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Paolo Belardinelli

Paolo Belardinelli

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Neuroscience

D-Index
38
Citations
5769
World Ranking
8564
National Ranking
470

Overview

Paolo Belardinelli is affiliated with the University of Trento in Italy and specializes in neuroscience, particularly in cognitive neuroscience. Their research output includes 136 publications in this broad field, with significant contributions to subfields such as cognitive neuroscience, neurology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, biomedical engineering, and radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, reflecting a focus on brain function and neurophysiological methods. Key areas of their research encompass:

  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • Muscle activation and electromyography studies
  • Neurological disorders and treatments

Paolo Belardinelli has authored numerous papers published in recognized venues, demonstrating ongoing engagement with the scientific community. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Brain stimulation (16 publications)
  • Clinical Neurophysiology (8 publications)
  • NeuroImage (7 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (7 publications)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (4 publications)

Recent publications highlight specific investigations related to transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and EEG methodologies. Selected papers are:

  • TMS combined with EEG: Recommendations and open issues for data collection and analysis, 2023, Brain stimulation
  • TMS-EEG signatures of glutamatergic neurotransmission in human cortex, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Recording brain responses to TMS of primary motor cortex by EEG - utility of an optimized sham procedure, 2021, NeuroImage
  • The effects of NMDA receptor blockade on TMS-evoked EEG potentials from prefrontal and parietal cortex, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Prefrontal theta phase-dependent rTMS-induced plasticity of cortical and behavioral responses in human cortex, 2022, Brain stimulation

Collaboration is a notable aspect of Paolo Belardinelli's research, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Ulf Ziemann (48 joint publications)
  • Christoph Zrenner (29 joint publications)
  • Johanna Metsomaa (20 joint publications)
  • Pedro Caldana Gordon (16 joint publications)
  • Maria Ermolova (14 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • Temporal dynamics of spontaneous MEG activity in brain networks

    Francesco de Pasquale;Stefania Della Penna;Abraham Z. Snyder;Christopher Lewis

  • Real-time EEG-defined excitability states determine efficacy of TMS-induced plasticity in human motor cortex.

    Christoph Zrenner;Debora Desideri;Paolo Belardinelli;Ulf Ziemann

  • TMS-EEG signatures of GABAergic neurotransmission in the human cortex.

    Isabella Premoli;Nazareth Castellanos;Davide Rivolta;Paolo Belardinelli

  • TMS combined with EEG: Recommendations and open issues for data collection and analysis

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  • Closed-Loop Neuroscience and Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation: A Tale of Two Loops.

    Christoph Zrenner;Paolo Belardinelli;Florian Müller-Dahlhaus;Ulf Ziemann

  • Characterization of GABAB-receptor mediated neurotransmission in the human cortex by paired-pulse TMS-EEG

    Isabella Premoli;Davide Rivolta;Svenja Espenhahn;Nazareth P. Castellanos

  • Brain oscillation-synchronized stimulation of the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in depression using real-time EEG-triggered TMS.

    Brigitte Zrenner;Christoph Zrenner;Pedro Caldana Gordon;Paolo Belardinelli

  • Human brain activation during passive listening to sounds from different locations: An fMRI and MEG study

    M. Brunetti;P. Belardinelli;P. Belardinelli;M. Caulo;C. Del Gratta

  • Reproducibility in TMS–EEG studies: A call for data sharing, standard procedures and effective experimental control

    Paolo Belardinelli;Mana Biabani;Daniel M. Blumberger;Marta Bortoletto

  • Effects of the Selective α5-GABAAR Antagonist S44819 on Excitability in the Human Brain: A TMS–EMG and TMS–EEG Phase I Study

    Ghazaleh Darmani;Carl M. Zipser;Gabriele M. Böhmer;Karine Deschet

  • TMS-EEG signatures of glutamatergic neurotransmission in human cortex.

    Paolo Belardinelli;Paolo Belardinelli;Franca König;Chen Liang;Isabella Premoli

  • Comparison of cortical EEG responses to realistic sham versus real TMS of human motor cortex.

    Pedro Caldana Gordon;Debora Desideri;Paolo Belardinelli;Christoph Zrenner

  • Source reconstruction accuracy of MEG and EEG Bayesian inversion approaches.

    Paolo Belardinelli;Erick Ortiz;Gareth Barnes;Uta Noppeney

  • The impact of GABAergic drugs on TMS-induced brain oscillations in human motor cortex

    Isabella Premoli;Til Ole Bergmann;Matteo Fecchio;Mario Rosanova

  • Plasticity of premotor cortico-muscular coherence in severely impaired stroke patients with hand paralysis.

    Paolo Belardinelli;Leonard Laer;Erick Ortiz;Christoph Braun

  • Recording brain responses to TMS of primary motor cortex by EEG - utility of an optimized sham procedure.

    Pedro C. Gordon;D. Blair Jovellar;YuFei Song;Christoph Zrenner

  • Short-interval and long-interval intracortical inhibition of TMS-evoked EEG potentials.

    Isabella Premoli;Julia Király;Florian Müller-Dahlhaus;Carl M. Zipser

  • Phase synchronicity of μ-rhythm determines efficacy of interhemispheric communication between human motor cortices

    Maria-Ioanna Stefanou;Debora Desideri;Paolo Belardinelli;Christoph Zrenner

  • A Frontoparietal Network for Spatial Attention Reorienting in the Auditory Domain: A Human fMRI/MEG Study of Functional and Temporal Dynamics

    M. Brunetti;S. Della Penna;A. Ferretti;C. Del Gratta

  • Phase of sensorimotor μ-oscillation modulates cortical responses to transcranial magnetic stimulation of the human motor cortex.

    Debora Desideri;Christoph Zrenner;Ulf Ziemann;Paolo Belardinelli

  • μ-rhythm extracted with personalized EEG filters correlates with corticospinal excitability in real-time phase-triggered EEG-TMS

    Natalie Schaworonkow;Natalie Schaworonkow;Pedro Caldana Gordon;Paolo Belardinelli;Ulf Ziemann

Frequent Co-Authors

Ulf Ziemann
Ulf Ziemann University of Tübingen
Vittorio Pizzella
Vittorio Pizzella University of Chieti-Pescara
Gian Luca Romani
Gian Luca Romani University of Chieti-Pescara
Christoph Braun
Christoph Braun University of Tübingen
Surjo R. Soekadar
Surjo R. Soekadar Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Maurizio Corbetta
Maurizio Corbetta University of Padua
Nigel C. Rogasch
Nigel C. Rogasch University of Adelaide
Dante Mantini
Dante Mantini KU Leuven
Til Ole Bergmann
Til Ole Bergmann University of Tübingen
Andreas J. Fallgatter
Andreas J. Fallgatter University of Tübingen

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