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Francesco Di Lorenzo
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Open AccessMacro and micro structural preservation of grey matter integrity after 24 weeks of rTMS in Alzheimer’s disease patients: a pilot study
Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is characterized by structural and functional dysfunction involving the Default Mode Network (DMN), for which the Precuneus (PC) is a key node. We proposed a randomized double-blind pi...
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Is blood pTau a reliable indicator of the CSF status? A narrative review
The identification of biomarkers for the early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a crucial goal of the current research. Blood biomarkers are less invasive, easier to obtain and achievable by a cheaper ...
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Open AccessA new perspective on positive symptoms: expression of damage or self-defence mechanism of the brain?
Usually, positive neurological symptoms are considered as the consequence of a mere, afinalistic and abnormal increase in function of specific brain areas. However, according to the Theory of Active Inference,...
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Open AccessUnderstanding corporate entrepreneurship in the digital age: a review and research agenda
In a digital world increasingly characterized by new business opportunities and challenges driven by the proliferation of pervasive digital technologies, companies are more than ever called to act entrepreneur...
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Open AccessInterleukin-1 receptor associated kinase 2 is a functional downstream regulator of complement factor D that controls mitochondrial fitness in diabetic cardiomyopathy
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Venture Capital During the 2008 Financial Crisis
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The future of neurology after the COVID-19 pandemic according to neurology residents
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in significant changes in the delivery of neurological disease care and in neurology training in academic departments.
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Integrated Methods of Neuromodulation for Guiding Recovery Following Stroke
Stroke is the major cause of disability; nonetheless, cerebral plasticity mechanisms carry out different strategies to compensate the brain damage; therefore, the understanding of these processes is crucial fo...
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Non-Ethnic Inventor Sourcing of Immigrant Knowledge: The Role of Social Communities
Immigrant inventors have been important for fostering innovation in their host economies and several studies have examined the role of knowledge flows within ethnic communities. We study the part played by imm...
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Open AccessTelemedicine application to headache: a critical review
Migraine affects more than a billion people all over the world and requires critical employment of healthcare resources. Telemedicine could be a reasonable tool to manage people suffering from headaches, and i...
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Open AccessImproved spatio-temporal measurements of visually evoked fields using optically-pumped magnetometers
Recent developments in performance and practicality of optically-pumped magnetometers (OPMs) have enabled new capabilities in non-invasive brain function map** through magnetoencephalography. In particular, ...
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COVID-19 impact on neurology training program in Italy
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is having a huge impact on clinical activity of all hospitals, including the ones involved in training of residents. In addition, neurology residents underwent substantial modific...
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Open AccessCOVID-19 and neurological training in Europe: from early challenges to future perspectives
The worldwide SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is dramatically affecting health systems with consequences also for neurological residency training. Here we report early experiences and challenges that European neurologists...
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Effects of Cerebellar Theta Burst Stimulation on Contralateral Motor Cortex Excitability in Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease
Although the cerebellum is not among the most renowned brain structures affected in Alzheimer`s disease (AD), recent evidence suggest that it undergoes degenerative changes during the course of the disease. A ...
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Dementia care and COVID-19 pandemic: a necessary digital revolution
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, most memory clinics have had to suspend their activities. On the other hand, international dementia experts have recommended to provide urgently worldwide support for people livin...
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“Another roof, another proof”: the impact of mobility on individual productivity in science
The mobility of highly skilled employees is seen as a critical way for organizations to transfer knowledge and to improve organizational performance. Yet, the relationship between mobility and individual perfo...
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Introduction to the Italian section for young neurologists
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Social Enterprises, Venture Philanthropy and the Alleviation of Income Inequality
Building on the literature on hybrid organizations, this manuscript explores the relationship between the organizational activity of social enterprises backed by venture philanthropy investors and income inequ...
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Endovascular therapy for acute ischemic stroke: which role for neurologists?
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Urinary schistosomiasis in migrant population: a case series from a single centre in southern Italy
To understand the frequency of urinary schistosomiasis, in migrants in clinical follow-up at the infectious disease outpatient clinic of ARNAS Civico Hospital in Palermo Italy, to raise awareness on this negle...
