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Overview

Marco Zucconi is affiliated with Vita-Salute San Raffaele University in Italy. Their research primarily spans Neuroscience, Medicine, and Psychology, with significant contributions to several specialized subfields.

The main areas of study include:

  • Neuroscience (36 publications)
  • Medicine (28 publications)
  • Psychology (22 publications)

Subfields of particular focus are:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience (24 publications)
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (19 publications)
  • Neurology (12 publications)
  • Endocrine and Autonomic Systems (10 publications)
  • Epidemiology (8 publications)

The prominent topics within their work involve:

  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research (42 publications)
  • Sleep and related disorders (36 publications)
  • Circadian rhythm and melatonin (18 publications)
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (16 publications)
  • Restless Legs Syndrome Research (16 publications)
  • Neurological disorders and treatments (6 publications)
  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research (4 publications)

Zucconi's research output includes several recent papers notable for their contribution to sleep medicine and neurological conditions, such as:

  • Risk Factors for Phenoconversion in Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Behavior Disorder, 2022, Annals of Neurology
  • The evolving role of quantitative actigraphy in clinical sleep medicine, 2023, Sleep Medicine Reviews
  • The association between emotional dysregulation and REM sleep features in insomnia disorder, 2020, Brain and Cognition
  • COVID-19 and Sleep in Medical Staff: Reflections, Clinical Evidences, and Perspectives, 2020, Current Treatment Options in Neurology
  • Neuropsychological Changes in Isolated REM Sleep Behavior Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Cross-sectional and Longitudinal Studies, 2023, Neuropsychology Review

Zucconi frequently publishes in key scientific venues including:

  • Sleep Medicine (5 publications)
  • Journal of Sleep Research (4 publications)
  • SLEEP (4 publications)
  • Sleep Medicine Reviews (3 publications)
  • Brain Sciences (3 publications)

Collaboration is a consistent aspect of Zucconi's work, with notable frequent co-authors being:

  • Luigi Ferini-Strambi (29 joint publications)
  • Francesca Casoni (27 joint publications)
  • Andrea Galbiati (25 joint publications)
  • Marco Sforza (15 joint publications)
  • Vincenza Castronovo (12 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • Validation of the International Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group rating scale for restless legs syndrome

    Jun Horiguchi;Magdolna Hornyak;Ulrich Voderholzer;Meir Kryger

  • Restless legs syndrome/Willis-Ekbom disease diagnostic criteria: updated International Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group (IRLSSG) consensus criteria--history, rationale, description, and significance.

    Richard P. Allen;Daniel L. Picchietti;Diego Garcia-Borreguero;William G. Ondo

  • Toward a better definition of the restless legs syndrome

    Arthur S. Walters;Michael S. Aldrich;Richard Allen;Sonia Ancoli‐Israel

  • 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

  • Fatal familial insomnia and dysautonomia with selective degeneration of thalamic nuclei

    Elio Lugaresi;Rossella Medori;Pasquale Montagna;Agostino Baruzzi

  • 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

  • Rotigotine effects on early morning motor function and sleep in Parkinson's disease: A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study (RECOVER)

    Claudia Trenkwalder;Bryan Kies;Monika Rudzinska;Jennifer Fine

  • 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

  • Seizure control and treatment in pregnancy: Observations from the EURAP epilepsy pregnancy registry

    Torbjörn Tomson;D. Battino;E. Bonizzoni;J. Craig

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

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

  • Definition and diagnostic criteria of sleep-related hypermotor epilepsy

    Paolo Tinuper;Francesca Bisulli;J H Cross;Dale Hesdorffer

  • 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

  • Arousal fluctuations in non-rapid eye movement parasomnias: the role of cyclic alternating pattern as a measure of sleep instability.

    Marco Zucconi;Alessandro Oldani;Luigi Ferini-Strambi;Salvatore Smirne

  • Nocturnal sleep study in multiple sclerosis: Correlations with clinical and brain magnetic resonance imaging findings

    Luigi Ferini-Strambi;Massimo Filippi;Vittorio Martinelli;Alessandro Oldani

  • Epidemiology and clinical findings of restless legs syndrome

    Marco Zucconi;Luigi Ferini-Strambi

Frequent Co-Authors

Luigi Ferini-Strambi
Luigi Ferini-Strambi Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Alessandro Oldani
Alessandro Oldani Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Raffaele Ferri
Raffaele Ferri I.R.C.C.S. Oasi Maria SS
Mauro Manconi
Mauro Manconi University of Bern
Salvatore Smirne
Salvatore Smirne University of Milan
Oliviero Bruni
Oliviero Bruni Sapienza University of Rome
Pasquale Montagna
Pasquale Montagna University of Bologna
Elio Lugaresi
Elio Lugaresi University of Bologna
Giuseppe Plazzi
Giuseppe Plazzi University of Bologna
Birgit Högl
Birgit Högl Innsbruck Medical University

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