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Leonardo Lopiano

Leonardo Lopiano

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Neuroscience

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National Ranking
77

Medicine

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Overview

Leonardo Lopiano is affiliated with the University of Turin in Italy. Their research focuses primarily on medical sciences, with a major emphasis on neurology. Within the broader discipline, their work covers subfields such as cognitive neuroscience, psychiatry and mental health, physiology, and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Neurological disorders and treatments
  • Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders
  • Parkinson's Disease and Spinal Disorders
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
  • Restless Legs Syndrome Research
  • Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases

Leonardo Lopiano has contributed to numerous publications, frequently appearing in the following venues:

  • Journal of Neurology
  • Movement Disorders Clinical Practice
  • Neurological Sciences
  • Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
  • Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Some of their recent papers include:

  • "Penetrance of Glucocerebrosidase (GBA) Mutations in Parkinson's Disease: A Kin Cohort Study," 2020, Movement Disorders
  • "Functional motor disorders associated with other neurological diseases: Beyond the boundaries of "organic" neurology," 2020, European Journal of Neurology
  • "Deep Brain Stimulation Selection Criteria for Parkinson's Disease: Time to Go beyond CAPSIT-PD," 2020, Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • "Differential response to pallidal deep brain stimulation among monogenic dystonias: systematic review and meta-analysis," 2020, Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
  • "Consensus on the treatment of dysphagia in Parkinson's disease," 2021, Journal of the Neurological Sciences

They have collaborated frequently with other researchers including Carlo Alberto Artusi, Maurizio Zibetti, Alberto Romagnolo, Gabriele Imbalzano, and Mario Giorgio Rizzone. The count of co-authored works with these colleagues ranges from 43 to 89.

Best Publications

  • Conscious Expectation and Unconscious Conditioning in Analgesic, Motor, and Hormonal Placebo/Nocebo Responses

    Fabrizio Benedetti;Antonella Pollo;Leonardo Lopiano;Michele Lanotte

  • WHEN WORDS ARE PAINFUL: UNRAVELING THE MECHANISMS OF THE NOCEBO EFFECT

    Fabrizio Benedetti;Michele Maria Rosario Lanotte;Leonardo Lopiano;L. Colloca

  • Overt versus covert treatment for pain, anxiety, and Parkinson's disease

    Luana Colloca;Leonardo Lopiano;Michele Lanotte;Fabrizio Benedetti

  • ATP13A2 missense mutations in juvenile parkinsonism and young onset Parkinson disease.

    A. Di Fonzo;H. F. Chien;M. Socal;S. Giraudo

  • Early-onset parkinsonism associated with PINK1 mutations Frequency, genotypes, and phenotypes

    V. Bonifati;C. F. Rohé;G. J. Breedveld;E. Fabrizio

  • Placebo-responsive Parkinson patients show decreased activity in single neurons of subthalamic nucleus.

    Fabrizio Benedetti;Luana Colloca;Elena Torre;Michele Lanotte

  • Deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus in Parkinson's disease: effects of variation in stimulation parameters.

    M Rizzone;M Lanotte;B Bergamasco;A Tavella

  • Open versus hidden medical treatments: The patient's knowledge about a therapy affects the therapy outcome.

    Fabrizio Benedetti;Giuliano Maggi;Leonardo Lopiano;Michele Maria Rosario Lanotte

  • Cognitive correlates in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a population-based study in Italy

    Anna Montuschi;Barbara Iazzolino;Andrea Calvo;Cristina Moglia

  • Proteome analysis of human substantia nigra in Parkinson's disease

    Manuela Basso;Sabrina Giraudo;Davide Corpillo;Bruno Bergamasco

  • Pain as a Nonmotor Symptom of Parkinson Disease: Evidence From a Case-Control Study

    Giovanni Defazio;Alfredo Berardelli;Giovanni Fabbrini;Davide Martino

  • The progression of non-motor symptoms in Parkinson's disease and their contribution to motor disability and quality of life.

    Angelo Antonini;Paolo Barone;Roberto Marconi;Letterio Morgante

  • Deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus: anatomical, neurophysiological, and outcome correlations with the effects of stimulation

    M M Lanotte;M Rizzone;B Bergamasco;G Faccani

  • Duodenal levodopa infusion for advanced Parkinson's disease: 12‐month treatment outcome

    Angelo Antonini;Ioannis U. Isaias;Margherita Canesi;Maurizio Zibetti

  • Beyond nine years of continuous subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation in Parkinson's disease.

    Maurizio Zibetti;Aristide Merola;Laura Rizzi;Valeria Ricchi

  • Chronic deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus for Parkinson's disease: effects on cognition, mood, anxiety and personality traits.

    L. Castelli;P. Perozzo;M. Zibetti;B. Crivelli

  • Comprehensive analysis of the LRRK2 gene in sixty families with Parkinson's disease.

    Alessio Di Fonzo;Alessio Di Fonzo;Cristina Tassorelli;Michele De Mari;Hsin F Chien

  • Long-term outcome of subthalamic nucleus DBS in Parkinson's disease: from the advanced phase towards the late stage of the disease?

    Mg Rizzone;Alfonso Fasano;Antonio Daniele;M Zibetti

  • Expectation modulates the response to subthalamic nucleus stimulation in Parkinsonian patients.

    Antonella Pollo;Elena Torre;Leonardo Lopiano;Mario Rizzone

  • Neuropathy and levodopa in Parkinson's disease: evidence from a multicenter study.

    Roberto Ceravolo;Giovanni Cossu;Monica Bandettini di Poggio;Lucio Santoro

  • Deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus: Clinical effectiveness and safety

    L. Lopiano;M. Rizzone;B. Bergamasco;A. Tavella

Frequent Co-Authors

Maurizio Zibetti
Maurizio Zibetti University of Turin
Michele Lanotte
Michele Lanotte University of Turin
Aristide Merola
Aristide Merola University of Cincinnati
Angelo Antonini
Angelo Antonini University of Padua
Mauro Fasano
Mauro Fasano University of Insubria
Giovanni Abbruzzese
Giovanni Abbruzzese University of Genoa
Alberto J. Espay
Alberto J. Espay University of Cincinnati
Lorys Castelli
Lorys Castelli University of Turin
Marco Bozzali
Marco Bozzali Brighton and Sussex Medical School
Fabrizio Benedetti
Fabrizio Benedetti University of Turin

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