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Overview

Luigi Ferini-Strambi is affiliated with Vita-Salute San Raffaele University in Italy. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on medicine, neuroscience, and psychology. Each of these fields includes a significant number of publications, with 225 in medicine, 177 in neuroscience, and 108 in psychology.

Their work extends deeply into subfields such as cognitive neuroscience (123 publications), neurology (99 publications), experimental and cognitive psychology (95 publications), epidemiology (53 publications), and the endocrine and autonomic systems (37 publications).

The main topics addressed in Ferini-Strambi's research include:

  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Sleep and related disorders
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Restless Legs Syndrome Research
  • Circadian rhythm and melatonin
  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research
  • Neurological disorders and treatments

Frequent publication venues for Ferini-Strambi include:

  • Sleep Medicine (26 publications)
  • SLEEP (23 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (10 publications)
  • Neurological Sciences (9 publications)
  • Journal of Neurology (8 publications)

Their recent papers demonstrate active contributions to understanding sleep disorders and neurological conditions. Some notable works are:

  • "Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on sleep quality in university students and administration staff" (2020, Journal of Neurology)
  • "COVID-19 and neurological disorders: are neurodegenerative or neuroimmunological diseases more vulnerable?" (2020, Journal of Neurology)
  • "EAN/ERS/ESO/ESRS statement on the impact of sleep disorders on risk and outcome of stroke" (2020, European Respiratory Journal)
  • "Speech Biomarkers in Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Behavior Disorder and Parkinson Disease" (2021, Annals of Neurology)
  • "Progression of clinical markers in prodromal Parkinson's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies: a multicentre study" (2023, Brain)

Ferini-Strambi's frequent coauthors include:

  • Andrea Galbiati (60 joint publications)
  • Sara Marelli (49 joint publications)
  • Raffaele Ferri (45 joint publications)
  • Francesca Casoni (38 joint publications)
  • Monica Puligheddu (35 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • Restless Legs Syndrome Prevalence and Impact: REST General Population Study

    Richard P. Allen;Arthur S. Walters;Jacques Montplaisir;Wayne Hening

  • Risk and predictors of dementia and parkinsonism in idiopathic REM sleep behaviour disorder: a multicentre study

    Ronald B Postuma;Alex Iranzo;Michele Hu;Birgit Högl

  • Impact, diagnosis and treatment of restless legs syndrome (RLS) in a primary care population: The REST (RLS epidemiology, symptoms, and treatment) primary care study

    Wayne Hening;Arthur S Walters;Arthur S Walters;Richard P Allen;Jacques Montplaisir

  • Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on sleep quality in university students and administration staff.

    Sara Marelli;Alessandra Castelnuovo;Antonella Somma;Vincenza Castronovo

  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Brain Structural Changes and Neurocognitive Function before and after Treatment

    Nicola Canessa;Vincenza Castronovo;Stefano F. Cappa;Mark S. Aloia

  • The official World Association of Sleep Medicine (WASM) standards for recording and scoring periodic leg movements in sleep (PLMS) and wakefulness (PLMW) developed in collaboration with a task force from the International Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group (IRLSSG)

    Marco Zucconi;Raffaele Ferri;Richard Allen;Paul Christian Baier

  • Restless Legs Syndrome: Prevalence and Impact in Children and Adolescents—The Peds REST Study

    Daniel Picchietti;Richard P. Allen;Arthur S. Walters;Julie E. Davidson

  • Restless legs syndrome and pregnancy.

    Mauro Manconi;V. Govoni;A. De Vito;N. T. Economou

  • Cognitive dysfunction in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA): partial reversibility after continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP).

    L. Ferini-Strambi;C. Baietto;M.R. Di Gioia;P. Castaldi

  • Italian version of the Epworth sleepiness scale: external validity.

    L. Vignatelli;G. Plazzi;A. Barbato;L. Ferini-Strambi

  • Sleep and quantitative EEG in neurodegenerative disorders

    Dominique Petit;Jean François Gagnon;Maria Livia Fantini;Luigi Ferini-Strambi

  • Autosomal dominant restless legs syndrome maps on chromosome 14q.

    Maria Teresa Bonati;Luigi Ferini-Strambi;Paolo Aridon;Alessandro Oldani

  • Ropinirole in the treatment of restless legs syndrome: results from the TREAT RLS 1 study, a 12 week, randomised, placebo controlled study in 10 European countries.

    C Trenkwalder;D Garcia-Borreguero;P Montagna;E Lainey

  • Autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy--a critical overview.

    Romina Combi;Leda Dalprà;Maria Luisa Tenchini;Luigi Ferini-Strambi

  • Risk factors for neurodegeneration in idiopathic rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder: A multicenter study

    Ronald B. Postuma;Alex Iranzo;Birgit Hogl;Isabelle Arnulf

  • Autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy. A video-polysomnographic and genetic appraisal of 40 patients and delineation of the epileptic syndrome.

    Alessandro Oldani;Marco Zucconi;Rosanna Asselta;Michele Modugno

  • Rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder: Devising controlled active treatment studies for symptomatic and neuroprotective therapy-a consensus statement from the International Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Behavior Disorder Study Group

    C. H. Schenck;J. Y. Montplaisir;B. Frauscher;B. Hogl

  • Prevalence of habitual snoring and sleep-disordered breathing in preschool-aged children in an Italian community.

    Vincenza Castronovo;Marco Zucconi;Luana Nosetti;Carlo Marazzini

  • Neuropsychological assessment in idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD) Does the idiopathic form of RBD really exist

    L. Ferini-Strambi;M. R. Di Gioia;V. Castronovo;A. Oldani

  • The risk of neurodegeneration in REM sleep behavior disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies

    Andrea Galbiati;Laura Verga;Enrico Giora;Marco Zucconi

Frequent Co-Authors

Marco Zucconi
Marco Zucconi Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Salvatore Smirne
Salvatore Smirne University of Milan
Alessandro Oldani
Alessandro Oldani Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Mauro Manconi
Mauro Manconi University of Bern
Raffaele Ferri
Raffaele Ferri I.R.C.C.S. Oasi Maria SS
Birgit Högl
Birgit Högl Innsbruck Medical University
Giuseppe Plazzi
Giuseppe Plazzi University of Bologna
Ronald B. Postuma
Ronald B. Postuma McGill University
Oliviero Bruni
Oliviero Bruni Sapienza University of Rome
Jacques Montplaisir
Jacques Montplaisir University of Montreal

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