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Laura Bertolasi

Laura Bertolasi

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Neuroscience

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Citations
4719
World Ranking
8847
National Ranking
485

Overview

Laura Bertolasi is affiliated with the University of Verona in Italy. Their research contributions primarily lie within the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with a notable focus on Neurology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Epidemiology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and Ophthalmology.

Their scholarly output includes research on a variety of neurological topics. Frequent subjects covered in their work include:

  • Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
  • Neurological disorders and treatments
  • Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders
  • Myasthenia Gravis and Thymoma
  • Parkinson's Disease and Spinal Disorders

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Laura Bertolasi include:

  • Guillain-Barré syndrome and COVID-19: an observational multicentre study from two Italian hotspot regions (2020), Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
  • Guillain-Barré syndrome and COVID-19: A 1-year observational multicenter study (2022), European Journal of Neurology
  • Spread of segmental/multifocal idiopathic adult-onset dystonia to a third body site (2021), Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
  • CIDP, CMT1B, or CMT1B plus CIDP? (2020), Neurological Sciences
  • Statin-associated necrotizing autoimmune myopathy with concurrent myasthenia gravis (2021), Clinical Case Reports

The scientist has frequently published in the following venues:

  • Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
  • European Journal of Neurology
  • Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
  • Neurological Sciences
  • Movement Disorders Clinical Practice

Collaboration is a key aspect of their research practice. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Maria Sofia Cotelli
  • Gian Maria Fabrizi
  • Sérgio Ferrari
  • Salvatore Monaco
  • Massimiliano Filosto

Best Publications

  • Abnormal central integration of a dual somatosensory input in dystonia. Evidence for sensory overflow.

    M Tinazzi;L Bertolasi;E Frasson

  • Guillain-Barré syndrome and COVID-19: an observational multicentre study from two Italian hotspot regions

    Massimiliano Filosto;Stefano Cotti Piccinelli;Stefano Gazzina;Camillo Foresti

  • Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2E, a disorder of the cytoskeleton

    Gian Maria Fabrizi;Tiziana Cavallaro;Chiara Angiari;Ilaria Cabrini

  • Giant axon and neurofilament accumulation in Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease type 2E

    Gian Maria Fabrizi;Tiziana Cavallaro;Chiara Angiari;Laura Bertolasi

  • Possible risk factors for primary adult onset dystonia: a case-control investigation by the Italian Movement Disorders Study Group

    Giovanni Defazio;A Berardelli;G Abbruzzese;Lepore

  • Temporal processing of visuotactile and tactile stimuli in writer's cramp.

    Mirta Fiorio;Michele Tinazzi;Laura Bertolasi;Salvatore M. Aglioti

  • Somatosensory disinhibition in dystonia

    Emma Frasson;Alberto Priori;Laura Bertolasi;Francois Mauguière

  • Temporal discrimination of somesthetic stimuli is impaired in dystonic patients.

    Michele Tinazzi;Emma Frasson;Laura Bertolasi;Antonio Fiaschi

  • Human handedness and asymmetry of the motor cortical silent period

    A. Oliviero;E. Donati;L. Callea

  • The influence of muscular lengthening on cramps

    L. Bertolasi;D. De Grandis;L. G. Bongiovanni;G. P. Zanette

  • Cortical projection to erector spinae muscles in man as assessed by focal transcranial magnetic stimulation.

    A. Ferbert;D. Caramia;L. Bertolasi

  • Inhibitory action of forearm flexor muscle afferents on corticospinal outputs to antagonist muscles in humans

    Laura Bertolasi;Alberto Priori;Michele Tinazzi;Valeria Bertasi

  • Transcranial electric and magnetic stimulation of the leg area of the human motor cortex: single motor unit and surface EMG responses in the tibialis anterior muscle

    L. Bertolasi;D. Dressler;J.C. Rothwell

  • Two novel mutations in dynamin-2 cause axonal Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.

    Gian Maria Fabrizi;Moreno Ferrarini;Tiziana Cavallaro;Ilaria Cabrini

  • Some saccadic eye movements can be delayed by transcranial magnetic stimulation of the cerebral cortex in man

    L. Bertolasi;J. C. Rothwell;B. L. Day

  • Transcranial magnetic stimulation selectively impairs interhemispheric transfer of visuo-motor information in humans

    Carlo Alberto Marzi;C. Miniussi;A. Maravita;Laura Bertolasi

  • Botulinum neurotoxin type A injections for vaginismus secondary to vulvar vestibulitis syndrome.

    Laura Bertolasi;Emma Frasson;Jee Yun Cappelletti;Silvana Vicentini

  • Timing of tactile and visuo-tactile events is impaired in patients with cervical dystonia

    Michelle Tinazzi;Mirta Fiorio;Laura Bertolasi;Salvatore M. Aglioti

  • Role of HIV in the pathogenesis of distal symmetrical peripheral neuropathy

    Nicolo Rizzuto;Tiziana Cavallaro;Salvatore Monaco;Michela Morbin

  • Prognostic value of multimodal evoked potentials in multiple sclerosis: the EP score.

    Paolo Invernizzi;Laura Bertolasi;Maria Rachele Bianchi;Marco Turatti

Frequent Co-Authors

Michele Tinazzi
Michele Tinazzi University of Verona
Alfredo Berardelli
Alfredo Berardelli Sapienza University of Rome
Paolo Girlanda
Paolo Girlanda University of Messina
Alberto Priori
Alberto Priori University of Milan
Antonio Fiaschi
Antonio Fiaschi University of Verona
Maria Cotelli
Maria Cotelli University of Brescia
Roberto Ceravolo
Roberto Ceravolo University of Pisa
Roberto Eleopra
Roberto Eleopra Misericordia University
Maurizio Zibetti
Maurizio Zibetti University of Turin
Anna Rita Bentivoglio
Anna Rita Bentivoglio Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

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