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Overview

Mauro Manconi is affiliated with the University of Bern in Switzerland and has a research focus that spans multiple domains within medicine and neuroscience. Their work predominantly addresses topics related to sleep and wakefulness as well as several specific sleep disorders. The fields of study covered by their publications include medicine and neuroscience, with subfields such as cognitive neuroscience, experimental and cognitive psychology, epidemiology, neurology, and endocrine and autonomic systems.

The primary topics of Manconi's research are:

  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Sleep and related disorders
  • Restless Legs Syndrome Research
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research
  • Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum

The scientist's recent papers include:

  • Restless legs syndrome, 2021, Nature Reviews Disease Primers
  • Diagnosis of central disorders of hypersomnolence: A reappraisal by European experts, 2020, Sleep Medicine Reviews
  • The Management of Restless Legs Syndrome: An Updated Algorithm, 2021, Mayo Clinic Proceedings
  • European guideline and expert statements on the management of narcolepsy in adults and children, 2021, European Journal of Neurology
  • European guideline and expert statements on the management of narcolepsy in adults and children, 2021, Journal of Sleep Research

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Mauro Manconi comprise the following researchers:

  • Anna Castelnovo
  • Silvia Miano
  • Raffaele Ferri
  • Claudio L. Bassetti
  • Silvia Riccardi

Publication venues where Manconi commonly publishes include:

  • Sleep Medicine
  • SLEEP
  • Journal of Sleep Research
  • Nature and Science of Sleep
  • Sleep Medicine Reviews

Best Publications

  • Restless legs syndrome and pregnancy.

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

  • The long-term treatment of restless legs syndrome/Willis-Ekbom disease: evidence-based guidelines and clinical consensus best practice guidance: a report from the International Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group.

    Diego Garcia-Borreguero;Ralf Kohnen;Michael H. Silber;John W. Winkelman;John W. Winkelman

  • Guidelines for the first-line treatment of restless legs syndrome/Willis-Ekbom disease, prevention and treatment of dopaminergic augmentation: a combined task force of the IRLSSG, EURLSSG, and the RLS-foundation.

    Diego Garcia-Borreguero;Michael H Silber;John W Winkelman;Birgit Högl

  • T cells in patients with narcolepsy target self-antigens of hypocretin neurons

    Daniela Latorre;Ulf Kallweit;Eric Armentani;Mathilde Foglierini;Mathilde Foglierini

  • Pregnancy as a risk factor for restless legs syndrome.

    Mauro Manconi;Vittorio Govoni;Alessandro De Vito;Nicolas Tiberio Economou

  • Multicenter case-control study on restless legs syndrome in multiple sclerosis: the REMS study.

    Mauro Manconi;Luigi Ferini-Strambi;Massimo Filippi

  • Chronic sleep loss during pregnancy as a determinant of stress: impact on pregnancy outcome

    Laura Palagini;Angelo Gemignani;Susanna Banti;Mauro Manconi

  • Restless legs syndrome.

    Mauro Manconi;Mauro Manconi;Diego Garcia-Borreguero;Barbara Schormair;Aleksandar Videnovic

  • World Association of Sleep Medicine (WASM) 2016 standards for recording and scoring leg movements in polysomnograms developed by a joint task force from the International and the European Restless Legs Syndrome Study Groups (IRLSSG and EURLSSG).

    R Ferri;S Fulda;R P Allen;M Zucconi

  • A quantitative statistical analysis of the submentalis muscle EMG amplitude during sleep in normal controls and patients with REM sleep behavior disorder

    Raffaele Ferri;Mauro Manconi;Giuseppe Plazzi;Oliviero Bruni

  • Measuring the error in sleep estimation in normal subjects and in patients with insomnia.

    Mauro Manconi;Raffaele Ferri;Carolina Sagrada;Naresh M. Punjabi

  • The Management of Restless Legs Syndrome: An Updated Algorithm.

    Michael H. Silber;Mark J. Buchfuhrer;Christopher J. Earley;Brian B. Koo

  • Diagnosis of central disorders of hypersomnolence: A reappraisal by European experts.

    Gert Jan Lammers;Claudio L.A. Bassetti;Leja Dolenc-Groselj;Poul J. Jennum

  • When gender matters: Restless legs syndrome. Report of the “RLS and woman” workshop endorsed by the European RLS Study Group

    Mauro Manconi;Jan Ulfberg;Klaus Berger;Imad Ghorayeb

  • Heart rate and spectral EEG changes accompanying periodic and non-periodic leg movements during sleep.

    Raffaele Ferri;Marco Zucconi;Francesco Rundo;Karen Spruyt

  • High prevalence of restless legs syndrome in multiple sclerosis.

    M. Manconi;M. Fabbrini;E. Bonanni;M. Filippi

  • Nocturnal eating: sleep-related eating disorder or night eating syndrome? A videopolysomnographic study.

    Roberto Vetrugno;Mauro Manconi;Luigi Ferini-Strambi;Federica Provini

  • Improved computation of the atonia index in normal controls and patients with REM sleep behavior disorder.

    Raffaele Ferri;Francesco Rundo;Mauro Manconi;Giuseppe Plazzi

  • Restless legs syndrome is a common finding in multiple sclerosis and correlates with cervical cord damage.

    Mauro Manconi;M A Rocca;Luigi Ferini-Strambi;Paola Tortorella

  • Dissociation of periodic leg movements from arousals in restless legs syndrome

    Mauro Manconi;Raffaele Ferri;Marco Zucconi;Claudio L. Bassetti

  • Expression of capsaicin receptor immunoreactivity in human peripheral nervous system and in painful neuropathies.

    Giuseppe Lauria;Michela Morbin;Raffaella Lombardi;Raffaella Capobianco

  • New approaches to the study of periodic leg movements during sleep in restless legs syndrome.

    Raffaele Ferri;Marco Zucconi;Mauro Manconi;Giuseppe Plazzi

  • Longitudinal study of cognitive function in idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder.

    Maria Livia Fantini;Elena Farini;Paola Ortelli;Marco Zucconi

  • Transient RLS during pregnancy is a risk factor for the chronic idiopathic form.

    E. Cesnik;I. Casetta;M. Turri;V. Govoni

  • Wernicke-korsakoff encephalopathy and polyneuropathy after gastroplasty for morbid obesity: report of a case.

    Fabio Cirignotta;Mauro Manconi;Susanna Mondini;Giorgio Buzzi

  • Different periodicity and time structure of leg movements during sleep in narcolepsy/cataplexy and restless legs syndrome.

    Raffaele Ferri;Marco Zucconi;Mauro Manconi;Oliviero Bruni

  • Ethanol Causes Neurogenic Vasodilation by TRPV1 Activation and CGRP Release in the Trigeminovascular System of The Guinea Pig

    P. Nicoletti;M. Trevisani;M. Manconi;R. Gatti

Frequent Co-Authors

Claudio L. Bassetti
Claudio L. Bassetti University of Bern
Oliviero Bruni
Oliviero Bruni Sapienza University of Rome
Alessandro Oldani
Alessandro Oldani Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Lino Nobili
Lino Nobili University of Genoa
Stefano F. Cappa
Stefano F. Cappa Istituto Universitario Di Studi Superiori Di Pavia
Birgit Högl
Birgit Högl Innsbruck Medical University
Johannes Mathis
Johannes Mathis University of Bern
Fabio Pizza
Fabio Pizza University of Bologna
David B. Rye
David B. Rye Emory University

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