Giuseppe Lanza

• Bella R, Pennisi G, Cantone M, Palermo F, Pennisi M, Lanza G, Zappia M, Paolucci S. Clinical presentation and outcome of geriatric depression in subcortical ischemic vascular disease. Gerontology 2010;56(3):298-302. doi: 10.1159/000272003. PMID: 20051663. 
• Faro A, Giordano D, Kavasidis I, Pino C, Spampinato C, Cantone MG, Lanza G, Pennisi M. An interactive tool for customizing clinical transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) experiments. XII Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing 2010 IFMBE Proceedings 2010;29:200-3. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-13039-7_50.
• Pennisi G, Ferri R, Cantone M, Lanza G, Pennisi M, Vinciguerra L, Malaguarnera G, Bella R. A review of transcranial magnetic stimulation in vascular dementia. Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord 2011;31(1):71-80. doi: 10.1159/000322798. PMID: 21242688.
• Pennisi G, Ferri R, Lanza G, Cantone M, Pennisi M, Puglisi V, Malaguarnera G, Bella R. Transcranial magnetic stimulation in Alzheimer’s disease: a neurophysiological marker of cortical hyperexcitability. J Neural Transm (Vienna) 2011;118(4):587-98. doi: 10.1007/s00702-010-0554-9. PMID: 21207079. 
• Bella R, Ferri R, Pennisi M, Cantone M, Lanza G, Malaguarnera G, Spampinato C, Giordano D, Alagona G, Pennisi G. Enhanced motor cortex facilitation in patients with vascular cognitive impairment-no dementia. Neurosci Lett 2011;503(3):171-5. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2011.08.022. PMID: 21875648.
• Bella R, Ferri R, Cantone M, Pennisi M, Lanza G, Malaguarnera G, Spampinato C, Giordano D, Raggi A, Pennisi G. Motor cortex excitability in vascular depression. Int J Psychophysiol 2011;82(3):248-53. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2011.09.006. PMID: 21945481. 
• Pennisi M, Raggi A, Barone R, Muglia M, Citrigno L, Cantone M, Lanza G, Pennisi G, Ferri R, Bella R. Phenotypic heterogeneity in hereditary motor neuropathy type V: a new case report series. Acta Neurol Belg 2012;112(1):57-64. doi: 10.1007/s13760-012-0042-0. PMID: 22427291.
• Kavasidis I, Pino C, Spampinato C, Maiorana F, Lanza G. Performance Evaluation of Classifiers in Distinguishing Mental Tasks from EEG Signals. Proceedings of the 9th IASTED International Conference on Biomedical Engineering, Applied Informatics 2012. doi: 10.2316/P.2012.764-167.
• Lanza G, Bella R, Giuffrida S, Cantone M, Pennisi G, Spampinato C, Giordano D, Malaguarnera G, Raggi A, Pennisi M. Preserved transcallosal inhibition to Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in nondemented elderly patients with leukoaraiosis. Biomed Res Int 2013;2013:351680. doi: 10.1155/2013/351680. PMID: 23984349.
• Bella R, Ferri R, Lanza G,  Cantone M, Pennisi M, Puglisi V, Vinciguerra L, Spampinato C, Mazza T, Malaguarnera G, Pennisi G. TMS follow-up study in patients with Vascular Cognitive Impairment – No Dementia. Neurosci Lett 2013;534:155-9. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2012.12.017. PMID: 23274709.
• Spampinato C, Aguglia E, Concerto C, Pennisi M, Lanza G, Bella R, Cantone M, Pennisi G, Kavasidis I, Giordano D. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in the Assessment of Motor Cortex Excitability and Treatment of Drug-Resistant Major Depression. IEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng 2013;21(3):391403. doi: 10.1109/TNSRE.2013.2256432. PMID: 23559064.
• Concerto C, Lanza G, Cantone M, Pennisi M, Giordano D, Spampinato C, Ricceri R, Pennisi G, Aguglia E, Bella R. Different patterns of cortical excitability in major depression and vascular depression: a transcranial magnetic stimulation study. BMC Psychiatry 2013;13:300. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-13-300. PMID: 24206945.
• Giuffrida S, Carpinteri G, Modica D, Pennisi M, Catalano A, Bella R, Pennisi G, Cornelius C, Lanza G*. Focal neurological deficit in acute anemia: case reports and review of the literature. World J Neurosci 2013;3(2):53-56. doi:10.4236/wjns.201332007.
• Lanza G*, Vinciguerra L, Puglisi V, Modica D, Catalano A, Zelante G, Ricceri R, Lupo L, Giuffrida S, Pennisi M. Course of atypical manifestations of a case of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease over 35 years of clinical observation. Neurosci Med 2013;4(3):145-149.
• Lanza G*, Papotto M, Pennisi G, Bella R, Ferri R. Epileptic seizure as a precipitating factor of vascular progressive supranuclear palsy: a case report. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis 2014;23(5):e379-81. doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2013.12.043. PMID: 24656241.
• Pennisi G, Lanza G, Giuffrida S, Vinciguerra L, Puglisi V, Cantone M, Pennisi M, D’Agate CC, Naso P, Aprile G, Malaguarnera G, Ferri R, Bella R. Excitability of the motor cortex in de novo patients with celiac disease. PLoS ONE 2014;9(7):e102790. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0102790. PMID: 25062250. 
  
• Lanza G*, Ferri R. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation For Restless Legs Syndrome: Probing The Neurophysiological Basis Towards A Novel Therapeutic Tool? Neurol Res Ther OA 2014;1:1. doi: 10.14437/NRTOA-1-105.
• Lanza G*, Bella R. Detecting “Brain at Risk” for Vascular Dementia: the Contribution of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation. Austin J Cerebrovasc Dis Stroke 2014;1(4):1017.
• Lanza G*, Lanuzza B, Aricò D, Cantone M, Cosentino FII, Pennisi M, Bella R, Pennisi G, Ferri R. Direct comparison of cortical excitability to transcranial magnetic stimulation in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome and restless legs syndrome. Sleep Med 2015;16(1):138-42. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2014.08.016. PMID: 25534710.
• Concerto C, Lanza G*, Cantone M, Ferri R, Pennisi G, Bella R, Aguglia E. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in patients with drug-resistant major depression: A six-month clinical follow-up study. Int J Psychiatry Clin Pract 2015;19(4):252-8. doi: 10.3109/13651501.2015.1084329. PMID: 26398527.
• Lanza G*, Cantone M, Lanuzza B, Pennisi M, Bella R, Pennisi G, Ferri R. Distinctive patterns of cortical excitability to transcranial magnetic stimulation in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, restless legs syndrome, insomnia, and sleep deprivation. Sleep Med Rev 2015;19:39-50. doi: 10.1016/j.smrv.2014.04.001. PMID: 24849846.
• Pennisi G, Bella R, Lanza G. Motor cortex plasticity in subcortical ischemic vascular dementia: what can TMS say? Clin Neurophysiol 2015;126:851–2. doi: 10.1016/j.clinph.2014.09.001. PMID: 25270240. 
• Lanza G*, Papotto M, Pennisi G, Bella R, Ferri R. Unusual presentation of atypical akinetic-rigid syndrome after liver transplantation: a case report and review of the literature. Acta Medica Medit 2015;31:647.
• Bella R, Lanza G, Cantone M, Giuffrida S, Puglisi V, Vinciguerra L, Pennisi M, Ricceri R, D’Agate CC, Malaguarnera G, Ferri R, Pennisi G. Effect of a gluten-free diet on cortical excitability in adults with celiac disease. PLoS ONE 2015;10(6):e0129218. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0129218. PMID: 26053324.
• Lanza G, Vinciguerra L, Puglisi V, Giuffrida S, Foti P, Zelante G, Pennisi G, Bella R. Acute isolated trochlear nerve palsy in a patient with cavernous carotid aneurysm and visit-to-visit variability in systolic blood pressure. Int J Stroke 2015;10:E61. doi: 10.1111/ijs.12552. PMID: 26202714.
• Lanza G. Editorial Board member interview. Eur Med J Neurol 2015;31:38.
• Pennisi M, Lanza G, Cantone M, Ricceri R, Spampinato C, Pennisi G, Di Lazzaro V, Bella R. Correlation between motor cortex excitability changes and cognitive impairment in Vascular Depression: pathophysiological insights from a longitudinal TMS study. Neural Plast 2016;2016:8154969. doi: 10.1155/2016/8154969. PMID: 27525127.
• Bella R, Cantone M, Lanza G, Ferri R, Vinciguerra L, Puglisi V, Pennisi M, Ricceri R, Di Lazzaro V, Pennisi G. Cholinergic circuitry functioning in patients with vascular cognitive impairment-no dementia. Brain Stimul 2016;9(2):225-33. doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2015.09.013. PMID: 26515786.
• Lanza G*, Lanuzza B, Aricò D, Cantone M, Cosentino FII, Pennisi M, Bella R, Pennisi G, Ferri R. Response to the Letter to the Editor “Cortical excitability in Restless Legs Syndrome”. Sleep Med 2016;21:175. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2015.09.002. PMID: 26459686.
• Lanza G*, Bachmann CG, Ghorayeb I, Wang Y, Ferri R, Paulus W. Central and peripheral nervous system excitability in Restless Legs Syndrome. Sleep Med 2017;31:49-60. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2016.05.010. PMID: 27745789.
• Lanza G*, Ferri R, Bella R, Ferini-Strambi L. The impact of drugs for Multiple Sclerosis on sleep. Mult Scler 2017;23(1):5-13. doi: 10.1177/1352458516664034. PMID: 27503906.
• Lanza G*, Bramanti P, Cantone M, Pennisi M, Pennisi G, Bella R. Vascular Cognitive Impairment through the looking glass of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation. Behav Neurol 2017;2017:1421326. doi: 10.1155/2017/1421326. PMID: 28348458.
• Cantone M, Lanza G*, Pennisi M, Bella R, Schepis C, Siragusa M, Barone R, Ferri R. Prominent neurological involvement in Dercum Disease. J Neurol 2017; 264(4):796-8. doi: 10.1007/s00415-0178415-1. PMID: 28194532.
• Pennisi M, Lanza G*, Cantone M, Ricceri R, Ferri R, D’Agate CC, Pennisi G, Di Lazzaro V, Bella R. Cortical involvement in celiac disease before and after long-term gluten-free diet: a Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation study. PLoS ONE 2017;12(5):e0177560. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0177560. PMID: 28489931.
• Bordet R, Ihl R, Korczyn AD, Lanza G, Jansa J, Hoerr R, Guekht A. Towards the concept of disease modifier in post-stroke or vascular cognitive impairment. BMC Med 2017;15(1):107. doi: 10.1186/s12916-017-0869-6. PMID: 28539119.
• Cantone M, Bramanti A, Lanza G*, Pennisi M, Bramanti P, Pennisi G, Bella R. Cortical plasticity in depression. ASN Neuro 2017;9(3):1759091417711512. doi: 10.1177/1759091417711512. PMID: 28629225.
• Pennisi M, Lanza G*, Cantone M, Schepis C, Ferri R, Barone R, Bella R. Unusual neurological presentation of Nevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma Syndrome (Gorlin-Goltz Syndrome). J Clin Neurol 2017;13(4):1-3. doi: 10.3988/jcn.2017.13.4.439. PMID: 28884983.
• Lanza G, Kosac A, Trajkovic G, Whittaker RG. Nerve conduction studies as a measure of disease progression: objectivity or illusion? J Neuromusc Dis 2017;4(3):209-15. doi: 10.3233/JND-170243. PMID: 28869485.
• Pennisi M, Bramanti A, Cantone M, Pennisi G, Bella R, Lanza G*. Neurophysiology of the “Celiac Brain”: Disentangling Gut-brain Connections. Front Neurosci 2017;11:498. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2017.00498. PMID: 28928632.
• Zelante G, Ricceri R, Lanza G*, Fiumanò G, Pennisi G, Bella R. Retroclival subdural haematoma after lumbar puncture: an uncommon complication for a common procedure. Neurol India 2017;65(6):1400-1. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.217963. PMID: 29133721
• Lanza G*, Cantone M, Aricò D, Lanuzza B, Cosentino FII, Paci D, Papotto M, Pennisi M, Bella R, Pennisi G, Paulus W, Ferri R. Clinical and electrophysiological impact of low-frequency rTMS on the sensory-motor network in patients with restless legs syndrome. Ther Adv Neurol Disord 2018;11:1-12. doi: 10.1177/1756286418759973. PMID: 29511386.
• Lanza G*, Cantone M, Musso S, Borgione E, Scuderi C, Ferri R. Early-onset subcortical ischemic vascular dementia in an adult with mtDNA mutation 3316G>A. J Neurol 2018;265(4):968-969. doi: 10.1007/s00415-018-8795-x. PMID: 29464373.
• Lanza G*, Lanuzza B, Aricò D, Cantone M, Cosentino FII, Bella R, Pennisi G, Ferri R, Pennisi M. Impaired short-term plasticity in Restless Legs Syndrome: a pilot rTMS study. Sleep Med 2018;46:1-4. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2018.02.008. PMID: 29773202.
• Cantone M, Catalano MA, Lanza G*, La Delfa G, Ferri R, Pennisi M, Bella R, Pennisi G, Bramanti A. Motor and perceptual recovery in adult patients with mild intellectual disability. Neural Plast 2018;2018: 3273246. doi: 10.1155/2018/3273246. PMID: 29849555.
• Lanza G*, Centonze SS, Destro G, Vella V, Bellomo M, Pennisi M, Bella R, Ciavardelli D. Shiatsu as an adjuvant therapy for depression in patients with Alzheimer’s disease: a pilot study. Complement Ther Med 2018;38:74-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ctim.2018.04.013. PMID: 29857884.
• Puglisi V, Bramanti A, Lanza G, Cantone M, Vinciguerra L, Pennisi M, Bonanno L, Pennisi G, Bella R. Impaired cerebral hemodynamics in Vascular Depression: insights from Transcranial Doppler ultrasonography. Front Psychiatry 2018;9:316. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00316. PMID: 30061847.
• Lanza G. Editorial Board member interview. Eur Med J Neurol 2018;6.1:39-42. 
• Lanza G*, Bella R, Cantone M, Pennisi G, Ferri R, Pennisi M. Cognitive impairment and Celiac Disease: is Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation a trait d’union between gut and brain? Int J Mol Sci 2018;19:2243. doi:10.3390/ijms19082243. PMID: 30065211.
• Lanza G*. Giuseppe Lanza Research Interest. JSM Health Educ Prim Health Care 2018;3(1):1041.
• Calì F, Cantone M, Cosentino FII, Lanza G, Ruggeri G, Chiavetta V, Salluzzo R, Ragalmuto A, Vinci M, Ferri R. Interpreting genetic variants: hints from a family cluster of Parkinson’s disease. J Parkinsons Dis 2019;9(1):203-6. doi: 10.3233/JPD-171292. PMID: 30400105.
• Lanza G*, Centonze SS, Destro G, Vella V, Bellomo M, Pennisi M, Bella R, Ciavardelli D. Comment on “Shiatsu as an adjuvant therapy for depression in patients with Alzheimer’s disease: a pilot study”. J Evid Based Integr Med 2019;24:1-4. doi: 10.1177/2515690X18825105. PMID: 30789056.
• Lanza G*, Ferri R. The Neurophysiology of Hyperarousal in RLS: Hints for a Role of Glutamate/GABA. Adv Pharmacol 2019;84(5):101-19. doi: 10.1016/bs.apha.2018.12.002. PMID: 31229167.
• Pennisi M, Di Bartolo G, Malaguarnera G, Bella R, Lanza G, Malaguarnera M. Vitamin D serum levels in patients with statin induced musculoskeletal pain. Dis Markers 2019, Article ID 3549402, doi: 10.1155/2019/3549402. PMID: 31019583.
• Vinciguerra L, Lanza G*, Puglisi V, Pennisi M, Cantone M, Bramanti A, Pennisi G, Bella R. Transcranial Doppler ultrasound in vascular cognitive impairment-no dementia. PLoS ONE 14(4):e0216162. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0216162. PMID: 31017968.
• Cantone M, Lanza G*, Vinciguerra L, Puglisi V, Ricceri R, Fisicaro F, Vagli C, Bella R, Ferri R, Pennisi G, Di Lazzaro V, Pennisi M. Age, Height, and Sex on Motor Evoked Potentials: Translational Data from a Large Italian Cohort in a Clinical Environment. Front Hum Neurosci 2019;13:185. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2019.00185. PMID: 31214003.
• Lanza G*, Casabona JA, Bellomo M, Cantone M, Fisicaro F, Bella R, Pennisi G, Bramanti P, Pennisi M, Bramanti A. Update on Intensive Motor Training in Spino-cerebellar Ataxia: time to move a step forward? J Int Med Res 2019; 300060519854626. doi: 10.1177/0300060519854626. PMID: 31537137.
• Cantone M, Lanza G*, Bella R, Pennisi G, Santalucia P, Bramanti P, Pennisi M. Fear and disgust: case report of two uncommon emotional disturbances evoked by visual disperceptions after a right temporalinsular stroke. BMC Neurol 2019;19:193. doi: 10.1186/s12883-019-1417-0. PMID: 31409291.
• Cantone M, Lanza G*, Le Pira A, Barone R, Pennisi G, Bella R, Pennisi M, Fiumara A. Adjunct diagnostic value of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in mucopolysaccharidosis-related cervical myelopathy: a pilot study. Brain Sci 2019;9(8): 200; doi:10.3390/brainsci9080200. PMID: 31416150.
• Fisicaro F, Lanza G*, Grasso AA, Pennisi G, Bella R, Paulus W, Pennisi M. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in stroke rehabilitation: review of the current evidences and pitfalls. Ther Adv Neurol Disord 2019;12:1-22. doi: 10.1177/1756286419878317. 
• Brown P, RELISH Consortium (Lanza G), ZhouY. Large expert-curated database for benchmarking document similarity detection in biomedical literature search. Database 2019; 2019, in press. doi: 10.1093/database/baz085.
• Lanza G, Cantone M, Puglisi V, Vinciguerra L, Fisicaro F, Vagli C, Bella R, Pennisi G, Di Lazzaro V, Pennisi M. “Mute” plantar response: does the cortico-spinal tract “speak”? Brain Stimul, in press. doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2019.07.008. PMID: 31362869.
• Fisicaro F, Lanza G*, Bella R, Pennisi M. “Self-neuroenhancement”: the last frontier of non-invasive brain stimulation? J Clin Neurol 2019, in press.
• Vinciguerra L, Cantone M, Lanza G, Bramanti A, Santalucia P, Puglisi V, Pennisi G, Bella R. Migrainous infarction and cerebral vasospasm: case report and literature review. J Pain Res 2019, in press.

CONGRESS ACTIVITY

• FOUNDER MEMBER OF THE ITALIAN SOCIETY FOR THE TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH AND HEALTH-CARE PROFESSIONS (SIRTEPS)
• COMMITTEE MEMBER OF THE ITALIAN SOCIETY OF NEUROSONOLOGY AND CEREBRAL HEMODYNAMICS (SINSEC)

ORDINARY MEMBER OF THE FOLLOWING SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES:

• EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY (EAN)
• ITALIAN NEUROLOGICAL SOCIETY (SIN)
• ITALIAN SOCIETY OF HOSPITAL NEUROLOGISTS, NEUROSURGEONS AND NEURORADIOLOGISTS (SNO)
• ITALIAN ACADEMY FOR THE STUDY OF PARKINSON’S DISEASE AND MOVEMENT DISORDERS (“ACCADEMIA LIMPE-DISMOV”)
• THE ITALIAN STROKE ORGANIZATION (ISO)
• ITALIAN ASSOCIATION AGAINST STROKE (ALICE)
• ITALIAN ASSOCIATION OF SLEEP MEDICINE (AIMS)
• WORLD SLEEP SOCIETY (WSS)
• INTERNATIONAL NEUROMODULATION SOCIETY (INS)
• INTERNATIONAL RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME STUDY GROUP (IRLSSG)
• ITALIAN SOCIETY OF NEUROSONOLOGY AND CEREBRAL HEMODYNAMICS (SINSEC)
• ITALIAN ASSOCIATION OF EMERGENCY-URGENCY NEUROLOGY (ANEU)
• ITALIAN ASSOCIATION OF OUTPATIENT CLINIC AND TERRITORIAL NEUROLOGISTS (AINAT)
• ITALIAN SOCIETY OF GENDER MEDICINE IN NEUROSCIENCES (SIMEGEN)
• PARTICIPATION AT SEVERAL INTERNATIONAL, NATIONAL AND LOCAL MEETINGS AND CONFERENCES
• SPEAKER AT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES AND SEMINAR, INCLUDING:
• THE ANNUAL MEETING (MARCH 2015) OF THE WORLD ASSOCIATION OF SLEEP MEDICINE (WASM) IN SEOUL (SOUTH KOREA)
• THE 9TH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON VASCULAR DEMENTIA (ICVD) (OCTOBER 2015) IN LJUBLJANA (SLOVENIA)
• THE INTERNATIONAL RLS STUDY GROUP (IRLSSG) AND EUROPEAN RLS STUDY GROUP (EU-RLSSG) RLS/WED SCIENCE SUMMIT (OCTOBER 2015) IN PACIFIC GROVE, CA – USA
• FOURTH NEUROMI INTERNATIONAL MEETING. BRAIN STIMULATION AND BRAIN PLASTICITY: FROM BASIC RESEARCH TO CLINICAL PRACTICE (NOVEMBER 2018) IN MILAN (ITALY)
• 5TH CONGRESS OF THE EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY (EAN) (JUNE 29-JULY 02, 2019) IN OSLO (NORWAY)
• 15TH WORLD SLEEP CONGRESS (WSC) (SEPTEMBER 2019) IN VANCOUVER (CANADA)
• 25TH CONGRESS OF THE EUROPEAN SLEEP RESEARCH SOCIETY (ESRS) (SEPTEMBER 2020), VIRTUAL EDITION.

TEACHER AT SEVERAL LOCAL, NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL CME EVENTS.

SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR OF THE CME EVENT TITLED:

• “ATYPICAL PARKINSONISM: FROM CORRECT IDENTIFICATION TO MULTIDISCIPLINARY MANAGEMENT”, AT OASI RESEARCH INSTITUTE – IRCCS, TROINA, ITALY – MAY 14, 2016;
• “NEW CLINICAL-PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF VASCULAR DEMENTIA”, AT OASI RESEARCH INSTITUTE – IRCCS, TROINA, ITALY – JUNE 17, 2017.

POSTERS PRESENTER AT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS, INCLUDING THE:

• ANNUAL MEETING (2011), AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY (AAN), HONOLULU (HAWAAI, USA)
• 6TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TRANSCRANIAL BRAIN STIMULATION (2016) IN GÖTTINGEN (GERMANY)
• 2ND INTERNATIONAL BRAIN STIMULATION CONFERENCE (2017) IN BARCELONA (SPAIN)
• 4TH CONGRESS OF THE EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY (JUNE 2018) IN LISBON (PORTUGAL)
• FOURTH NEUROMI INTERNATIONAL MEETING. BRAIN STIMULATION AND BRAIN PLASTICITY: FROM BASIC RESEARCH TO CLINICAL PRACTICE (NOVEMBER 2018) IN MILAN (ITALY)
• 3RD INTERNATIONAL BRAIN STIMULATION CONFERENCE (2019) IN VANCOUVER (CANADA)
• 14TH INTERNATIONAL NEUROMODULATION SOCIETY’S WORLD CONGRESS (2019) IN SYDNEY (AUSTRALIA)
• 6TH VIRTUAL CONGRESS OF THE EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY (EAN) (MAY 23-26, 2020)
• 7TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NON-INVASIVE BRAIN STIMULATION & 4TH EUROPEAN CONFERENCE OF BRAIN STIMULATION IN PSYCHIATRY (NOVEMBER 10-14, 2020), VIRTUAL EDITION.

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR OF THE FOLLOWING SCIENTIFIC PROJECTS:

• STUDY OF THE POSSIBLE EFFECTS OF LOW-FREQUENCY (INHIBITORY) REPETITIVE TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION ON SENSORY-MOTOR CORTEX OF PATIENTS WITH RESTLESS LEGS
• SYNDROME (2015-2016), PROMOTED AND FINANCED BY THE ITALIAN MINISTER OF HEALTH (“RICERCA CORRENTE”)
• STUDIO DELLE MODIFICAZIONI DELL’ECCITABILITÀ CORTICALE TRAMITE STIMOLAZIONE MAGNETICA TRANSCRANICA (TMS) IN PAZIENTI AFFETTI DA REM SLEEP BEHAVIOR DISORDER (RBD)” (2017),
• PROMOTED AND FINANCED BY THE ITALIAN MINISTER OF HEALTH (“RICERCA CORRENTE”)
• STUDIO CON STIMOLAZIONE MAGNETICA TRANSCRANICA (TMS) DI MARCATORI PRECOCI DI NEURODEGENERAZIONE IN PAZIENTI AFFETTI DA REM-SLEEP BEHAVIOR DISORDER” (2018-2020),
• PROMOTED AND FINANCED BY THE ITALIAN MINISTER OF HEALTH (“RICERCA CORRENTE”)
• DEMO-STUDY. “STIMOLAZIONE MAGNETICA TRANSCRANICA NELLE DEMENZE E DEPRESSIONE GERIATRICA: RUOLO DELLE NEUROTROFINE COME MARKERS DI MALATTIA ED OUTCOME MEASURES” (2020-2022), PROMOTED AND FINANCED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA (ITALY)

• 2015-2018: MEMBER OF THE MEDICAL AND SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE 11TH REVISION OF THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES (ICD-11), WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO).
• SELECTED FOR 1 OF 8 “YOUNG RESEARCHER SYMPOSIUM” AWARD OF THE XXV NATIONAL CONGRESS OF THE ITALIAN ASSOCIATION OF SLEEP MEDICINE (AIMS) – CAGLIARI, OCTOBER 2015
• SELECTED FOR 1 OF 6 “YOUNG RESEARCHER SYMPOSIUM” AWARD OF THE XXVII NATIONAL CONGRESS OF THE ITALIAN ASSOCIATION OF SLEEP MEDICINE (AIMS) – BOLZANO, SEPTEMBER 2017
• SELECTED FOR A BURSARY GRANT FOR PARTICIPATING TO THE 5TH CONGRESS OF THE EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY (EAN) – OLSO (NORWAY), JUNE 29 – JULY 02, 2019
• ABSTRACT TITLED “EFFECT OF REPETITIVE TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION ON A PATIENT WITH MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER: CHANGES OF SERUM NEUROTOPHINS LEVELS” SELECTED FOR THE NONINVASIVE BRAIN STIMULATION (NIBS) PRE-CONFERENCE DAY, 14TH WORLD CONGRESS OF T
• SELECTED FOR THE “ELIO LUGARESI AWARD FOR EDUCATION”, PRESENTED BY THE WORLD SLEEP SOCIETY (WSS) AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE WORLD SLEEP CONGRESS 2019 ON SEPTEMBER 22 IN VANCOUVER (CANADA)
• SELECTED MODERATOR AT THE “SINDEM4JUNIORS – 8TH WINTER SEMINAR ON DEMENTIA AND NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS”. BRESSANONE (ITALY), JANUARY 22-24, 2020.
• SELECTED FOR A BURSARY GRANT FOR PARTICIPATING TO THE 6H CONGRESS OF THE EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY (EAN) – PARIS (FRANCE), MAY 23-26, 2020.

CERTIFIED CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION (CME) CREDITS ACQUIRED (INCLUDING PUBLICATIONS):

• YEAR 2010: 2.0 (PUBLICATIONS ONLY)
• YEAR 2011: 4.0 (PUBLICATIONS ONLY)
• YEAR 2012: 4.0 (PUBLICATIONS ONLY)
• YEAR 2013 (APRIL-DECEMBER): 35.3
• YEAR 2014: 106.6
• YEAR 2015: 65.2
• YEAR 2016: 233.8
• YEAR 2017: 214.9
• YEAR 2018: 272.5
• YEAR 2019: 153.1
• YEAR 2020: 418.1
• YEAR 2021 (TILL NOW): 24.0

• PROFESSIONAL TRAINING FOR PROFESSORS TEACHING AT THE FIRST-YEAR OF DEGREE COURSES, UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA (ITALY).