functions in focal epilepsy

    Fabio Placidi;M. G. Marciani;M. Diomedi;A. Scalise

  • Quantitative EEG and dynamic susceptibility contrast MRI in Alzheimer's disease: a correlative study

    Donatella Mattia;Fabio Babiloni;Andrea Romigi;Febo Cincotti

  • Visualization of nigrosome 1 and its loss in PD: Pathoanatomical correlation and in vivo 7T MRIAuthor Response

    Christoph Mueller;Anna I. Blazejewska;Bernadette Pinter;Eva Reiter

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrea Romigi
Andrea Romigi IRCCS Neuromed Mediterranean Neurological Institute
Nicola B. Mercuri
Nicola B. Mercuri University of Rome Tor Vergata
Maria Grazia Marciani
Maria Grazia Marciani University of Rome Tor Vergata
Gian Luigi Gigli
Gian Luigi Gigli University of Udine
Mariangela Pierantozzi
Mariangela Pierantozzi University of Rome Tor Vergata
Giuseppe Sancesario
Giuseppe Sancesario University of Rome Tor Vergata
Alessandro Stefani
Alessandro Stefani University of Rome Tor Vergata
Paolo Stanzione
Paolo Stanzione University of Rome Tor Vergata
Mauro Silvestrini
Mauro Silvestrini Marche Polytechnic University
Mario Tombini
Mario Tombini Università Campus Bio-Medico

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