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Overview

Massimo Cossu is affiliated with the University of Sassari in Italy and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a particular focus on epilepsy research and treatment. Their scholarly work encompasses a wide range of subfields including psychiatry and mental health, pediatrics, perinatology, child health, cellular and molecular neuroscience, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and cognitive neuroscience.

Their research topics cover several key areas:

  • Epilepsy research and treatment
  • Pharmacological effects and toxicity studies
  • Neuroscience and neuropharmacology research
  • Neonatal and fetal brain pathology
  • EEG and brain-computer interfaces
  • Renal and vascular pathologies
  • Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus

Massimo Cossu's recent publications include the following:

  • Dendritic pathology, spine loss and synaptic reorganization in human cortex from epilepsy patients, 2020, Brain
  • Temporal lobe epilepsy surgery in children and adults: A multicenter study, 2020, Epilepsia
  • Epilepsy surgery in infants up to 3 months of age: Safety, feasibility, and outcomes: A multicenter, multinational study, 2021, Epilepsia
  • The surgical treatment of epilepsy, 2021, Neurological Sciences
  • Seizure outcome after epilepsy surgery in tuberous sclerosis complex: Results and analysis of predictors from a multicenter study, 2021, Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Their frequent co-authors include Laura Tassi, Alessandro Consales, Carmen Barba, Luca De Palma, and Martina Revay.

Their research has been published in a variety of venues, with the most frequent being:

  • European Urology Open Science
  • Epilepsia
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • European Urology
  • Neurological Sciences

Best Publications

  • Focal cortical dysplasia: neuropathological subtypes, EEG, neuroimaging and surgical outcome.

    L. Tassi;N. Colombo;R. Garbelli;S. Francione

  • Stereoelectroencephalography: surgical methodology, safety, and stereotactic application accuracy in 500 procedures.

    Francesco Cardinale;Massimo Cossu;Laura Castana;Giuseppe Casaceli

  • Stereoelectroencephalography in the presurgical evaluation of focal epilepsy: a retrospective analysis of 215 procedures.

    Massimo Cossu;Francesco Cardinale;Laura Castana;Alberto Citterio

  • Electroclinical, MRI and neuropathological study of 10 patients with nodular heterotopia, with surgical outcomes

    L. Tassi;N. Colombo;M. Cossu;R. Mai

  • Seizure outcome after resection of cavernous malformations is better when surrounding hemosiderin-stained brain also is removed.

    Christian R. Baumann;Bernhard Schuknecht;Giorgio Lo Russo;Massimo Cossu

  • Epilepsy surgery in children: results and predictors of outcome on seizures.

    Massimo Cossu;Giorgio Lo Russo;Stefano Francione;Roberto Mai

  • Stereoelectroencephalography: retrospective analysis of 742 procedures in a single centre.

    Francesco Cardinale;Michele Rizzi;Elena Vignati;Massimo Cossu

  • Validation of FreeSurfer-Estimated Brain Cortical Thickness: Comparison with Histologic Measurements

    Francesco Cardinale;Giuseppa Chinnici;Manuela Bramerio;Roberto Mai

  • Seizure outcome after resection of supratentorial cavernous malformations: a study of 168 patients.

    Christian R. Baumann;Nicola Acciarri;Helmut Bertalanffy;Orrin Devinsky

  • Surgical treatment of drug-resistant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy

    Lino Nobili;S. Francione;R. Mai;F. Cardinale

  • Stereoelectroencephalography-guided radiofrequency thermocoagulation in the epileptogenic zone: a retrospective study on 89 cases

    Massimo Cossu;Dalila Fuschillo;Giuseppe Casaceli;Veronica Pelliccia

  • Solid microparticles based on chitosan or methyl-β-cyclodextrin: a first formulative approach to increase the nose-to-brain transport of deferoxamine mesylate

    Giovanna Rassu;Elena Soddu;Massimo Cossu;Antonio Brundu

  • Insular‐opercular seizures manifesting with sleep‐related paroxysmal motor behaviors: A stereo‐EEG study

    Paola Proserpio;Massimo Cossu;Stefano Francione;Laura Tassi

  • 7T MRI in focal epilepsy with unrevealing conventional field strength imaging

    Alessio De Ciantis;Carmen Barba;Laura Tassi;Mirco Cosottini

  • Sleep-related hyperkinetic seizures of temporal lobe origin.

    L. Nobili;M. Cossu;R. Mai;L. Tassi

  • The outcome from acute subdural and epidural intracranial haematomas in very elderly patients.

    Bernarda Cagetti;Massimo Cossu;Antonio Pau;Cesare Rivano

  • Stereoelectroencephalography in the presurgical evaluation of children with drug-resistant focal epilepsy.

    Massimo Cossu;Francesco Cardinale;Nadia Colombo;Roberto Mai

  • Stereo-EEG: Diagnostic and therapeutic tool for periventricular nodular heterotopia epilepsies.

    Laura Mirandola;Roberto F. Mai;Stefano Francione;Veronica Pelliccia

  • Stereo-EEG-guided radio-frequency thermocoagulations of epileptogenic grey-matter nodular heterotopy

    Massimo Cossu;Dalila Fuschillo;Francesco Cardinale;Laura Castana

  • Stereoelectroencephalography in the presurgical evaluation of focal epilepsy in infancy and early childhood.

    Massimo Cossu;Marco Schiariti;Stefano Francione;Dalila Fuschillo

Frequent Co-Authors

Laura Tassi
Laura Tassi University of Bologna
Francesco Cardinale
Francesco Cardinale University of Parma
Giorgio Lo Russo
Giorgio Lo Russo Ospedale Niguarda Ca' Granda
Roberto Mai
Roberto Mai University of Milan
Stefano Francione
Stefano Francione University of Milan
Lino Nobili
Lino Nobili University of Genoa
Laura Castana
Laura Castana ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda
Ivana Sartori
Ivana Sartori University of Pavia
Carmen Barba
Carmen Barba University of Florence
Roberto Spreafico
Roberto Spreafico Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta

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