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Giovanni Pellegrino

Giovanni Pellegrino

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
35
Citations
3867
World Ranking
9236
National Ranking
542

Overview

Giovanni Pellegrino is affiliated with McGill University in Canada and specializes in neuroscience and medicine, with a focus on cognitive neuroscience, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, neurology, biomedical engineering, and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

Themes in their research typically cover functional brain connectivity studies, EEG and brain-computer interfaces, neural dynamics and brain function, transcranial magnetic stimulation studies, advanced MRI techniques and applications, optical imaging and spectroscopy techniques, and neuroscience and neuropharmacology research.

Frequent publication venues for Pellegrino include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Brain Stimulation, NeuroImage, Human Brain Mapping, and Scientific Reports.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Pellegrino include:

  • Accuracy and spatial properties of distributed magnetic source imaging techniques in the investigation of focal epilepsy patients (2020, Human Brain Mapping)
  • Resting state network connectivity is attenuated by fMRI acoustic noise (2021, NeuroImage)

Additional recent works featuring Pellegrino's collaboration or thematic relevance include:

  • Magnetoencephalography resting state connectivity patterns as indicatives of surgical outcome in epilepsy patients (2020, Journal of Neural Engineering)
  • Auditory driven gamma synchrony is associated with cortical thickness in widespread cortical areas (2022, NeuroImage)
  • Validating MEG source imaging of resting state oscillatory patterns with an intracranial EEG atlas (2023, NeuroImage)

Pellegrino frequently collaborates with researchers including Giorgio Arcara, Anna-Lisa Schuler, Christophe Grova, Daniele Marinazzo, and Jean-Marc Lina.

Best Publications

  • Modulation of brain plasticity in stroke: a novel model for neurorehabilitation

    Giovanni Di Pino;Giovanni Pellegrino;Giovanni Assenza;Fioravante Capone

  • Comparison of the spatial resolution of source imaging techniques in high-density EEG and MEG

    Tanguy Hedrich;Giovanni Pellegrino;Eliane Kobayashi;Jean-Marc Lina

  • Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation Combined with Robotic Rehabilitation Improves Upper Limb Function after Stroke

    Fioravante Capone;Sandra Miccinilli;Giovanni Pellegrino;Loredana Zollo

  • Immediate and late modulation of interhemipheric imbalance with bilateral transcranial direct current stimulation in acute stroke.

    Vincenzo Di Lazzaro;Michele Dileone;Fioravante Capone;Giovanni Pellegrino

  • Inter-hemispheric coupling changes associate with motor improvements after robotic stroke rehabilitation

    G. Pellegrino;L. Tomasevic;M. Tombini;G. Assenza

  • Source localization of the seizure onset zone from ictal EEG/MEG data.

    Giovanni Pellegrino;Giovanni Pellegrino;Tanguy Hedrich;Rasheda Chowdhury;Jeffery A. Hall

  • Bringing transcranial mapping into shape: Sulcus-aligned mapping captures motor somatotopy in human primary motor hand area.

    Estelle Raffin;Estelle Raffin;Estelle Raffin;Giovanni Pellegrino;Vincenzo Di Lazzaro;Axel Thielscher

  • Detection and Magnetic Source Imaging of Fast Oscillations (40–160 Hz) Recorded with Magnetoencephalography in Focal Epilepsy Patients

    Nicolás von Ellenrieder;Nicolás von Ellenrieder;Giovanni Pellegrino;Tanguy Hedrich;Jean Gotman

  • Brain activity preceding a 2D manual catching task

    Mario Tombini;Filippo Zappasodi;Loredana Zollo;Giovanni Pellegrino

  • Near-Infrared Spectroscopy in Gait Disorders: Is It Time to Begin?

    Vera Gramigna;Giovanni Pellegrino;Antonio Cerasa;Simone Cutini

  • Val66Met BDNF gene polymorphism influences human motor cortex plasticity in acute stroke.

    Vincenzo Di Lazzaro;Giovanni Pellegrino;Giovanni Di Pino;Marzia Corbetto

  • Theta and alpha oscillations as signatures of internal and external attention to delayed intentions: A magnetoencephalography (MEG) study

    Giorgia Cona;Francesco Chiossi;Silvia Di Tomasso;Giovanni Pellegrino

  • Clinical yield of magnetoencephalography distributed source imaging in epilepsy: A comparison with equivalent current dipole method

    Giovanni Pellegrino;Giovanni Pellegrino;Tanguy Hedrich;Rasheda Arman Chowdhury;Jeffery A. Hall

  • Cathodal transcranial direct current stimulation reduces seizure frequency in adults with drug-resistant temporal lobe epilepsy: A sham controlled study.

    Giovanni Assenza;Chiara Campana;Federica Assenza;Giovanni Pellegrino

  • Wakefulness delta waves increase after cortical plasticity induction

    G. Assenza;G. Pellegrino;M. Tombini;G. Di Pino

  • 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome Is Associated With Impaired Auditory Steady-State Gamma Response.

    Kit Melissa Larsen;Giovanni Pellegrino;Michelle Rosgaard Birknow;Michelle Rosgaard Birknow;Trine Nørgaard Kjær;Trine Nørgaard Kjær;Trine Nørgaard Kjær

  • Magnetoencephalography resting state connectivity patterns as indicatives of surgical outcome in epilepsy patients.

    Ümit Aydin;Giovanni Pellegrino;Obaï Bin Ka'b Ali;Chifaou Abdallah

  • Hemodynamic Response to Interictal Epileptiform Discharges Addressed by Personalized EEG-fNIRS Recordings.

    Giovanni Pellegrino;Alexis Machado;Nicolas von Ellenrieder;Satsuki Watanabe

  • Optimal positioning of optodes on the scalp for personalized functional near-infrared spectroscopy investigations

    A. Machado;Z. Cai;G. Pellegrino;O. Marcotte

  • Accuracy and spatial properties of distributed magnetic source imaging techniques in the investigation of focal epilepsy patients.

    Giovanni Pellegrino;Giovanni Pellegrino;Tanguy Hedrich;Manuel Porras-Bettancourt;Jean Marc Lina;Jean Marc Lina

  • Slow Activity in Focal Epilepsy During Sleep and Wakefulness.

    Giovanni Pellegrino;Giovanni Pellegrino;Mario Tombini;Giuseppe Curcio;Chiara Campana

  • Eslicarbazepine Acetate Modulates EEG Activity and Connectivity in Focal Epilepsy.

    Giovanni Pellegrino;Oriano Mecarelli;Patrizia Pulitano;Mario Tombini

  • Mobile phone emission increases inter-hemispheric functional coupling of electroencephalographic alpha rhythms in epileptic patients

    Fabrizio Vecchio;Mario Tombini;Paola Buffo;Giovanni Assenza

Frequent Co-Authors

Christophe Grova
Christophe Grova Concordia University
Mario Tombini
Mario Tombini Università Campus Bio-Medico
Jean-Marc Lina
Jean-Marc Lina École de Technologie Supérieure
Eliane Kobayashi
Eliane Kobayashi Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital
Federico Ranieri
Federico Ranieri University of Verona
Paolo Maria Rossini
Paolo Maria Rossini Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Franca Tecchio
Franca Tecchio National Research Council (CNR)
François Dubeau
François Dubeau McGill University
Patrizio Pasqualetti
Patrizio Pasqualetti Sapienza University of Rome
Michele Dileone
Michele Dileone CEU San Pablo University

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