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Francesca Morgante is affiliated with St George's, University of London in the United Kingdom. Their research spans the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with an emphasis on Neurology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Clinical Psychology, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Neurological disorders and treatments
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
  • Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders
  • Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders

Francesca Morgante has contributed to several notable publications. Some recent papers include:

  • Outcome measurement in functional neurological disorder: a systematic review and recommendations, 2020, Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
  • GBA-Related Parkinson's Disease: Dissection of Genotype-Phenotype Correlates in a Large Italian Cohort, 2020, Movement Disorders
  • Disease modification and biomarker development in Parkinson disease, 2020, Neurology
  • Clinical Correlates of Functional Motor Disorders: An Italian Multicenter Study, 2020, Movement Disorders Clinical Practice
  • The aperiodic exponent of subthalamic field potentials reflects excitation/inhibition balance in Parkinsonism, 2023, eLife

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • Movement Disorders Clinical Practice
  • Movement Disorders
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
  • European Journal of Neurology

Francesca Morgante has collaborated extensively with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Michèle Tinazzi
  • Mark Hallett
  • Anthony E. Lang
  • Erlick Pereira
  • Carlo Colosimo

Best Publications

  • Current Concepts in Diagnosis and Treatment of Functional Neurological Disorders.

    Alberto J. Espay;Selma Aybek;Alan Carson;Mark J. Edwards

  • Abnormal associative plasticity of the human motor cortex in writer's cramp.

    Angelo Quartarone;Sergio Bagnato;Vincenzo Rizzo;Hartwig R. Siebner

  • Motor cortex plasticity in Parkinson's disease and levodopa-induced dyskinesias.

    Francesca Morgante;Alberto J. Espay;Carolyn Gunraj;Anthony E. Lang

  • Levodopa-induced dyskinesia in Parkinson disease: Current and evolving concepts.

    Alberto J. Espay;Francesca Morgante;Aristide Merola;Alfonso Fasano;Alfonso Fasano

  • Revisiting protein aggregation as pathogenic in sporadic Parkinson and Alzheimer diseases.

    Alberto J. Espay;Joaquin A. Vizcarra;Luca Marsili;Anthony E. Lang

  • Homeostatic-like plasticity of the primary motor hand area is impaired in focal hand dystonia

    Angelo Quartarone;Vincenzo Rizzo;Sergio Bagnato;Francesca Morgante

  • Abnormal plasticity of sensorimotor circuits extends beyond the affected body part in focal dystonia

    Angelo Quartarone;Francesca Morgante;Antonino Sant'Angelo;Vincenzo Rizzo

  • Cortical and spinal abnormalities in psychogenic dystonia.

    Alberto J. Espay;Francesca Morgante;Jamie Purzner;Carolyn A. Gunraj

  • Distinct changes in cortical and spinal excitability following high-frequency repetitive TMS to the human motor cortex

    Angelo Quartarone;Sergio Bagnato;Sergio Bagnato;Vincenzo Rizzo;Francesca Morgante

  • Abnormal sensorimotor plasticity in organic but not in psychogenic dystonia.

    A. Quartarone;A. Quartarone;V. Rizzo;C. Terranova;F. Morgante

  • Effect of Low-Frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on Interhemispheric Inhibition

    Pramod Kr. Pal;Ritsuko Hanajima;Carolyn A. Gunraj;Jie-Yuan Li

  • 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

  • Paired Associative Stimulation of Left and Right Human Motor Cortex Shapes Interhemispheric Motor Inhibition based on a Hebbian Mechanism

    V. Rizzo;H.S. Siebner;F. Morgante;C. Mastroeni

  • Rapid-rate paired associative stimulation of the median nerve and motor cortex can produce long-lasting changes in motor cortical excitability in humans

    Angelo Quartarone;Vincenzo Rizzo;Sergio Bagnato;Francesca Morgante

  • Disease modification and biomarker development in Parkinson disease: Revision or reconstruction?

    Alberto J. Espay;Lorraine V. Kalia;Ziv Gan-Or;Caroline H. Williams-Gray

  • Outcome measurement in functional neurological disorder: a systematic review and recommendations

    Susannah Pick;David Anderson;Ali Asadi-Pooya;Ali Asadi-Pooya;Selma Aybek

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

    Simona Petrucci;Monia Ginevrino;Ilaria Trezzi;Edoardo Monfrini

  • Impairments of speed and amplitude of movement in Parkinson's disease: A pilot study

    Alberto J. Espay;Alberto J. Espay;Dorcas E. Beaton;Francesca Morgante;Francesca Morgante;Carolyn A. Gunraj

  • Psychogenic facial movement disorders: Clinical features and associated conditions

    Alfonso Fasano;Anabela Valadas;Kailash P. Bhatia;Lk K. Prashanth

  • How many parkinsonian patients are suitable candidates for deep brain stimulation of subthalamic nucleus? Results of a questionnaire.

    Letterio Morgante;Francesca Morgante;Elena Moro;Antonio Epifanio

  • Long-term assessment of the risk of spread in primary late-onset focal dystonia

    Giovanni Abbruzzese;Alfredo Berardelli;Paolo Girlanda;Roberta Marchese

  • Enhanced Long-Term Potentiation-Like Plasticity of the Trigeminal Blink Reflex Circuit in Blepharospasm

    Angelo Quartarone;Antonino Sant'Angelo;Fortunato Battaglia;Sergio Bagnato

Frequent Co-Authors

Paolo Girlanda
Paolo Girlanda University of Messina
Angelo Quartarone
Angelo Quartarone University of Messina
Alfonso Fasano
Alfonso Fasano University Health Network
Michele Tinazzi
Michele Tinazzi University of Verona
Alfredo Berardelli
Alfredo Berardelli Sapienza University of Rome
Davide Martino
Davide Martino University of Calgary
Roberto Ceravolo
Roberto Ceravolo University of Pisa
Giovanni Fabbrini
Giovanni Fabbrini Sapienza University of Rome
Anna Rita Bentivoglio
Anna Rita Bentivoglio Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Roberto Erro
Roberto Erro University of Salerno

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