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Overview

Sonia Bonnì is affiliated with Fondazione Santa Lucia in Italy and has contributed extensively to research in neuroscience and medicine. Their research spans multiple subfields including cognitive neuroscience, neurology, physiology, psychiatry and mental health, and radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging.

The scientist has focused on several main topics in their work, such as:

  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Vestibular and auditory disorders
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research

Recent notable publications include:

  • "Precuneus magnetic stimulation for Alzheimer's disease: a randomized, sham-controlled trial" (2022), published in Brain
  • "Classification Accuracy of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for the Diagnosis of Neurodegenerative Dementias" (2020), published in Annals of Neurology
  • "Evidence for interhemispheric imbalance in stroke patients as revealed by combining transcranial magnetic stimulation and electroencephalography" (2021), published in Human Brain Mapping
  • "Decreased Frontal Gamma Activity in Alzheimer Disease Patients" (2022), published in Annals of Neurology
  • "LTP-like cortical plasticity predicts conversion to dementia in patients with memory impairment" (2020), published in Brain Stimulation

Sonia Bonnì has frequently published in several venues, notably:

  • Clinical Neurophysiology
  • Brain Stimulation
  • Annals of Neurology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Cerebellum

Among frequent co-authors collaborating with Bonnì are:

  • Giacomo Koch
  • Elias Paolo Casula
  • Ilaria Borghi
  • Martina Assogna
  • Michele Maiella

Best Publications

  • Transcranial magnetic stimulation of the precuneus enhances memory and neural activity in prodromal Alzheimer's disease.

    Giacomo Koch;Sonia Bonnì;Maria Concetta Pellicciari;Elias P. Casula

  • Precuneus magnetic stimulation for Alzheimer’s disease: a randomized, sham-controlled trial

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  • Effect of Cerebellar Stimulation on Gait and Balance Recovery in Patients With Hemiparetic Stroke: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

    Giacomo Koch;Sonia Bonnì;Elias Paolo Casula;Marco Iosa

  • Theta-burst stimulation of the left hemisphere accelerates recovery of hemispatial neglect

    G. Koch;S. Bonnì;V. Giacobbe;G. Bucchi

  • Dopaminergic Modulation of Cortical Plasticity in Alzheimer’s Disease Patients

    Giacomo Koch;Francesco Di Lorenzo;Sonia Bonnì;Viola Giacobbe

  • Impaired LTP- but not LTD-like cortical plasticity in Alzheimer's disease patients.

    Giacomo Koch;Francesco Di Lorenzo;Sonia Bonnì;Viviana Ponzo

  • Asymmetry of Parietal Interhemispheric Connections in Humans

    Giacomo Koch;Mara Cercignani;Sonia Bonnì;Viola Giacobbe

  • Resonance of cortico–cortical connections of the motor system with the observation of goal directed grasping movements

    Giacomo Koch;Viviana Versace;Sonia Bonnì;Federica Lupo

  • Long-term potentiation-like cortical plasticity is disrupted in Alzheimer's disease patients independently from age of onset.

    Francesco Di Lorenzo;Viviana Ponzo;Sonia Bonnì;Caterina Motta

  • Cerebellar theta burst stimulation in stroke patients with ataxia.

    Sonia Bonnì;Viviana Ponzo;Carlo Caltagirone;Giacomo Koch

  • Decreased Frontal Gamma Activity in Alzheimer Disease Patients

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  • Dynamic reorganization of TMS-evoked activity in subcortical stroke patients.

    Maria Concetta Pellicciari;Sonia Bonnì;Viviana Ponzo;Alex Martino Cinnera

  • Microstructural Damage of the Posterior Corpus Callosum Contributes to the Clinical Severity of Neglect

    Marco Bozzali;Chiara Mastropasqua;Mara Cercignani;Giovanni Giulietti

  • Improving visuo-motor learning with cerebellar theta burst stimulation: Behavioral and neurophysiological evidence.

    Giacomo Koch;Romina Esposito;Caterina Motta;Elias Paolo Casula

  • Classification Accuracy of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for the Diagnosis of Neurodegenerative Dementias.

    Alberto Benussi;Mario Grassi;Fernando Palluzzi;Giacomo Koch

  • Evidence for interhemispheric imbalance in stroke patients as revealed by combining transcranial magnetic stimulation and electroencephalography.

    Elias Paolo Casula;Maria Concetta Pellicciari;Sonia Bonnì;Barbara Spanò

  • Transcranial magnetic stimulation predicts cognitive decline in patients with Alzheimer’s disease

    Caterina Motta;Francesco Di Lorenzo;Viviana Ponzo;Maria Concetta Pellicciari

  • TMS evidence for a selective role of the precuneus in source memory retrieval.

    Sonia Bonnì;Domenica Veniero;Chiara Mastropasqua;Viviana Ponzo

  • Regional Precuneus Cortical Hyperexcitability in Alzheimer's Disease Patients

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  • Theta Burst Stimulation Modulates Cerebellar-Cortical Connectivity in Patients with Progressive Supranuclear Palsy

    Livia Brusa;Viviana Ponzo;Chiara Mastropasqua;Silvia Picazio

  • Theta burst stimulation improves visuo-spatial attention in a patient with traumatic brain injury.

    Sonia Bonnì;Chiara Mastropasqua;Marco Bozzali;Carlo Caltagirone

  • Stability and Harmony of Gait in Patients with Subacute Stroke

    Marco Iosa;Fabiano Bini;Franco Marinozzi;Augusto Fusco

  • Cerebellar theta burst stimulation modulates short latency afferent inhibition in Alzheimer's disease patients

    Francesco Di Lorenzo;Alessandro Martorana;Viviana Ponzo;Sonia Bonnì

Frequent Co-Authors

Giacomo Koch
Giacomo Koch University of Ferrara
Carlo Caltagirone
Carlo Caltagirone Fondazione Santa Lucia
Alessandro Martorana
Alessandro Martorana University of Rome Tor Vergata
Marco Bozzali
Marco Bozzali Brighton and Sussex Medical School
Caterina Motta
Caterina Motta University of Rome Tor Vergata
Maria Concetta Pellicciari
Maria Concetta Pellicciari Foundation Saint Lucia
Massimiliano Oliveri
Massimiliano Oliveri University of Palermo
Mara Cercignani
Mara Cercignani Cardiff University
Lisa Cipolotti
Lisa Cipolotti University College London
Giovanni Augusto Carlesimo
Giovanni Augusto Carlesimo University of Rome Tor Vergata

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