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Overview

Giorgio Cruccu is affiliated with Sapienza University of Rome in Italy and has a research focus primarily in Medicine and Neuroscience. Their work spans several subfields of study including Physiology, Neurology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Psychiatry and Mental health, and Sensory Systems.

The main topics covered in their research include Pain Mechanisms and Treatments, Trigeminal Neuralgia and Treatments, Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders, Pain Management and Placebo Effect, Ion Channels and Receptors, Migraine and Headache Studies, and Sexual function and dysfunction studies.

The scientist has published multiple papers, among which the following notable recent publications stand out:

  • "Advances in diagnosis, classification, pathophysiology, and management of trigeminal neuralgia" (2020, The Lancet Neurology)
  • "Trigeminal Neuralgia" (2020, New England Journal of Medicine)
  • "Joint European Academy of Neurology-European Pain Federation-Neuropathic Pain Special Interest Group of the International Association for the Study of Pain guidelines on neuropathic pain assessment" (2023, European Journal of Neurology)
  • "Trigeminal neuralgia" (2024, Nature Reviews Disease Primers)
  • "Familial trigeminal neuralgia - a systematic clinical study with a genomic screen of the neuronal electrogenisome" (2020, Cephalalgia)

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Andrea Truini
  • Giulia Di Stefano
  • Caterina Leone
  • Giuseppe Di Pietro
  • Andrea Di Lionardo

The scientist's publications often appear in specific journals and venues such as:

  • European Journal of Pain
  • The Lancet Neurology
  • Cephalalgia
  • CNS Drugs
  • Clinical Neurophysiology

Best Publications

  • Neuropathic pain Redefinition and a grading system for clinical and research purposes

    R. D. Treede;T. S. Jensen;J. N. Campbell;G. Cruccu

  • EFNS guidelines on the pharmacological treatment of neuropathic pain: 2010 revision

    N. Attal;G. Cruccu;R. Baron;M. Haanpää

  • EFNS guidelines on pharmacological treatment of neuropathic pain

    N. Attal;G. Cruccu;M. Haanpää;P. Hansson

  • NeuPSIG guidelines on neuropathic pain assessment

    Maija Haanpää;Nadine Attal;Miroslav Backonja;Ralf Baron

  • Neuropathic pain: An updated grading system for research and clinical practice

    Nanna B. Finnerup;Simon Haroutounian;Peter Kamerman;Ralf Baron

  • Silent period evoked by transcranial stimulation of the human cortex and cervicomedullary junction.

    M Inghilleri;A Berardelli;G Cruccu;M Manfredi

  • The IASP classification of chronic pain for ICD-11: chronic neuropathic pain.

    Joachim Scholz;Nanna B. Finnerup;Nadine Attal;Qasim Aziz

  • EFNS guidelines on neurostimulation therapy for neuropathic pain

    G. Cruccu;T. Z. Aziz;L. Garcia-Larrea;P. Hansson

  • Recommendations for the clinical use of somatosensory-evoked potentials

    G. Cruccu;M.J. Aminoff;G. Curio;J.M. Guerit

  • EFNS guidelines on neuropathic pain assessment.

    G. Cruccu;P. Anand;N. Attal;L. Garcia‐Larrea

  • Practice Parameter: The diagnostic evaluation and treatment of trigeminal neuralgia (an evidence-based review) Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the European Federation of Neurological Societies

    G. Gronseth;G. Cruccu;J. Alksne;C. Argoff

  • EFNS guidelines on neuropathic pain assessment: revised 2009.

    G. Cruccu;C. Sommer;P. Anand;N. Attal

  • European Academy of Neurology guideline on trigeminal neuralgia.

    L. Bendtsen;J. M. Zakrzewska;J. Abbott;M. Braschinsky

  • Peripheral neuropathic pain: a mechanism-related organizing principle based on sensory profiles.

    Ralf Baron;Christoph Maier;Nadine Attal;Andreas Binder

  • AAN-EFNS guidelines on trigeminal neuralgia management.

    G. Cruccu;G. Gronseth;J. Alksne;C. Argoff

  • The lower limb flexion reflex in humans.

    Giorgio Sandrini;Mariano Serrao;Paolo Rossi;Antonietta Romaniello

  • Trigeminal neuralgia New classification and diagnostic grading for practice and research

    Giorgio Cruccu;Nanna B. Finnerup;Troels S. Jensen;Joachim Scholz

  • Trigeminal neuralgia – diagnosis and treatment:

    Stine Maarbjerg;Giulia Di Stefano;Lars Bendtsen;Giorgio Cruccu

  • Advances in diagnosis, classification, pathophysiology, and management of trigeminal neuralgia.

    Lars Bendtsen;Joanna Maria Zakrzewska;Tone Bruvik Heinskou;Mojgan Hodaie;Mojgan Hodaie

  • Duloxetine and pregabalin: high-dose monotherapy or their combination? The "COMBO-DN study"--a multinational, randomized, double-blind, parallel-group study in patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain.

    Solomon Tesfaye;Stefan Wilhelm;Alberto Lledo;Alexander Schacht

  • Assessment of Neuropathic Pain in Primary Care

    Maija L. Haanpää;Misha Miroslav Backonja;Michael I. Bennett;Didier Bouhassira

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrea Truini
Andrea Truini Sapienza University of Rome
M. Manfredi
M. Manfredi Sapienza University of Rome
Maurizio Inghilleri
Maurizio Inghilleri Sapienza University of Rome
Alfredo Berardelli
Alfredo Berardelli Sapienza University of Rome
Gian Domenico Iannetti
Gian Domenico Iannetti University College London
Per Hansson
Per Hansson Karolinska Institute
Troels S. Jensen
Troels S. Jensen Aarhus University
Nadine Attal
Nadine Attal Grenoble Alpes University
Stefano Ferracuti
Stefano Ferracuti Sapienza University of Rome
Rolf-Detlef Treede
Rolf-Detlef Treede Heidelberg University

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