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Sara Poletti is affiliated with Vita-Salute San Raffaele University in Italy and has a significant publication record predominantly in the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience. Their research encompasses a variety of topics related to brain function, mental health, and psychiatric conditions.

Their work spans several subfields, including:

  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Psychiatry and Mental health
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
  • Clinical Psychology

Main topics of research covered by Sara Poletti include:

  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19

Sara Poletti has published multiple papers, several of which focus on psychiatric and neurocognitive impacts of COVID-19, such as:

  • "Anxiety and depression in COVID-19 survivors: Role of inflammatory and clinical predictors" (2020), published in Brain Behavior and Immunity
  • "Persistent psychopathology and neurocognitive impairment in COVID-19 survivors: Effect of inflammatory biomarkers at three-month follow-up" (2021), published in Brain Behavior and Immunity
  • "Post-COVID-19 Depressive Symptoms: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, and Pharmacological Treatment" (2022), published in CNS Drugs
  • "All roads lead to the default-mode network-global source of DMN abnormalities in major depressive disorder" (2020), published in Neuropsychopharmacology
  • "A Delphi-method-based consensus guideline for definition of treatment-resistant depression for clinical trials" (2021), published in Molecular Psychiatry

Frequent co-authors with whom Sara Poletti has collaborated include:

  • Francesco Benedetti
  • Raffaella Zanardi
  • Benedetta Vai
  • Cristina Colombo
  • Irene Bollettini

Publication venues where Sara Poletti's work appears frequently include:

  • Neuroscience Applied
  • European Neuropsychopharmacology
  • European Psychiatry
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Brain Behavior and Immunity

Best Publications

  • Anxiety and depression in COVID-19 survivors: Role of inflammatory and clinical predictors.

    Mario Gennaro Mazza;Rebecca De Lorenzo;Caterina Conte;Sara Poletti

  • Persistent psychopathology and neurocognitive impairment in COVID-19 survivors: Effect of inflammatory biomarkers at three-month follow-up.

    Mario Gennaro Mazza;Mariagrazia Palladini;Rebecca De Lorenzo;Cristiano Magnaghi

  • Post-COVID-19 Depressive Symptoms: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, and Pharmacological Treatment

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  • Disruption of White Matter Integrity in Bipolar Depression as a Possible Structural Marker of Illness

    Francesco Benedetti;Ping Hong Yeh;Marcella Bellani;Daniele Radaelli

  • Lithium and GSK3-β Promoter Gene Variants Influence White Matter Microstructure in Bipolar Disorder

    Francesco Benedetti;Irene Bollettini;Ignazio Barberi;Daniele Radaelli

  • Opposite effects of suicidality and lithium on gray matter volumes in bipolar depression.

    Francesco Benedetti;Daniele Radaelli;Sara Poletti;Sara Poletti;Clara Locatelli

  • Functional and structural brain correlates of theory of mind and empathy deficits in schizophrenia

    Francesco Benedetti;Alessandro Bernasconi;Marta Bosia;Roberto Cavallaro

  • All roads lead to the default-mode network—global source of DMN abnormalities in major depressive disorder

    Andrea Scalabrini;Benedetta Vai;Sara Poletti;Stefano Damiani

  • Inflammatory cytokines influence measures of white matter integrity in Bipolar Disorder

    Francesco Benedetti;Sara Poletti;Thomas A. Hoogenboezem;Elena Mazza

  • Tract-specific white matter structural disruption in patients with bipolar disorder

    Francesco Benedetti;Martina Absinta;Maria A Rocca;Daniele Radaelli

  • The Brief Assessment of Cognition in Schizophrenia. Normative data for the Italian population

    Simona Anselmetti;Sara Poletti;Elena Ermoli;Margherita Bechi

  • Rapid treatment response of suicidal symptoms to lithium, sleep deprivation, and light therapy (chronotherapeutics) in drug-resistant bipolar depression.

    Francesco Benedetti;Roberta Riccaboni;Clara Locatelli;Sara Poletti

  • What we learn about bipolar disorder from large‐scale neuroimaging: Findings and future directions from the ENIGMA bipolar disorder working group

    Christopher R K Ching;Derrek P Hibar;Tiril P Gurholt;Tiril P Gurholt;Abraham Nunes

  • Long-term consequences of COVID-19 on cognitive functioning up to 6 months after discharge: role of depression and impact on quality of life.

    Sara Poletti;Mariagrazia Palladini;Mario Gennaro Mazza;Rebecca De Lorenzo

  • Influence of catechol-O-methyltransferase Val158Met polymorphism on neuropsychological and functional outcomes of classical rehabilitation and cognitive remediation in schizophrenia.

    Marta Bosia;Margherita Bechi;Elena Marino;Simona Anselmetti

  • Computer-aided neurocognitive remediation as an enhancing strategy for schizophrenia rehabilitation.

    Roberto Cavallaro;Simona Anselmetti;Sara Poletti;Margherita Bechi

  • A peripheral inflammatory signature discriminates bipolar from unipolar depression: A machine learning approach

    Sara Poletti;Benedetta Vai;Mario Gennaro Mazza;Raffaella Zanardi

  • Common and distinct structural features of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: The European Network on Psychosis, Affective disorders and Cognitive Trajectory (ENPACT) study.

    Eleonora Maggioni;Benedicto Crespo-Facorro;Igor Nenadic;Francesco Benedetti

  • Mapping Cortical and Subcortical Asymmetry in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Findings From the ENIGMA Consortium

    Xiang-Zhen Kong;Premika S W Boedhoe;Yoshinari Abe;Pino Alonso

  • Cognitive performances associate with measures of white matter integrity in bipolar disorder.

    Sara Poletti;Irene Bollettini;Elena Mazza;Clara Locatelli

  • Fronto-limbic disconnection in bipolar disorder

    D. Radaelli;G. Sferrazza Papa;B. Vai;S. Poletti

  • Adverse childhood experiences influence white matter microstructure in patients with bipolar disorder

    F. Benedetti;I. Bollettini;D. Radaelli;S. Poletti

Frequent Co-Authors

Francesco Benedetti
Francesco Benedetti Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Cristina Colombo
Cristina Colombo Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Benedetta Vai
Benedetta Vai IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele
Irene Bollettini
Irene Bollettini San Raffaele Hospital
Paolo Brambilla
Paolo Brambilla University of Milan
Raffaella Zanardi
Raffaella Zanardi Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Volker Arolt
Volker Arolt University of Münster
Igor Branchi
Igor Branchi Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Marion Leboyer
Marion Leboyer Paris-Est Créteil University
Janice M. Fullerton
Janice M. Fullerton University of New South Wales

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