Name: Dr. Giuseppe Lanza
Educational Qualification: Msc, Ph.D, MD
Designation: Clinical Researcher at the Oasi Research Institute – IRCCS in Troina, Italy.
Department: Consultant Neurologist
University: University of Catania
Email: glanza@oasi.en.it
Research Interests: Neuroscience
Biography: I was born in Catania (Italy) in 1982. I currently work as Consultant Neurologist and Clinical Researcher at the Oasi Research Institute – IRCCS in Troina (Italy), which is a Collaborating Center of the World Health Organization (WHO). After graduation with honours in Medicine, I trained at the School of Neurology and I got the international PhD at the University of Catania (Italy). As visiting Clinical Research Fellow, I further trained at the Department of Neuroscience, Newcastle University (UK). In 2013 I was selected for a Scientific Fellowship promoted by the European Federation of Neurological Societies (EFNS). From October 2015, I am teaching Neurology at the Kore University of Enna (Italy). I have co-authored more than 90 publications in international refereed Journals and Conferences/Meetings, and I also serve as Editor and invited Reviewer of several international Journals. More recently, I also obtained the Master of Science (Level I) in Clinical Research and the National Scientific Qualification as Associate Professor (procedure for the Italian University Professor position recruiting, based on scientific qualification criteria).
- AUTHOR OR CO-AUTHOR OF 95 SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS (INCLUDING CONGRESS ABSTRACTS AND
POSTERS)
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- H-INDEX (SCOPUS): 12
- TOTAL NUMBER OF CITATIONS (SCOPUS): 378
1) 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.
2) 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.
3) 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.
4) 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.
5) 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.
6) 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.
7) 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.
8) 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.
9) 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.
10) 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.
11) 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):391-
403. doi: 10.1109/TNSRE.2013.2256432. PMID: 23559064.
12) 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.
13) 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.
14) 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.
15) 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.
16) 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.
17) 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.
18) 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.
19) 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.
20) 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.
21) 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.
22) 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.
23) 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.
24) 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.
25) 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.
26) Lanza G. Editorial Board member interview. Eur Med J Neurol 2015;31:38.
27) 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.
28) 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.
29) 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.
30) 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.
31) 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.
32) 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.
33) 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/s00415-017-
8415-1. PMID: 28194532.
34) 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.
35) Bordet R, Ihl R, Korczyn AD, Lanza G, Jansa J, Hoerr R, Guekht A. Towards the concept of diseasemodifier
in post-stroke or vascular cognitive impairment. BMC Med 2017;15(1):107. doi:
10.1186/s12916-017-0869-6. PMID: 28539119.
36) 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.
37) 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.
38) 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.
39) 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.
40) 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
41) 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.
42) 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.
43) 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.
44) 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.
45) 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.
46) Puglisi V, Bramanti A, Lanza G, Cantone M, Vinciguerra L, Pennisi M, Bonanno L, Pennisi G, Bella R.
Impaired cerebral haemodynamics in Vascular Depression: insights from Transcranial Doppler
ultrasonography. Front Psychiatry 2018;9:316. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00316. PMID: 30061847.
47) Lanza G. Editorial Board member interview. Eur Med J Neurol 2018;6.1:39-42.
48) 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.
49) Lanza G*. Giuseppe Lanza Research Interest. JSM Health Educ Prim Health Care 2018;3(1):1041.
ABSTRACTS ACCEPTED AT NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS, PUBLISHED IN SUPPLEMENTA
OF INDEXED INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS (* = presenting author)
1) Commodari I, Cavallaro T, Pennisi M, Cantone M, Mistretta SB, Lanza G, Pennisi G, Zappia M.
Thetered cord syndrome in adult with diastematomyelia. XXXVIII Congress of the Italian Neurological
Society. Florence (Italy), October 13-17, 2007. Neurol Sci 2007;28(Suppl):S222.
2) Cantone M, Pennisi M, Commodari I, Casto C, Lanza G, Arizza L, Bella R, Pennisi G, Zappia M.
Young-onset painful legs and moving toes associated with dysembryogenetic tumor. XXXVIII Congress
of the Italian Neurological Society. Florence (Italy), October 13-17, 2007. Neurol Sci
2007;28(Suppl):S225.
3) Casto C, Pennisi M, Di Stefano A, Commodari I, Cantone M, Arizza L, Lanza G, Bella R, Zappia M.
Corticobasal degeneration without nigrostriatal damage. XXXVIII Congress of the Italian Neurological
Society. Florence (Italy), October 13-17, 2007. Neurol Sci 2007;28(Suppl):S227.
4) Cantone M, Pennisi M, Lanza G, Bella R, Pennisi G, Zappia M. Course of depression in patients with
subcortical vascular disease. XXXIX Congress of the Italian Neurological Society. Naples (Italy), October
18-22, 2008. Neurol Sci 2008;29(Suppl):S138.
5) Lanza G*, Barone R, Cantone M, Bella R, Pennisi G, Zappia M. Headache as a presenting manifestation
of Gorlin-Goltz syndrome. XXXIX Congress of the Italian Neurological Society. Naples (Italy), October
18-22, 2008. Neurol Sci 2008;29(Suppl):S220.
6) Cantone M, Barone R, Montoya J, Lanza G, Pennisi M, Bella R, Pennisi G, Zappia M. Cystic lesions of
the basal ganglia and familial lipomatosis (Dercum disease variant): a case report. XL Congress of the
Italian Neurological Society. Padoa (Italy), November 21-25, 2009. Neurol Sci 2009;30 (Suppl):S124.
7) Lanza G*, Pennisi M, Cantone M, Kavasidis I, Spampinato C, Catalano A, Bella R, Pennisi G, Zappia M.
Pattern of cortical excitability in patients with geriatric depression and subcortical ischemic vascular
disease: a paired-pulse TMS study. XLI Congress of the Italian Neurological Society. Catania (Italy),
October 23-27, 2010. Neurol Sci 2010;31(Suppl):S204-5.
8) Pennisi G, Cantone M, Lanza G*, Pennisi M, Puglisi V, Vinciguerra L, Bella R. Motor cortex excitability
in patients with Vascular Depression: a paired-pulse TMS study. 63rd American Academy of Neurology
(AAN) Annual Meeting. Honolulu (Hawaii, USA), April 9-16, 2011. Neurology 2011;76(Suppl 4):A169.
9) Concerto C, Cannavò D, Lanza G, Pennisi M, Aguglia E. Depressione maggiore e terapia aggiuntiva con
rTMS. 16th Congress of the Italian Society of Psychopathology (SOPSI). Roma (Italy), February 14-18,
2012. J Psychopathol 2012;18(S1):S199.
10) Cantone M, Lanza G, Pennisi M, Puglisi V, Vinciguerra L, Ricceri R, Pennisi G, Bella R, Zappia M.
Motor cortex excitability in patients with vascular cognitive impairment-no dementia: a follow-up study.
16th Congress of the European Federation of Neurological Societies (EFNS). Stockholm (Sweden),
September 8-11, 2012. Eur J Neurology 2012;19(Suppl 1):225,P1364. doi. 10.1111/j.1468-
1331.2012.03888.x.
11) Magnano F, Concerto C, Cannavò D, Lanza G, Pennisi M, Aguglia E. Repetitive transcranial magnetic
stimulation and pharmacological treatment in patients with major depressive disorder. 25th Congress of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP). Vienna (Austria), October 13-17, 2012. Eur
Neuropsychopharmacol 2012;22(Suppl 2):S267. doi: 10.1016/S0924-977X(12)70402-9.
12) Puglisi V, Concerto C, Vinciguerra L, Cantone M, Lanza G, Pennisi M, Ricceri R, Bella R, Aguglia E,
Pennisi G. Distinctive Pattern of Cortical Excitability in Vascular Depression and Major Depression.
P07.184 65th American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Annual Meeting. San Diego (California, USA),
March 16-23, 2013. Neurology 2013;80(7 Supplement):P07.184.
13) Concerto C, Cannavò D, Magnano San Lio F, Ricceri R, Lanza G, Aguglia E. Six-month follow-up study
of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in the treatment of resistant major depressive disorder.
ECNP Workshop for Junior Scientists in Europe. Nice (France), March 7-10, 2013. Clin
Neuropsychopharmacol 2013;23(Suppl 1):S89-90. doi: 10.1016/S0924-977X(13)70101-9.
14) Concerto C, Costanzo MC, Lanza G, Pennisi M, Aguglia E. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Major
Depression and Vascular Depression. The 26th Congress of the European College of
Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP). Barcelona (Spain), October 5-9, 2013. Eur Neuropsychopharmacol
2013;23(Suppl 2):S416-7. doi: 10.1016/S0924-977X(13)70659-X.
15) Lanza G*, Lanuzza B, Aricò D, Bella R, Cosentino F, Pennisi G, Ferri R. Effects of the modulation of
sensory or motor cortical excitability by rTMS in RLS. 6th World Congress on Sleep Medicine. Seoul
(South Korea), March 21-25, 2015. Sleep Med 2015;16:S20-1. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2015.02.049.
16) Puglisi V, Vinciguerra L, Ricceri R, Cantone M, Lanza G, Pennisi M, D’Agate CC, Ferri R, Giuffrida S,
Bella R. Neurophysiological follow-up of patients with celiac disease on gluten-free diet: a TMS study. 1st
Congress of the European Academy of Neurology (EAN). Berlin (Germany), June 20-23, 2015. Eur J
Neurol 2015;22(Suppl 1):427. doi: 10.1111/ene.12807.
17) Pennisi G, Bella R, Lanza G*, Di Lazzaro V. The contribution of non-invasive brain stimulation
techniques in the experimental treatment of cognitive and neuropsychiatric symptoms in Vascular
Dementia. 9th International Congress on Vascular Dementia (ICVD), Ljubljana (Slovenia), October 16-18,
2015. Monduzzi Editore International Proceedings Division 2016;SX16C0006:13-17.
18) Lanza G, Cantone M, Pennisi M, Ricceri R, Pennisi G, Bella R. Course of vascular depression in nondemented elderly patients with small vessel disease: a TMS follow-up study. 25th European Stroke
Conference (ESC). Venice (Italy), April 13-15, 2016. Cerebrovasc Dis 2016;41/S1/16:293. doi:
10.1159/000446380.
19) Ricceri R, Lanza G, Cantone M, Puglisi V, Vinciguerra L, Pennisi M, Bella R, Zappia M, Pennisi G.
Changes of Motor Cortex Excitability in adults with Celiac Disease before and after a gluten-free diet.
XLVII Congress of the Italian Neurological Society. Venice (Italy), October 22-25, 2016. Neurol Sci
2016;37(Suppl):S336.
20) Lanza G*, Cantone M, Lanuzza B, Aricò D, Cosentino FII, Pennisi M, Bella R, Pennisi G, Ferri R.
Impaired rTMS-induced short-term neuroplasticity in restless legs syndrome: a pilot study. 2nd
International Brain Stimulation Conference. Barcelona (Spain), March 5-8, 2017. Brain Stimul
2017;10:365-6. doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2017.01.078.
21) Cantone M, Ricceri R, Pennisi M, Ferri R, Pennisi G, Bella R, Lanza G*. Long term neurophysiological
effects of the gluten-free diet in adult celiac patients: a TMS study. 6th International Conference on
Transcranial Brain Stimulation. Göttingen (Germany), September 7-10, 2016. Clin Neurophysiol
2017;128:e14–5. doi:10.1016/j.clinph.2016.10.138.
22) Lanza G*, Aricò D, Lanuzza B, Cosentino FII, Pennisi M, Bella R, Pennisi G, Ferri R. Lack of
intracortical facilitation to paired-pulse TMS in patients with “idiopathic RBD”: a preclinical marker ofsynucleinopathy? 4th Congress of the European Academy of Neurology (EAN). Lisbon (Portugal), June
16-19, 2018. Eur J Neurol 2018;25(Suppl 2):275 (EPO3114).
23) Vinciguerra L, Puglisi V, Ricceri R, Vagli C, Fisicaro F, Cantone M, Lanza G, Bella R. Transcranial
Doppler Study in elderly patients at risk for virtual vascular dementia. 27th European Stroke Conference.
Athens (Greece), April 11-13, 2018. Cerebrovasc Dis 2018 (P263), in press.
24) Vinciguerra L, Lanza G, Puglisi V, Cantone M, Pennisi G, Bella R. Transcranial Doppler study in elderly
patients at risk for Vascular Dementia. XLIX Congress of the Italian Neurological Society. Rome (Italy),
October 27-30 2018. Neurol Sci 2018, in press.
25) Puglisi V, Lanza G, Vinciguerra L, Cantone M, Pennisi G, Bella R. Impaired cerebral haemodynamics in
Vascular Depression: insights from Transcranial Doppler Ultrasonography. XLIX Congress of the Italian
Neurological Society. Rome (Italy), October 27-30 2018. Neurol Sci 2018, in press.
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