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Ildebrando Appollonio

Ildebrando Appollonio

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Neuroscience

D-Index
43
Citations
11796
World Ranking
7298
National Ranking
385

Overview

Ildebrando Appollonio is affiliated with the University of Milano-Bicocca in Italy. Their scientific work is situated primarily within the field of Medicine, with a particular focus on Neurology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and Cognitive Neuroscience. Additional research interests include Physiology and Clinical Psychology.

Appollonio's contributions center on topics within Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research, and Alzheimer's Disease research and treatments. Other topics of study include the Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments, and Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications.

Their frequent publication venues include:

  • Neurological Sciences
  • Neurology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Aging Clinical and Experimental Research
  • Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Prominent coauthors in their collaborations are:

  • Lucio Tremolizzo
  • Carlo Ferrarese
  • Edoardo Nicolò Aiello
  • Massimo Filippi
  • Vincenzo Silani

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Appollonio include:

  • "New insights into the genetic etiology of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias", 2022, Nature Genetics
  • "Behavioral and Psychological Effects of Coronavirus Disease-19 Quarantine in Patients With Dementia", 2020, Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • "Guillain-Barré syndrome related to COVID-19 infection", 2020, Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation
  • "The Impact of COVID-19 Quarantine on Patients With Dementia and Family Caregivers: A Nation-Wide Survey", 2021, Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
  • "The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA): updated norms and psychometric insights into adaptive testing from healthy individuals in Northern Italy", 2021, Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Best Publications

  • The Frontal Assessment Battery (FAB): normative values in an Italian population sample.

    I. Appollonio;M. Leone;V. Isella;F. Piamarta

  • Sensory Impairment and Quality of Life in a Community Elderly Population

    Corrado Carabellese;Ildebrando Appollonio;Renzo Rozzini;Angela Bianchetti

  • Prevalence of sleep disturbances in mild cognitive impairment and dementing disorders: a multicenter Italian clinical cross-sectional study on 431 patients.

    B. Guarnieri;F. Adorni;M. Musicco;I. Appollonio

  • Memory in patients with cerebellar degeneration

    I. M. Appollonio;Jordon Grafman;V. Schwartz;S. Massaquoi

  • Guillain-Barré syndrome related to COVID-19 infection.

    Paola Alberti;Simone Beretta;Marco Piatti;Aristotelis Karantzoulis

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

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

  • Common variants in Alzheimer's disease and risk stratification by polygenic risk scores

    Itziar de Rojas;Itziar de Rojas;Sonia Moreno-Grau;Sonia Moreno-Grau;Niccolo Tesi;Benjamin Grenier-Boley

  • Clinical, neuropsychological, and morphometric correlates of apathy in Parkinson's disease.

    Valeria Isella;Paola Melzi;Marco Grimaldi;Simona Iurlaro

  • Visualizing cortical activation during mental calculation with functional MRI

    Linda Rueckert;Nicholas Lange;Arnaud Partiot;Ildebrando Appollonio

  • Effects of Sensory Aids on the Quality of Life and Mortality of Elderly People: A Multivariate Analysis

    Ildebrando Appollonio;Corrado Carabellese;Lodovico Frattola;Marco Trabucchi

  • "Delirium Day": A nationwide point prevalence study of delirium in older hospitalized patients using an easy standardized diagnostic tool

    Giuseppe Bellelli;Alessandro Morandi;Simona G Di Santo;Andrea Mazzone

  • Magnetic resonance imaging functional activation of left frontal cortex during covert word production.

    L. Rueckert;I. Appollonio;J. Grafman;P. Jezzard

  • The Impact of COVID-19 Quarantine on Patients With Dementia and Family Caregivers: A Nation-Wide Survey

    Innocenzo Rainero;Amalia C Bruni;Camillo Marra;Annachiara Cagnin

  • Discriminative and predictive power of an informant report in mild cognitive impairment.

    V Isella;L Villa;A Russo;R Regazzoni

  • Physical anhedonia in Parkinson’s disease

    V Isella;S Iurlaro;R Piolti;C Ferrarese

  • Sensory Impairments and Mortality in an Elderly Community Population: A Six-year Follow-up Study

    Ildebrando Appollonio;Corrado Carabellese;Eugenio Magni;Lodovico Frattola

  • Clinical correlates and cognitive underpinnings of verbal fluency impairment after chronic subthalamic stimulation in Parkinson's disease.

    D. De Gaspari;C. Siri;M. Di Gioia;A. Antonini

  • Decreased density of benzodiazepine receptors in lymphocytes of anxious patients: reversal after chronic diazepam treatment.

    C. Ferrarese;I. Appollonio;M. Frigo;M. Perego

  • Peripheral cytokine release in Alzheimer patients: correlation with disease severity.

    Gessica Sala;Gloria Galimberti;Carla Canevari;Maria Elisabetta Raggi

  • Benzodiazepine receptors and diazepam binding inhibitor: A possible link between stress, anxiety and the immune system

    C. Ferrarese;I. Appollonio;G. Bianchi;M. Frigo

  • Glutamate uptake is decreased in platelets from Alzheimer's disease patients.

    Carlo Ferrarese;Barbara Begni;Carla Canevari;Chiara Zoia

Frequent Co-Authors

Jordan Grafman
Jordan Grafman Northwestern University
Alessandro Padovani
Alessandro Padovani University of Brescia
Federica Agosta
Federica Agosta Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Paolo Frigio Nichelli
Paolo Frigio Nichelli University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Giuseppe Magnani
Giuseppe Magnani Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Barbara Borroni
Barbara Borroni University of Brescia
Michael T. Heneka
Michael T. Heneka University Hospital Bonn
Nadia Bolognini
Nadia Bolognini University of Milano-Bicocca
Michael Ewers
Michael Ewers Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Martin Dichgans
Martin Dichgans Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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