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Francesca Bisulli

Francesca Bisulli

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Neuroscience

D-Index
52
Citations
9556
World Ranking
5338
National Ranking
262

Overview

Francesca Bisulli is affiliated with the University of Bologna in Italy and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

Their research covers several specialized subfields, including:

  • Psychiatry and Mental Health
  • Genetics
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
  • Neurology
  • Molecular Biology

The main topics of work explored in their publications are:

  • Epilepsy Research and Treatment
  • Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Glycogen Storage Diseases and Myoclonus
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19

Francesca Bisulli has been published in several frequent venues, with a significant number of articles appearing in:

  • Epilepsia
  • Frontiers in Neurology
  • Epilepsy & Behavior
  • Epilepsia Open
  • Seizure

Their recent papers include:

  • GWAS meta-analysis of over 29,000 people with epilepsy identifies 26 risk loci and subtype-specific genetic architecture, 2023, Nature Genetics
  • Brain dysfunction in COVID-19 and CAR-T therapy: cytokine storm-associated encephalopathy, 2021, Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology
  • Risk of Major Congenital Malformations and Exposure to Antiseizure Medication Monotherapy, 2024, JAMA Neurology
  • COVID-19-Associated Encephalopathy and Cytokine-Mediated Neuroinflammation, 2020, Annals of Neurology
  • Did the COVID-19 pandemic silence the needs of people with epilepsy?, 2020, Epileptic Disorders

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Laura Licchetta
  • Paolo Tinuper
  • Lorenzo Muccioli
  • Lorenzo Ferri
  • Barbara Mostacci

Best Publications

  • Seizure control and treatment in pregnancy: Observations from the EURAP epilepsy pregnancy registry

    Torbjörn Tomson;D. Battino;E. Bonizzoni;J. Craig

  • Mutations in DEPDC5 cause familial focal epilepsy with variable foci

    Leanne M Dibbens;Boukje de Vries;Simona Donatello;Sarah E Heron

  • Determinants of health-related quality of life in pharmacoresistant epilepsy: results from a large multicenter study of consecutively enrolled patients using validated quantitative assessments.

    Chiara Luoni;Francesca Bisulli;Maria Paola Canevini;Giovambattista De Sarro

  • Definition and diagnostic criteria of sleep-related hypermotor epilepsy

    Paolo Tinuper;Francesca Bisulli;J H Cross;Dale Hesdorffer

  • Mutations in mammalian target of rapamycin regulator DEPDC5 cause focal epilepsy with brain malformations.

    Ingrid E Scheffer;Sarah E Heron;Brigid M Regan;Simone A Mandelstam;Simone A Mandelstam

  • Ictal bradycardia in partial epileptic seizures: Autonomic investigation in three cases and literature review.

    Paolo Tinuper;F. Bisulli;A. Cerullo;R. Carcangiu

  • The landscape of epilepsy-related GATOR1 variants

    Sara Baldassari;Fabienne Picard;Nienke E. Verbeek;Marjan van Kempen

  • Mutations in the mammalian target of rapamycin pathway regulators NPRL2 and NPRL3 cause focal epilepsy

    Michael G. Ricos;Bree L. Hodgson;Tommaso Pippucci;Akzam Saidin

  • Movement disorders in sleep: guidelines for differentiating epileptic from non-epileptic motor phenomena arising from sleep.

    Paolo Tinuper;Federica Provini;Francesca Bisulli;Luca Vignatelli

  • Autosomal dominant lateral temporal epilepsy: clinical spectrum, new epitempin mutations, and genetic heterogeneity in seven European families.

    Roberto Michelucci;Juan Jose Poza;Vito Sofia;Maria Rita De Feo

  • Unstable TTTTA/TTTCA expansions in MARCH6 are associated with Familial Adult Myoclonic Epilepsy type 3

    Rahel T. Florian;Florian Kraft;Elsa Leitão;Sabine Kaya

  • Increased frequency of arousal parasomnias in families with nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy: A common mechanism?

    Francesca Bisulli;Luca Vignatelli;Ilaria Naldi;Laura Licchetta

  • Intronic ATTTC repeat expansions in STARD7 in familial adult myoclonic epilepsy linked to chromosome 2

    Mark A. Corbett;Thessa Kroes;Liana Veneziano;Mark F. Bennett;Mark F. Bennett

  • Non-paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis associated with anti-glutamic acid decarboxylase antibodies

    Sabrina Matà;Gian Carlo Muscas;Ilaria Naldi;Eleonora Rosati

  • Seizure outcome of epilepsy surgery in focal epilepsies associated with temporomesial glioneuronal tumors: lesionectomy compared with tailored resection

    Marco Giulioni;Guido Rubboli;Gianluca Marucci;Matteo Martinoni

  • Epilepsy as a Consequence of Cerebral Malaria in Area in Which Malaria Is Endemic in Mali, West Africa

    Edgard Brice Ngoungou;Olivier Dulac;Belco Poudiougou;Michel Druet-Cabanac

  • Idiopathic partial epilepsy with auditory features (IPEAF): a clinical and genetic study of 53 sporadic cases.

    Francesca Bisulli;Paolo Tinuper;Patrizia Avoni;P Striano

  • Rare coding variants in genes encoding GABAA receptors in genetic generalised epilepsies: an exome-based case-control study

    Patrick May;Simon Girard;Merle Harrer;Dheeraj R Bobbili

  • A de novo LGI1 mutation in sporadic partial epilepsy with auditory features.

    Francesca Bisulli;Paolo Tinuper;Eva Scudellaro;Ilaria Naldi

  • Nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy.

    Lino Nobili;Paola Proserpio;Romina Combi;Federica Provini

  • Videopolygraphic and functional MRI study of musicogenic epilepsy. A case report and literature review.

    Francesca Pittau;Paolo Tinuper;Francesca Bisulli;Ilaria Naldi

  • Complex Segmental Duplications Mediate a Recurrent dup(X)(p11.22-p11.23) Associated with Mental Retardation, Speech Delay, and EEG Anomalies in Males and Females

    Roberto Giorda;M. Clara Bonaglia;Silvana Beri;Marco Fichera

Frequent Co-Authors

Paolo Tinuper
Paolo Tinuper University of Bologna
Federica Provini
Federica Provini University of Bologna
Roberto Michelucci
Roberto Michelucci University of Bologna
Pasquale Striano
Pasquale Striano University of Genoa
Antonio Gambardella
Antonio Gambardella Magna Graecia University
Pasquale Montagna
Pasquale Montagna University of Bologna
Ingrid E. Scheffer
Ingrid E. Scheffer University of Melbourne
Renzo Guerrini
Renzo Guerrini University of Florence
Samuel F. Berkovic
Samuel F. Berkovic University of Melbourne
Marco Seri
Marco Seri University of Bologna

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