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Giuseppe Magnani is affiliated with Vita-Salute San Raffaele University in Italy. Their research predominantly focuses on the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, contributing to at least 89 publications in Medicine and 57 in Neuroscience. Within these broad fields, their work spans several key subfields including Cognitive Neuroscience, Neurology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Physiology, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Alzheimer's Disease Research and Treatments
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments

Magnani has authored several recent papers in reputable journals, including:

  • The combined effects of microglia activation and brain glucose hypometabolism in early-onset Alzheimer's disease, 2020, Alzheimer's Research & Therapy
  • Speech production differences in English and Italian speakers with nonfluent variant PPA, 2020, Neurology
  • Resting-state electroencephalographic biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease, 2021, NeuroImage Clinical
  • Integrated evaluation of a panel of neurochemical biomarkers to optimize diagnosis and prognosis in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, 2022, European Journal of Neurology
  • CSF p-tau/Aβ42 ratio and brain FDG-PET may reliably detect MCI "imminent" converters to AD, 2020, European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

The scientist has collaborated frequently with a number of coauthors, including Massimo Filippi, Federica Agosta, Francesca Caso, Edoardo Gioele Spinelli, and Elisa Canu. Their collaboration counts range from 37 to 65 joint publications, indicating sustained research partnerships.

Magnani's work appears regularly in several prominent publication venues. These include:

  • Neurology (21 publications)
  • Journal of Neurology (9 publications)
  • Alzheimer's & Dementia (9 publications)
  • European Journal of Neurology (6 publications)
  • Journal of Alzheimer's Disease (3 publications)

Their scholarly output intersects clinical neurology and neuroimaging techniques, contributing to advances in understanding neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and Parkinson's disease. The combination of neurochemical biomarker evaluation and imaging-based approaches reflects a multidisciplinary methodology in their research portfolio.

Best Publications

  • Automated classification of Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment using a single MRI and deep neural networks

    Silvia Basaia;Federica Agosta;Luca Wagner;Elisa Canu

  • Behavioral and psychological effects of coronavirus disease-19 quarantine in patients with dementia

    A. Cagnin;R. Di Lorenzo;C. Marra;L. Bonanni

  • Microglia convert aggregated amyloid-β into neurotoxic forms through the shedding of microvesicles.

    P Joshi;E Turola;A Ruiz;A Bergami

  • The impact of bilingualism on brain reserve and metabolic connectivity in Alzheimer's dementia.

    Daniela Perani;Mohsen Farsad;Tommaso Ballarini;Francesca Lubian

  • The contribution of voxel-based morphometry in staging patients with mild cognitive impairment.

    M. Bozzali;M. Filippi;G. Magnani;M. Cercignani

  • Validation of an optimized SPM procedure for FDG-PET in dementia diagnosis in a clinical setting

    Daniela Perani;Pasquale Anthony Della Rosa;Chiara Cerami;Francesca Gallivanone

  • Quantification of tissue damage in AD using diffusion tensor and magnetization transfer MRI

    M. Bozzali;M. Franceschi;A. Falini;S. Pontesilli

  • Fatigue in multiple sclerosis is associated with abnormal cortical activation to voluntary movement--EEG evidence.

    Letizia Leocani;Bruno Colombo;Giuseppe Magnani;Filippo Martinelli-Boneschi

  • Prevalence of amyloid-β pathology in distinct variants of primary progressive aphasia

    David Bergeron;David Bergeron;Maria L. Gorno-Tempini;Gil D. Rabinovici;Miguel A. Santos-Santos

  • White Matter Damage in Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration Spectrum

    F. Agosta;E. Scola;E. Canu;A. Marcone

  • Functional network connectivity in the behavioral variant of frontotemporal dementia

    Massimo Filippi;Federica Agosta;Elisa Scola;Elisa Canu

  • Brain network connectivity assessed using graph theory in frontotemporal dementia

    Federica Agosta;Sara Sala;Paola Valsasina;Alessandro Meani

  • FDG-PET and CSF biomarker accuracy in prediction of conversion to different dementias in a large multicentre MCI cohort.

    Silvia Paola Caminiti;Tommaso Ballarini;Arianna Sala;Chiara Cerami

  • Functional and morphological changes of the retinal vessels in Alzheimer’s disease and mild cognitive impairment

    Giuseppe Querques;Enrico Borrelli;Riccardo Sacconi;Luigi De Vitis

  • Electroencephalographic coherence analysis in multiple sclerosis: correlation with clinical, neuropsychological, and MRI findings.

    Letizia Leocani;Tiziana Locatelli;Vittorio Martinelli;Marco Rovaris

  • Ceruloplasmin Oxidation, a Feature of Parkinson's Disease CSF, Inhibits Ferroxidase Activity and Promotes Cellular Iron Retention

    Stefano Olivieri;Antonio Conti;Sandro Iannaccone;Carlo V. Cannistraci

  • Optical Coherence Tomography Reveals Retinal Neuroaxonal Thinning in Frontotemporal Dementia as in Alzheimer's Disease.

    Laura Ferrari;Su-Chun Huang;Giuseppe Magnani;Alessandro Ambrosi

  • Brain network connectivity differs in early-onset neurodegenerative dementia

    Massimo Filippi;Silvia Basaia;Elisa Canu;Francesca Imperiale

  • Brain metabolic maps in Mild Cognitive Impairment predict heterogeneity of progression to dementia

    Chiara Cerami;Pasquale Anthony Della Rosa;Giuseppe Magnani;Roberto Santangelo

  • Myeloid microvesicles in cerebrospinal fluid are associated with myelin damage and neuronal loss in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer disease

    Federica Agosta;Dacia Dalla Libera;Edoardo Gioele Spinelli;Annamaria Finardi

  • Autosomal Dominant Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration Due to the C9ORF72 Hexanucleotide Repeat Expansion: Late-Onset Psychotic Clinical Presentation.

    Daniela Galimberti;Chiara Fenoglio;Maria Serpente;Chiara Villa

Frequent Co-Authors

Giancarlo Comi
Giancarlo Comi Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Federica Agosta
Federica Agosta Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Daniela Perani
Daniela Perani Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Elisa Canu
Elisa Canu Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Stefano F. Cappa
Stefano F. Cappa Istituto Universitario Di Studi Superiori Di Pavia
Sandro Iannaccone
Sandro Iannaccone Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Letizia Leocani
Letizia Leocani University of Milan
Vittorio Martinelli
Vittorio Martinelli Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Maria Luisa Gorno-Tempini
Maria Luisa Gorno-Tempini University of California, San Francisco
Marco Bozzali
Marco Bozzali Brighton and Sussex Medical School

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