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antonella conte

"Sapienza" university of Rome and IRCCS Neuromed
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Pathophysiology of somatosensory abnormalities in Parkinson disease

A Conte, N Khan, G Defazio, JC Rothwell… - Nature Reviews …, 2013 - nature.com
Abstract Changes in sensory function that have been described in patients with Parkinson
disease (PD) can be either'pure'disorders of conscious perception such as elevations in …

Blepharospasm 40 years later

G Defazio, M Hallett, HA Jinnah, A Conte… - Movement …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Forty years ago, CD Marsden proposed that blepharospasm should be considered a form of
adult‐onset focal dystonia. In the present paper, we provide a comprehensive overview of …

Non-motor symptoms in patients with adult-onset focal dystonia: sensory and psychiatric disturbances

A Conte, I Berardelli, G Ferrazzano, M Pasquini… - Parkinsonism & related …, 2016 - Elsevier
Dystonia is characterized by the presence of involuntary muscle contractions that cause
abnormal movements and posture. Adult onset focal dystonia include cervical dystonia …

Disease‐modifying therapies and coronavirus disease 2019 severity in multiple sclerosis

MP Sormani, N De Rossi, I Schiavetti… - Annals of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objective This study was undertaken to assess the impact of immunosuppressive and
immunomodulatory therapies on the severity of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) in …

Ovarian hormones and cortical excitability. An rTMS study in humans

M Inghilleri, A Conte, A Curra, V Frasca… - Clinical …, 2004 - Elsevier
Objective: Ovarian steroids influence neural excitability. Using repetitive transcranial
magnetic stimulation (rTMS) we investigated changes in cortical excitability during the …

DMTs and Covid‐19 severity in MS: a pooled analysis from Italy and France

MP Sormani, M Salvetti, P Labauge… - Annals of clinical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We evaluated the effect of DMTs on Covid‐19 severity in patients with MS, with a pooled‐
analysis of two large cohorts from Italy and France. The association of baseline …

Slow repetitive TMS for drug‐resistant epilepsy: clinical and EEG findings of a placebo‐controlled trial

R Cantello, S Rossi, C Varrasi, M Ulivelli, C Civardi… - …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: To assess the effectiveness of slow repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation
(rTMS) as an adjunctive treatment for drug‐resistant epilepsy. Methods: Forty‐three patients …

Phasic voluntary movements reverse the aftereffects of subsequent theta-burst stimulation in humans

E Iezzi, A Conte, A Suppa, R Agostino… - Journal of …, 2008 - journals.physiology.org
Theta-burst stimulation (TBS) is a technique that elicits long-lasting changes in the
excitability of human primary motor cortex (M1). Tonic contraction of the target muscle …

Somatosensory temporal discrimination in patients with primary focal dystonia

A Scontrini, A Conte, G Defazio, M Fiorio… - Journal of Neurology …, 2009 - jnnp.bmj.com
Purposes: To determine whether somatosensory temporal discrimination will reliably detect
subclinical sensory impairment in patients with various forms of primary focal dystonia …

Long-term disability trajectories in relapsing multiple sclerosis patients treated with early intensive or escalation treatment strategies

P Iaffaldano, G Lucisano, F Caputo… - Therapeutic …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Background and aims: No consensus exists on how aggressively to treat relapsing–remitting
multiple sclerosis (RRMS) nor on the timing of the treatment. The objective of this study was …