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Franco Cauda

Franco Cauda

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Neuroscience

D-Index
45
Citations
7578
World Ranking
6934
National Ranking
359

Overview

Franco Cauda is affiliated with the University of Turin in Italy and has an extensive research portfolio focusing primarily on Neuroscience and Medicine. Their work includes numerous publications that contribute to multiple subfields such as Cognitive Neuroscience, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, as well as Statistics and Probability.

Their main research topics cover areas including Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications, Neural Dynamics and Brain Function, Autism Spectrum Disorder Research, Mental Health Research Topics, Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications, and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life.

Recent publications by Cauda exhibit a range of neuroscientific inquiries, spanning analyses of brain function and pathology. Notable papers include:

  • Updating and characterizing neuroanatomical markers in high-risk subjects, recently diagnosed and chronic patients with schizophrenia: A revised coordinate-based meta-analysis (2021, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews)
  • Disentangling predictive processing in the brain: a meta-analytic study in favour of a predictive network (2021, Scientific Reports)
  • Tasks activating the default mode network map multiple functional systems (2022, Brain Structure and Function)
  • Brain pathology recapitulates physiology: A network meta-analysis (2021, Communications Biology)
  • Six actions to improve detection of critical features for neuroimaging coordinate-based meta-analysis preparation (2022, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews)

Frequent co-authors in Cauda's research include Tommaso Costa, Jordi Manuello, Donato Liloia, Sergio Duca, and Lorenzo Mancuso. Collaborative efforts with these researchers have resulted in various publications contributing to the fields of neuroscience and neuroimaging.

Publications often appear in key venues relevant to brain structure, function, and imaging. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Brain Structure and Function
  • Human Brain Mapping
  • Journal of Alzheimer's Disease
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

Cauda's work frequently addresses complex topics in functional brain connectivity and neuroimaging. This includes developing and refining meta-analytic methods for brain imaging data, investigating neuroanatomical markers associated with psychiatric conditions, and exploring predictive processing networks within the brain.

Overall, the breadth and focus of Cauda's research reflect interdisciplinary approaches within neuroscience, combining experimental techniques, imaging analysis, and clinical applications related to brain function and mental health.

Best Publications

  • Functional connectivity of the insula in the resting brain

    Franco Cauda;Federico D'Agata;Katiuscia Sacco;Sergio Duca

  • Meta-analytic clustering of the insular cortex. Characterizing the meta-analytic connectivity of the insula when involved in active tasks

    Franco Cauda;Tommaso Costa;Diana M. E. Torta;Katiuscia Sacco

  • Node Detection Using High-Dimensional Fuzzy Parcellation Applied to the Insular Cortex

    Ugo Vercelli;Matteo Diano;Tommaso Brischetto Costa;Andrea Nani

  • Altered resting state in diabetic neuropathic pain.

    Franco Cauda;Katiuscia Sacco;Sergio Duca;Dario Cocito

  • Activation likelihood estimation meta-analysis of brain correlates of placebo analgesia in human experimental pain.

    Martina Amanzio;Fabrizio Benedetti;Carlo A. Porro;Sara Palermo

  • Functional connectivity and coactivation of the nucleus accumbens: A combined functional connectivity and structure-based meta-analysis

    Franco Cauda;Andrea E. Cavanna;Andrea E. Cavanna;Federico D'agata;Katiuscia Sacco

  • Gray matter alterations in chronic pain: A network-oriented meta-analytic approach

    Franco Cauda;Sara Palermo;Tommaso Costa;Riccardo Torta

  • Grey matter abnormality in autism spectrum disorder: an activation likelihood estimation meta-analysis study

    Franco Cauda;Elisabetta Geda;Katiuscia Sacco;Federico D'Agata

  • Different functions in the cingulate cortex, a meta-analytic connectivity modeling study

    Diana M. E. Torta;Franco Cauda

  • Motor imagery of walking following training in locomotor attention. The effect of ‘the tango lesson’

    Katiuscia Sacco;Franco Cauda;L. Cerliani;D. Mate

  • Collicular vision guides nonconscious behavior

    Marco Tamietto;Franco Cauda;Luca Latini Corazzini;Silvia Savazzi

  • Unawareness of deficits in Alzheimer's disease: Role of the Cingulate Cortex

    Martina Amanzio;Diana M. E. Torta;Katiuscia Sacco;Franco Cauda

  • Disrupted intrinsic functional connectivity in the vegetative state

    F Cauda;B M Micon;K Sacco;S Duca

  • Altered resting state attentional networks in diabetic neuropathic pain

    Franco Cauda;Federico D'Agata;Katiuscia Sacco;Sergio Duca

  • Preoperative and intraoperative brain mapping for the resection of eloquent-area tumors. A prospective analysis of methodology, correlation, and usefulness based on clinical outcomes

    Giannantonio Spena;Antonella Nava;Fabrizio Cassini;Antonio Pepoli

  • Low-frequency BOLD fluctuations demonstrate altered thalamocortical connectivity in diabetic neuropathic pain

    Franco Cauda;Katiuscia Sacco;Federico D'Agata;Sergio Duca

  • Functional connectivity of the posteromedial cortex.

    Franco Cauda;Giuliano Geminiani;Federico D'Agata;Katiuscia Sacco

  • Dynamic Changes in Amygdala Psychophysiological Connectivity Reveal Distinct Neural Networks for Facial Expressions of Basic Emotions.

    Matteo Diano;Marco Tamietto;Marco Tamietto;Marco Tamietto;Alessia Celeghin;Alessia Celeghin;Lawrence Weiskrantz

  • The Neural Correlates of Time: A Meta-analysis of Neuroimaging Studies.

    Andrea Nani;Jordi Manuello;Donato Liloia;Sergio Duca

  • The Neural Correlates of Consciousness and Attention: Two Sister Processes of the Brain.

    Andrea Nani;Jordi Manuello;Lorenzo Mancuso;Donato Liloia

  • Collicular vision guides non-conscious behavior

    Marco Tamietto;Franco Cauda;Luca Latini Corazzini;Silvia Savazzi

Frequent Co-Authors

Giuliano Geminiani
Giuliano Geminiani University of Turin
Katiuscia Sacco
Katiuscia Sacco University of Turin
Federico D'Agata
Federico D'Agata University of Turin
Peter T. Fox
Peter T. Fox The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Alessandro Vercelli
Alessandro Vercelli University of Turin
Marco Tamietto
Marco Tamietto University of Turin
Barbara Borroni
Barbara Borroni University of Brescia
Roberto Gasparotti
Roberto Gasparotti University of Brescia
Beatrice de Gelder
Beatrice de Gelder Maastricht University
Lorys Castelli
Lorys Castelli University of Turin

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