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Maria Concetta Pellicciari

Maria Concetta Pellicciari

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Neuroscience

D-Index
38
Citations
4717
World Ranking
8627
National Ranking
475

Overview

Maria Concetta Pellicciari is affiliated with the Foundation Saint Lucia in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on the field of neuroscience, with a strong emphasis on cognitive neuroscience and neurology. The scientist's work incorporates multiple subfields including psychiatry and mental health, rehabilitation, and experimental and cognitive psychology.

The research topics of Maria Concetta Pellicciari encompass areas such as transcranial magnetic stimulation studies, functional brain connectivity studies, neural dynamics and brain function, neural and behavioral psychology studies, EEG and brain-computer interfaces, vestibular and auditory disorders, and dementia and cognitive impairment research.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Pellicciari include Giacomo Koch, Elias Paolo Casula, Michele Maiella, Ilaria Borghi, and Sonia Bonnì.

The most common publication venues for Pellicciari's work are Brain Stimulation, Clinical Neurophysiology, Annals of Neurology, Scientific Reports, and Frontiers in Public Health.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Maria Concetta Pellicciari include:

  • Precuneus magnetic stimulation for Alzheimer's disease: a randomized, sham-controlled trial, 2022, Brain
  • Evidence for interhemispheric imbalance in stroke patients as revealed by combining transcranial magnetic stimulation and electroencephalography, 2021, Human Brain Mapping
  • Decreased Frontal Gamma Activity in Alzheimer Disease Patients, 2022, Annals of Neurology
  • Effect of Rotigotine vs Placebo on Cognitive Functions Among Patients With Mild to Moderate Alzheimer Disease, 2020, JAMA Network Open
  • Regional Precuneus Cortical Hyperexcitability in Alzheimer's Disease Patients, 2022, Annals of Neurology

Best Publications

  • Clinical utility and prospective of TMS–EEG

    Sara Tremblay;Sara Tremblay;Nigel C. Rogasch;Isabella Premoli;Daniel M. Blumberger

  • Transcranial magnetic stimulation of the precuneus enhances memory and neural activity in prodromal Alzheimer's disease.

    Giacomo Koch;Sonia Bonnì;Maria Concetta Pellicciari;Elias P. Casula

  • The electroencephalographic fingerprint of sleep is genetically determined: a twin study

    Luigi De Gennaro;Cristina Marzano;Fabiana Fratello;Fabio Moroni

  • Precuneus magnetic stimulation for Alzheimer’s disease: a randomized, sham-controlled trial

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  • Effect of Cerebellar Stimulation on Gait and Balance Recovery in Patients With Hemiparetic Stroke: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

    Giacomo Koch;Sonia Bonnì;Elias Paolo Casula;Marco Iosa

  • Excitability modulation of the motor system induced by transcranial direct current stimulation: a multimodal approach.

    Maria Concetta Pellicciari;Debora Brignani;Carlo Miniussi

  • Neurophysiological correlates of sleepiness: a combined TMS and EEG study.

    Luigi De Gennaro;Cristina Marzano;Domenica Veniero;Domenica Veniero;Fabio Moroni

  • The Interaction With Task-induced Activity is More Important Than Polarization: A tDCS Study

    Marta Bortoletto;Maria Concetta Pellicciari;Claudia Rodella;Carlo Miniussi

  • Age dependence of primary motor cortex plasticity induced by paired associative stimulation.

    F. Tecchio;F. Zappasodi;P. Pasqualetti;L. De Gennaro

  • Modulation of corticospinal excitability by paired associative stimulation: reproducibility of effects and intraindividual reliability.

    Fabiana Fratello;Domenica Veniero;Domenica Veniero;Giuseppe Curcio;Michele Ferrara

  • Literal, fictive and metaphorical motion sentences preserve the motion component of the verb: a TMS study.

    C. Cacciari;N. Bolognini;Irene Senna;M.C. Pellicciari

  • Cerebellar theta burst stimulation modulates the neural activity of interconnected parietal and motor areas.

    Elias Paolo Casula;Maria Concetta Pellicciari;Viviana Ponzo;Mario Stampanoni Bassi

  • Interventional programmes to improve cognition during healthy and pathological ageing: Cortical modulations and evidence for brain plasticity.

    Jesús Cespón;Carlo Miniussi;Maria Concetta Pellicciari

  • Decreased Frontal Gamma Activity in Alzheimer Disease Patients

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  • Dynamic reorganization of TMS-evoked activity in subcortical stroke patients.

    Maria Concetta Pellicciari;Sonia Bonnì;Viviana Ponzo;Alex Martino Cinnera

  • Ongoing cumulative effects of single TMS pulses on corticospinal excitability: An intra- and inter-block investigation

    Maria Concetta Pellicciari;Carlo Miniussi;Clarissa Ferrari;Giacomo Koch

  • Improving visuo-motor learning with cerebellar theta burst stimulation: Behavioral and neurophysiological evidence.

    Giacomo Koch;Romina Esposito;Caterina Motta;Elias Paolo Casula

  • Evidence for interhemispheric imbalance in stroke patients as revealed by combining transcranial magnetic stimulation and electroencephalography.

    Elias Paolo Casula;Maria Concetta Pellicciari;Sonia Bonnì;Barbara Spanò

  • Transcranial magnetic stimulation predicts cognitive decline in patients with Alzheimer’s disease

    Caterina Motta;Francesco Di Lorenzo;Viviana Ponzo;Maria Concetta Pellicciari

  • The electroencephalographic substratum of the awakening.

    Michele Ferrara;Giuseppe Curcio;Fabiana Fratello;Fabio Moroni

  • Increased cortical plasticity in the elderly: changes in the somatosensory cortex after paired associative stimulation.

    M.C. Pellicciari;C. Miniussi;P.M. Rossini;L. De Gennaro

  • Slow eye movements and subjective estimates of sleepiness predict EEG power changes during sleep deprivation.

    Cristina Marzano;Fabiana Fratello;Fabio Moroni;Maria Concetta Pellicciari

  • Spike-timing-dependent plasticity in the human dorso-lateral prefrontal cortex

    Elias Paolo Casula;Maria Concetta Pellicciari;Silvia Picazio;Carlo Caltagirone

  • P221 Cerebellar theta burst stimulation modulates the neural activity of interconnected parietal and motor areas

    E.P. Casula;V. Ponzo;M. Stampanoni Bassi;D. Veniero

Frequent Co-Authors

Carlo Miniussi
Carlo Miniussi University of Trento
Giacomo Koch
Giacomo Koch University of Ferrara
Carlo Caltagirone
Carlo Caltagirone Fondazione Santa Lucia
Sonia Bonnì
Sonia Bonnì Fondazione Santa Lucia
Michele Ferrara
Michele Ferrara University of L'Aquila
Giuseppe Curcio
Giuseppe Curcio University of L'Aquila
Paolo Maria Rossini
Paolo Maria Rossini Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Luigi De Gennaro
Luigi De Gennaro Sapienza University of Rome
Caterina Motta
Caterina Motta University of Rome Tor Vergata
Alessandro Martorana
Alessandro Martorana University of Rome Tor Vergata

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