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Francesco Orzi is affiliated with Sapienza University of Rome in Italy. Their research primarily spans the fields of Neuroscience and Medicine, with a concentrated focus on several subfields including Cognitive Neuroscience, Neurology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.

The scientist's work addresses a range of topics related to brain function and neurological disorders. These topics include:

  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Neural Dynamics and Brain Function
  • Cerebrospinal Fluid and Hydrocephalus
  • Intracerebral and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Research
  • Fetal and Pediatric Neurological Disorders

Francesco Orzi has contributed to published research in several notable scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Frontiers in Neuroanatomy
  • Journal of Clinical Neuroscience
  • Neurobiology of Aging
  • Cerebral Cortex
  • Clinical Neurophysiology

Selected recent papers authored by or associated with Francesco Orzi are:

  • Perivascular Unit: This Must Be the Place. The Anatomical Crossroad Between the Immune, Vascular and Nervous System, 2020, Frontiers in Neuroanatomy
  • Chronic cerebral hypoperfusion: An undefined, relevant entity, 2020, Journal of Clinical Neuroscience
  • Abnormal cortical neural synchronization mechanisms in quiet wakefulness are related to motor deficits, cognitive symptoms, and visual hallucinations in Parkinson's disease patients: an electroencephalographic study, 2020, Neurobiology of Aging
  • Abnormalities of Cortical Sources of Resting State Alpha Electroencephalographic Rhythms are Related to Education Attainment in Cognitively Unimpaired Seniors and Patients with Alzheimer's Disease and Amnesic Mild Cognitive Impairment, 2020, Cerebral Cortex
  • Abnormalities of resting-state EEG in patients with prodromal and overt dementia with Lewy bodies: Relation to clinical symptoms, 2020, Clinical Neurophysiology

Their collaborative work includes frequent coauthors such as:

  • Franco Giubilei
  • Virginia Cipollini
  • Claudio Babiloni
  • Roberta Lizio
  • Giuseppe Noce

Best Publications

  • Effects of nicotine on the nucleus accumbens and similarity to those of addictive drugs

    F. E. Pontieri;G. Tanda;F. Orzi;G. Di Chiara

  • Reinforcing and locomotor stimulant effects of cocaine are absent in mGluR5 null mutant mice.

    Christian Chiamulera;Mark P. Epping-Jordan;Alessandro Zocchi;Clara Marcon

  • The effects of 5-minute ischemia in Mongolian gerbils: I. Blood-brain barrier, cerebral blood flow, and local cerebral glucose utilization changes.

    R. Suzuki;T. Yamaguchi;T. Kirino;F. Orzi

  • Riluzole in patients with hereditary cerebellar ataxia: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

    Silvia Romano;Giulia Coarelli;Christian Marcotulli;Luca Leonardi

  • Neuroprotection mediated by glial group-II metabotropic glutamate receptors requires the activation of the MAP kinase and the phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase pathways.

    M. D'Onofrio;L. Cuomo;G. Battaglia;R. T. Ngomba

  • White matter microstructural alterations in migraine: a diffusion-weighted MRI study.

    Nikoletta Szabó;Zsigmond Tamás Kincses;Árpád Párdutz;János Tajti

  • Abnormalities of cortical neural synchronization mechanisms in patients with dementia due to Alzheimer's and Lewy body diseases: an EEG study.

    Claudio Babiloni;Claudio Del Percio;Roberta Lizio;Giuseppe Noce

  • Th17 and Cognitive Impairment: Possible Mechanisms of Action.

    Virginia Cipollini;Josef Anrather;Francesco Orzi;Costantino Iadecola

  • Influence of plasma glucose concentration on lumped constant of the deoxyglucose method: effects of hyperglycemia in the rat.

    Franz Schuier;Francesco Orzi;Sumio Suda;Giovanni Lucignani

  • The influence of pregnancy on relapses in multiple sclerosis: a cohort study.

    Bernardi S;Grasso Mg;Bertollini R;Orzi F

  • Perivascular Unit: This Must Be the Place. The Anatomical Crossroad Between the Immune, Vascular and Nervous System.

    Fernanda Troili;Virginia Cipollini;Marco Moci;Emanuele Morena

  • Abnormalities of resting-state functional cortical connectivity in patients with dementia due to Alzheimer's and Lewy body diseases: an EEG study

    Claudio Babiloni;Claudio Del Percio;Roberta Lizio;Giuseppe Noce

  • Local Cerebral Glucose Utilization in Controlled Graded Levels of Hyperglycemia in the Conscious Rat

    F. Orzi;G. Lucignani;D. Dow-Edwards;H. Namba

  • Neuropsychiatric Symptoms and Interleukin-6 Serum Levels in Acute Stroke

    Gianfranco Spalletta;Luca Cravello;Francesca Imperiale;Francesca Salani

  • Abnormalities of Resting State Cortical EEG Rhythms in Subjects with Mild Cognitive Impairment Due to Alzheimer's and Lewy Body Diseases.

    Claudio Babiloni;Claudio Del Percio;Roberta Lizio;Giuseppe Noce

  • Mesial temporal cortex hypoperfusion is associated with depression in subcortical stroke.

    Maria Grazia Grasso;P. Pantano;M. Ricci;D. F. Intiso

  • Early ficolin-1 is a sensitive prognostic marker for functional outcome in ischemic stroke

    R. Zangari;R. Zangari;E. R. Zanier;G. Torgano;Anna Bersano

  • Repeated electroconvulsive shock increases glial fibrillary acidic protein, ornithine decar☐ylase, somatostatin and cholecystokinin immunoreactivities in the hippocampal formation of the rat

    Francesco Orzi;Michele Zoli;Francesca Passarelli;Francesco Ferraguti

  • Functional cortical source connectivity of resting state electroencephalographic alpha rhythms shows similar abnormalities in patients with mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.

    Claudio Babiloni;Claudio Del Percio;Roberta Lizio;Giuseppe Noce

  • Classification of Healthy Subjects and Alzheimer's Disease Patients with Dementia from Cortical Sources of Resting State EEG Rhythms: A Study Using Artificial Neural Networks.

    Antonio Ivano Triggiani;Vitoantonio Bevilacqua;Antonio Brunetti;Roberta Lizio

  • Comparative effects of acute and chronic administration of amphetamine on local cerebral glucose utilization in the conscious rat.

    F. Orzi;D. Dow-Edwards;J. Jehle;C. Kennedy;C. Kennedy

  • Alzheimer's disease and endothelial dysfunction.

    Giuseppe Bomboi;Lorenzo Castello;Francesco Cosentino;Franco Giubilei

  • Disease Outcome, Alexithymia and Depression are Differently Associated with Serum IL-18 Levels in Acute Stroke

    Paola Bossu;Francesca Salani;Claudia Cacciari;Livio Picchetto

Frequent Co-Authors

Franco Giubilei
Franco Giubilei Sapienza University of Rome
Claudio Babiloni
Claudio Babiloni Sapienza University of Rome
Giovanni B. Frisoni
Giovanni B. Frisoni University of Geneva
Francesco Fornai
Francesco Fornai University of Pisa
Andrea Soricelli
Andrea Soricelli Parthenope University of Naples
Roberta Lizio
Roberta Lizio Sapienza University of Rome
Francesco E. Pontieri
Francesco E. Pontieri Sapienza University of Rome
Flavio Nobili
Flavio Nobili University of Genoa
Görsev Yener
Görsev Yener Dokuz Eylül University
Bahar Güntekin
Bahar Güntekin Istanbul Medipol University

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