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Francesco Di Lorenzo
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Cerebrospinal fluid levels of Aβ42 relationship with cholinergic cortical activity in Alzheimer’s disease patients
The dysfunction of cholinergic neurons is a typical hallmark in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). In animal models of AD, fragments of amyloid beta protein (Aβ) and Tau protein are thought to interfere with central ch...
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Dopaminergic Modulation of Cortical Plasticity in Alzheimer’s Disease Patients
In animal models of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), mechanisms of cortical plasticity such as long-term potentiation (LTP) and long-term depression (LTD) are impaired. In AD patients, LTP-like cortical plasticity is...
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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 are crucial f...
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Open AccessCSF tau is associated with impaired cortical plasticity, cognitive decline and astrocyte survival only in APOE4-positive Alzheimer’s disease
In Alzheimer’s disease (AD) patients, apopoliprotein (APOE) polymorphism is the main genetic factor associated with more aggressive clinical course. However, the interaction between cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) t...
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Congenital Anomalies of the External Male Genitalia
The chapter is aimed at describing the main congenital disorders of the external male genitalia (penis, scrotum, and testis) in order to enable the reader to promptly recognize such malformations in the newbor...
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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...
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Suboptimal performance of APRI and FIB-4 in ruling out significant fibrosis and confirming cirrhosis in HIV/HCV co-infected and HCV mono-infected patients
We aimed to assess the diagnostic reliability of two indirect biomarkers, APRI and FIB-4, for the staging of liver fibrosis using transient elastography (TE) as reference standard, among HIV/HCV co-infected an...
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Endovascular therapy for acute ischemic stroke: which role for 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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Introduction to the Italian section for young neurologists
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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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...
