Journal of Alzheimers Disease & Parkinsonism
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Antonio Pisani

Neurology, Department of Systems Medicine; University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy

Biography

Dr Pisani is a physician-scientist with a long-standing interest in the basic and clinical aspects of basal ganglia dysfunction, with a specific interest in dystonia and Parkinson’s disease. As Head of the Neurophysiology and Plasticity laboratory at Fondazione Santa Lucia, in Rome, he provides guidance in the planning and execution of the experiments. Since 2003-2004, he has been deeply involved in research on dystonia, focusing on the role of striatal function in the pathogenesis of this movement disorder.

Publications

Assessment of Hearing Impairment in Parkinson's Disease: Implications for Differential Diagnosis and Disease Progression

Background and objective: Non-motor symptoms (NMS) of Parkinson's disease (PD) are still underestimated and causative of disability and poor quality of life. Recently, it has been suggested that hearing impairment could be included into the spectrum of NMS, although both mechanisms and phenomenology are unclear. In this study we investigated the pe... Read More»

Roberta Di Mauro, Giulia Di Lazzaro, Tommaso Schirinzi, Federica Martino, Nicola B. Mercuri, Emanuela Fuccillo, Antonio Pisani and Stefano Di Girolamo

Research Article: J Alzheimers Dis Parkinsonism 2017, 7:396

DOI: 10.4172/2161-0460.1000396

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