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Overview

Maria Cotelli is affiliated with the University of Brescia in Italy. Their research primarily spans the fields of Neuroscience and Medicine, with a notable concentration in Cognitive Neuroscience, Neurology, and Psychiatry and Mental Health. The scientist's work includes investigations into areas such as Rehabilitation and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

Their research topics focus on several key domains, including:

  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies

Maria Cotelli has contributed to multiple papers addressing neurological disorders, brain stimulation techniques, and cognitive impairment. Recent notable publications include:

  • Exposure to gamma tACS in Alzheimer's disease: A randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled, crossover, pilot study (2021), published in Brain Stimulation
  • Increasing Brain Gamma Activity Improves Episodic Memory and Restores Cholinergic Dysfunction in Alzheimer's Disease (2022), published in Annals of Neurology
  • Toward noninvasive brain stimulation 2.0 in Alzheimer's disease (2021), published in Ageing Research Reviews
  • Classification of Alzheimer's Disease with Respect to Physiological Aging with Innovative EEG Biomarkers in a Machine Learning Implementation (2020), published in Journal of Alzheimer's Disease
  • Effectiveness of an Innovative Cognitive Treatment and Telerehabilitation on Subjects With Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Multicenter, Randomized, Active-Controlled Study (2020), published in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

The scientist often publishes in venues such as:

  • Brain Sciences
  • Alzheimer's Research & Therapy
  • Clinical Neurophysiology
  • Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
  • GeroScience

Maria Cotelli collaborates frequently with numerous researchers in related disciplines. Their top coauthors include Rosa Manenti, Paolo Maria Rossini, Francesca Miraglia, Fabrizio Vecchio, and Barbara Borroni.

Best Publications

  • Evidence-based guidelines on the therapeutic use of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)

    Jean Pascal Lefaucheur;Andrea Antal;Samar S. Ayache;David H. Benninger

  • Association of brain amyloidosis with pro-inflammatory gut bacterial taxa and peripheral inflammation markers in cognitively impaired elderly

    Annamaria Cattaneo;Nadia Cattane;Samantha Galluzzi;Stefania Provasi

  • A cultural effect on brain function.

    Eraldo Paulesu;Eamon McCrory;Ferruccio Fazio;L. Menoncello

  • Naming facilitation induced by transcranial direct current stimulation.

    Anna Fertonani;Sandra Rosini;Maria Cotelli;Paolo Maria Rossini

  • Improved language performance in Alzheimer disease following brain stimulation

    Maria Cotelli;Marco Calabria;Rosa Manenti;Sandra Rosini

  • Transcranial magnetic stimulation improves naming in Alzheimer disease patients at different stages of cognitive decline

    M. Cotelli;R. Manenti;S. F. Cappa;O. Zanetti

  • Executive dysfunction and avoidant personality trait in myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM-1) and in proximal myotonic myopathy (PROMM/DM-2).

    G Meola;V Sansone;D Perani;S Scarone

  • Effect of transcranial magnetic stimulation on action naming in patients with Alzheimer disease

    Maria Cotelli;Rosa Manenti;Stefano F. Cappa;Cristina Geroldi

  • Reminiscence therapy in dementia: A review

    Maria Cotelli;Rosa Manenti;Orazio Zanetti

  • Action and object naming in frontotemporal dementia, progressive supranuclear palsy, and corticobasal degeneration.

    M. Cotelli;B. Borroni;R. Manenti;A. Alberici

  • Anodal tDCS during face-name associations memory training in Alzheimer's patients

    Maria Cotelli;Rosa Manenti;Michela Brambilla;Michela Petesi

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

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

  • Mild cognitive impairment in Parkinson's disease is improved by transcranial direct current stimulation combined with physical therapy

    Rosa Manenti;Michela Brambilla;Alberto Benussi;Sandra Rosini

  • Action and object naming in Parkinson's disease without dementia.

    M. Cotelli;B. Borroni;R. Manenti;M. Zanetti

  • Association between treatment with colchicine and improved survival in a single-centre cohort of adult hospitalised patients with COVID-19 pneumonia and acute respiratory distress syndrome.

    Mirko Scarsi;Silvia Piantoni;Enrico Colombo;Paolo Airó

  • The role of mitochondria in neurodegenerative diseases

    Massimiliano Filosto;Mauro Scarpelli;Maria Sofia Cotelli;Valentina Vielmi

  • Enhancing verbal episodic memory in older and young subjects after non-invasive brain stimulation

    Rosa Manenti;Michela Brambilla;Michela Petesi;Clarissa Ferrari

  • Increasing Brain Gamma Activity Improves Episodic Memory and Restores Cholinergic Dysfunction in Alzheimer's Disease

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  • Reduced cerebral blood flow and impaired visual-spatial function in proximal myotonic myopathy.

    Giovanni Meola;V. Sansone;D. Perani;A. Colleluori

  • Treatment of primary progressive aphasias by transcranial direct current stimulation combined with language training.

    Maria Cotelli;Rosa Manenti;Michela Petesi;Michela Brambilla

  • Cerebellar transcranial direct current stimulation in patients with ataxia: A double‐blind, randomized, sham‐controlled study

    Alberto Benussi;Giacomo Koch;Maria Cotelli;Alessandro Padovani

  • Noninvasive Stimulation of Prefrontal Cortex Strengthens Existing Episodic Memories and Reduces Forgetting in the Elderly

    Marco Sandrini;Marco Sandrini;Michela Brambilla;Rosa Manenti;Sandra Rosini

Frequent Co-Authors

Rosa Manenti
Rosa Manenti Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli
Alessandro Padovani
Alessandro Padovani University of Brescia
Barbara Borroni
Barbara Borroni University of Brescia
Orazio Zanetti
Orazio Zanetti Ordine Ospedaliero di San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli
Carlo Miniussi
Carlo Miniussi University of Trento
Giovanni B. Frisoni
Giovanni B. Frisoni University of Geneva
Stefano F. Cappa
Stefano F. Cappa Istituto Universitario Di Studi Superiori Di Pavia
Paolo Maria Rossini
Paolo Maria Rossini Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Roberto Gasparotti
Roberto Gasparotti University of Brescia
Michela Balconi
Michela Balconi Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

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