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Simone Sarasso

Simone Sarasso

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Neuroscience

D-Index
44
Citations
8938
World Ranking
7110
National Ranking
374

Simone Sarasso publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Simone Sarasso sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 136 publications — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Simone Sarasso D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Simone Sarasso sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Overview

Simone Sarasso is affiliated with the University of Milan in Italy and has made significant contributions to the fields of neuroscience and medicine. Their research focuses primarily on cognitive neuroscience, with additional work in neurology, epidemiology, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, and psychiatry and mental health.

The main areas of study in their work include:

  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications

Simone Sarasso has authored several recent papers that address various aspects of brain activity and consciousness. Key publications include:

  • "Consciousness and complexity: a consilience of evidence," 2021, Neuroscience of Consciousness
  • "Local sleep-like cortical reactivity in the awake brain after focal injury," 2020, Brain

Frequent coauthors in their research collaborations include:

  • Marcello Massimini
  • Mario Rosanova
  • Simone Russo
  • Andrea Pigorini
  • Ezequiel Mikulan

Simone Sarasso's research has been published predominantly in these venues:

  • Brain stimulation
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Clinical Neurophysiology
  • Neurocritical Care
  • NeuroImage

The work of Simone Sarasso spans multiple disciplines and tools used to study brain activity, consciousness, and neurological conditions, often employing advanced techniques such as transcranial magnetic stimulation and EEG. This multidisciplinary approach supports an understanding of neural dynamics and their implications for behavior and cognition.

Best Publications

  • A theoretically based index of consciousness independent of sensory processing and behavior

    Adenauer G. Casali;Olivia Gosseries;Mario Rosanova;Mélanie Boly

  • Breakdown in cortical effective connectivity during midazolam-induced loss of consciousness

    Fabio Ferrarelli;Marcello Massimini;Simone Sarasso;Adenauer Casali

  • Stratification of unresponsive patients by an independently validated index of brain complexity

    Casarotto S;Comanducci A;Rosanova M;Sarasso S

  • Consciousness and Complexity during Unresponsiveness Induced by Propofol, Xenon, and Ketamine

    Simone Sarasso;Melanie Boly;Martino Napolitani;Martino Napolitani;Olivia Gosseries

  • Thalamic dysfunction in schizophrenia suggested by whole-night deficits in slow and fast spindles

    Fabio Ferrarelli;Michael J. Peterson;Simone Sarasso;Brady A. Riedner

  • The spectral exponent of the resting EEG indexes the presence of consciousness during unresponsiveness induced by propofol, xenon, and ketamine

    Michele Angelo Colombo;Martino Napolitani;Melanie Boly;Olivia Gosseries

  • Concomitant BDNF and sleep slow wave changes indicate ketamine-induced plasticity in major depressive disorder

    Wallace C. Duncan;Simone Sarasso;Fabio Ferrarelli;Jessica Selter

  • Local experience-dependent changes in the wake EEG after prolonged wakefulness.

    Hung Cs;Sarasso S;Ferrarelli F;Riedner B

  • Circadian regulation of human cortical excitability

    Julien Q M Ly;Giulia Gaggioni;Sarah L. Chellappa;Soterios Papachilleos

  • Bistability breaks-off deterministic responses to intracortical stimulation during non-REM sleep

    Andrea Pigorini;Simone Sarasso;Paola Proserpio;Caroline Szymanski

  • Reduced Natural Oscillatory Frequency of Frontal Thalamocortical Circuits in Schizophrenia

    Fabio Ferrarelli;Simone Sarasso;Yelena Guller;Brady A. Riedner

  • Quantifying cortical EEG responses to TMS in (un)consciousness.

    Simone Sarasso;Mario Rosanova;Adenauer G. Casali;Adenauer G. Casali;Silvia Casarotto

  • Sleep-like cortical OFF-periods disrupt causality and complexity in the brain of unresponsive wakefulness syndrome patients.

    M. Rosanova;M. Fecchio;S. Casarotto;S. Sarasso

  • The spectral features of EEG responses to transcranial magnetic stimulation of the primary motor cortex depend on the amplitude of the motor evoked potentials

    Matteo Fecchio;Andrea Pigorini;Angela Comanducci;Simone Sarasso

  • The rt-TEP tool: real-time visualization of TMS-Evoked Potentials to maximize cortical activation and minimize artifacts

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  • Consciousness and complexity: a consilience of evidence

    Simone Sarasso;Adenauer Girardi Casali;Silvia Casarotto;Mario Rosanova

  • Measures of Cortical Plasticity after Transcranial Paired Associative Stimulation Predict Changes in Electroencephalogram Slow-Wave Activity during Subsequent Sleep

    Reto Huber;Sara Määttä;Steve K. Esser;Simone Sarasso

  • TAAC - TMS Adaptable Auditory Control: A universal tool to mask TMS clicks

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  • Parietal Fast Sleep Spindle Density Decrease in Alzheimer's Disease and Amnesic Mild Cognitive Impairment.

    Maurizio Gorgoni;Giulia Lauri;Ilaria Truglia;Susanna Cordone

  • Global and local complexity of intracranial EEG decreases during NREM sleep.

    Michael M Schartner;Andrea Pigorini;Steve A Gibbs;Gabriele Arnulfo

  • 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

  • Local aspects of sleep: observations from intracerebral recordings in humans.

    Lino Nobili;Luigi De Gennaro;Paola Proserpio;Fabio Moroni;Fabio Moroni

  • Cortical mechanisms of loss of consciousness: insight from TMS/EEG studies.

    Marcello Massimini;Fabio Ferrarelli;Simone Sarasso;Giulio Tononi

Frequent Co-Authors

Marcello Massimini
Marcello Massimini University of Milan
Mario Rosanova
Mario Rosanova University of Milan
Giulio Tononi
Giulio Tononi University of Wisconsin–Madison
Fabio Ferrarelli
Fabio Ferrarelli University of Pittsburgh
Olivia Gosseries
Olivia Gosseries University of Liège
Lino Nobili
Lino Nobili University of Genoa
Mélanie Boly
Mélanie Boly University of Wisconsin–Madison
Steven Laureys
Steven Laureys University of Liège
Gilles Vandewalle
Gilles Vandewalle University of Liège
Sarah Laxhmi Chellappa
Sarah Laxhmi Chellappa University of Southampton

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