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Sandro Iannaccone is affiliated with Vita-Salute San Raffaele University in Italy and conducts research primarily within the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience. Their work broadly covers subfields such as Neurology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, and Physiology.

The main topics of their research include:

  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
  • Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
  • Alzheimer's Disease Research and Treatments
  • Neurological Disorders and Treatments

The scientist has contributed to several peer-reviewed publications, including:

  • "COVID-19 cognitive deficits after respiratory assistance in the subacute phase: A COVID-rehabilitation unit experience," 2021, PLoS ONE
  • "Rehabilitation of COVID-19 patients," 2020, Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine
  • "Nutritional management of COVID-19 patients in a rehabilitation unit," 2020, European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
  • "The combined effects of microglia activation and brain glucose hypometabolism in early-onset Alzheimer's disease," 2020, Alzheimer s Research & Therapy
  • "Role of Rehabilitation Department for Adult Individuals With COVID-19: The Experience of the San Raffaele Hospital of Milan," 2020, Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

The primary venues where they publish include:

  • Journal of Alzheimer s Disease
  • Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine
  • Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
  • Journal of Neurology
  • European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Frequent co-authors collaborating with this researcher are:

  • Luigia Brugliera
  • Federica Alemanno
  • Massimo Filippi
  • Alfio Spina
  • Pietro Mortini

Sandro Iannaccone's scientific output reflects a focus on clinical rehabilitation, neurological disorders, and cognitive outcomes related to both chronic neurodegenerative conditions and acute syndromes such as COVID-19. Their research is situated within clinical and translational frameworks aimed at understanding the intersections of neuroscience, critical care, and rehabilitation medicine.

Best Publications

  • COVID-19 cognitive deficits after respiratory assistance in the subacute phase: A COVID-rehabilitation unit experience.

    Federica Alemanno;Elise Houdayer;Anna Parma;Alfio Spina

  • In vivo microglia activation in very early dementia with Lewy bodies, comparison with Parkinson's disease

    S Iannaccone;C Cerami;M Alessio;Valentina Garibotto

  • Evidence of peripheral axonal neuropathy in primary restless legs syndrome

    Sandro Iannaccone;Marco Zucconi;Paolo Marchettini;Luigi Ferini-Strambi

  • Rehabilitation of COVID-19 patients.

    Luigia Brugliera;Alfio Spina;Paola Castellazzi;Paolo Cimino

  • FDG-PET and CSF biomarker accuracy in prediction of conversion to different dementias in a large multicentre MCI cohort.

    Silvia Paola Caminiti;Tommaso Ballarini;Arianna Sala;Chiara Cerami

  • Ceruloplasmin Oxidation, a Feature of Parkinson's Disease CSF, Inhibits Ferroxidase Activity and Promotes Cellular Iron Retention

    Stefano Olivieri;Antonio Conti;Sandro Iannaccone;Carlo V. Cannistraci

  • Muscle fibre type and habitual snoring.

    S. Smirne;S. Iannaccone;L. Ferini-Strambi;M. Comola

  • Structural brain correlates of cognitive and behavioral impairment in MND.

    Federica Agosta;Pilar M. Ferraro;Nilo Riva;Edoardo G. Spinelli

  • Emotional empathy in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a behavioural and voxel-based morphometry study

    Chiara Cerami;Alessandra Dodich;Nicola Canessa;Chiara Crespi

  • Pharmacologic treatment of emotional lability.

    Sandro Iannaccone;Luigi Ferini-Strambi

  • Cross-validation of biomarkers for the early differential diagnosis and prognosis of dementia in a clinical setting

    Daniela Perani;Chiara Cerami;Silvia Paola Caminiti;Roberto Santangelo

  • Efficacy of virtual reality to reduce chronic low back pain: Proof-of-concept of a non-pharmacological approach on pain, quality of life, neuropsychological and functional outcome

    Federica Alemanno;Elise Houdayer;Daniele Emedoli;Matteo Locatelli

  • The combined effects of microglia activation and brain glucose hypometabolism in early-onset Alzheimer’s disease

    Giacomo Tondo;Leonardo Iaccarino;Leonardo Iaccarino;Silvia Paola Caminiti;Luca Presotto

  • Role of Rehabilitation Department for Adult Individuals With COVID-19: The Experience of the San Raffaele Hospital of Milan.

    Sandro Iannaccone;Paola Castellazzi;Andrea Tettamanti;Elise Houdayer

  • A novel task assessing intention and emotion attribution: Italian standardization and normative data of the Story-based Empathy Task.

    Alessandra Dodich;Chiara Cerami;Nicola Canessa;Chiara Crespi

  • Dominant LMNA mutations can cause combined muscular dystrophy and peripheral neuropathy

    S. Benedetti;E. Bertini;S. Iannaccone;C. Angelini

  • Microstructural white matter correlates of emotion recognition impairment in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

    Chiara Crespi;Chiara Cerami;Alessandra Dodich;Nicola Canessa

  • Intrahemispheric and interhemispheric structural network abnormalities in PLS and ALS.

    Federica Agosta;Sebastiano Galantucci;Nilo Riva;Adriano Chiò

  • Brain glucose metabolism in Lewy body dementia: implications for diagnostic criteria

    Silvia Paola Caminiti;Arianna Sala;Leonardo Iaccarino;Luca Beretta

  • The effects of a comprehensive rehabilitation program of Alzheimer's Disease in a hospital setting

    Alberto Raggi;Sandro Iannaccone;Alessandra Marcone;Valeria Ginex

  • Differential Impairment of Cognitive and Affective Mentalizing Abilities in Neurodegenerative Dementias: Evidence from Behavioral Variant of Frontotemporal Dementia, Alzheimer’s Disease, and Mild Cognitive Impairment

    Alessandra Dodich;Chiara Cerami;Chiara Crespi;Nicola Canessa

Frequent Co-Authors

Stefano F. Cappa
Stefano F. Cappa Istituto Universitario Di Studi Superiori Di Pavia
Daniela Perani
Daniela Perani Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Giuseppe Magnani
Giuseppe Magnani Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Nicola Canessa
Nicola Canessa Istituto Universitario Di Studi Superiori Di Pavia
Salvatore Smirne
Salvatore Smirne University of Milan
Giancarlo Comi
Giancarlo Comi Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Elise Houdayer
Elise Houdayer San Raffaele Hospital
Federica Agosta
Federica Agosta Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Giovanni B. Frisoni
Giovanni B. Frisoni University of Geneva
Jubin Abutalebi
Jubin Abutalebi Vita-Salute San Raffaele University

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