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| Luigi De GennaroSummaryAffiliation: University of Rome La Sapienza Country: Italy Publications
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Sleep spindles: an overviewLuigi De Gennaro
Department of Psychology, University of Rome, Italy
Sleep Med Rev 7:423-40. 2003....- Recovery sleep after sleep deprivation almost completely abolishes dream recallLuigi De Gennaro
Department of Psychology, University of Rome Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Behav Brain Res 206:293-8. 2010.... - An electroencephalographic fingerprint of human sleepLuigi De Gennaro
Department of Psychology, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy
Neuroimage 26:114-22. 2005..One possible hypothesis is that these EEG invariances can be related to individual differences in genetically determined functional brain anatomy, rather than to sleep-dependent mechanisms... - Neurophysiological correlates of sleepiness: a combined TMS and EEG studyLuigi De Gennaro
Department of Psychology, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Neuroimage 36:1277-87. 2007..However, the lack of an increase in cortical excitability after prolonged wakefulness in males suggests some caution in the generalization of these effects, that deserve further investigation... - Slow eye movements and subjective estimates of sleepiness predict EEG power changes during sleep deprivationCristina Marzano
Department of Psychology, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Sleep 30:610-6. 2007.... - Recalling and forgetting dreams: theta and alpha oscillations during sleep predict subsequent dream recallCristina Marzano
Department of Psychology, University of Rome Sapienza, 00185 Rome, Italy
J Neurosci 31:6674-83. 2011.... 
Cortical plasticity induced by transcranial magnetic stimulation during wakefulness affects electroencephalogram activity during sleepLuigi De Gennaro
Department of Psychology, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
PLoS ONE 3:e2483. 2008..Here, we test the hypothesis that reorganization of motor cortex produced by long-term potentiation (LTP) affects EEG activity of this brain area during subsequent sleep...- Procedural learning and sleep hippocampal low frequencies in humansFabio Moroni
Department of Psychology, University of Rome La Sapienza, Roma, Italy
Neuroimage 42:911-8. 2008..These findings are consistent with the hypothesis of synaptic homeostasis occurring during sleep, suggesting that hippocampal slow oscillations are associated with local processes of post-learning synaptic downscaling... - Slow EEG rhythms and inter-hemispheric synchronization across sleep and wakefulness in the human hippocampusFabio Moroni
Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Roma, Italy
Neuroimage 60:497-504. 2012..Further studies might shed light on the role of these low frequency rhythms in the encoding processes during wakefulness and in the consolidation processes during subsequent sleep... - The electroencephalographic fingerprint of sleep is genetically determined: a twin studyLuigi De Gennaro
Department of Psychology, University of Rome Sapienza, Italy
Ann Neurol 64:455-60. 2008..If replicated, these results will establish the electroencephalographic profile during sleep as one of the most heritable traits of humans... - The effects of sleep deprivation in humans: topographical electroencephalogram changes in non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep versus REM sleepCristina Marzano
Department of Psychology, University of Rome Sapienza, Rome, Italy
J Sleep Res 19:260-8. 2010..In conclusion, REM sleep and NREM sleep seem to share some homeostatic mechanisms in response to sleep deprivation, as indicated mainly by the similar direction and topography of changes in low-frequency activity... - Paradoxes of the first-night effect: a quantitative analysis of antero-posterior EEG topographyGiuseppe Curcio
Laboratorio di Psicofisiologia del Sonno, Department of Psychology, University of Rome La Sapienza, Via dei Marsi 78, 00185 Rome, Italy
Clin Neurophysiol 115:1178-88. 2004..Being considered fragmented and poorly efficient, the adaptation night is discarded for data analysis. The present study aims to provide a quantitative and topographical EEG analysis of this phenomenon... - Regional differences of the human sleep electroencephalogram in response to selective slow-wave sleep deprivationMichele Ferrara
Department of Psychology, University of Rome La Sapienza, 00185 Rome, Italy
Cereb Cortex 12:737-48. 2002.... - Interhemispheric transfer deficit in alexithymia: a transcranial magnetic stimulation studyVincenzo Romei
Department of Psychology, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Psychother Psychosom 77:175-81. 2008..This study investigated the hypothesis of a transcallosal interhemispheric transfer deficit in alexithymia by means of paired-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation... - Effect of total sleep deprivation on the landmarks of stage 2 sleepGiuseppe Curcio
Laboratorio di Psicofisiologia del Sonno, Department of Psychology, University of Rome La Sapienza, Via dei Marsi, 78 00185 Rome, Italy
Clin Neurophysiol 114:2279-85. 2003..To assess the effects of total sleep deprivation on sleep spindle and K-complex (KC) density... 
Amygdala and hippocampus volumetry and diffusivity in relation to dreamingLuigi De Gennaro
Department of Psychology, University of Rome Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Hum Brain Mapp 32:1458-70. 2011..These findings indicate some direct relationships between volumetric and ultrastructural measures of the hippocampus-amygdala complex and specific qualitative features of dreaming...- Regional differences of the temporal EEG dynamics during the first 30 min of human sleepMichele Ferrara
Department of Psychology, University of Rome La Sapienza, Via dei Marsi, 78, 00185 Rome, Italy
Neurosci Res 44:83-9. 2002..The peculiar behavior of the alpha and beta EEG bands over the frontal derivation indicates the need to re-consider the functional role of traditional EEG bands during sleep... - Cortical EEG topography of REM onset: the posterior dominance of middle and high frequenciesLuigi De Gennaro
Department of Psychology, Section of Neuroscience, University of Rome La Sapienza, Via dei Marsi 78, 00185, Rome, Italy
Clin Neurophysiol 113:561-70. 2002..To investigate the brain topography of human sleep electroencephalography (EEG) along the antero-posterior axis during rapid eye movement sleep (REM) onset and REM offset, by means of a quantitative analysis of EEG changes... - How we remember the stuff that dreams are made of: Neurobiological approaches to the brain mechanisms of dream recallLuigi De Gennaro
Department of Psychology, University of Rome Sapienza, Italy
Behav Brain Res 226:592-6. 2012..Although preliminary, these converging pieces of evidence strengthen the general view that the neurophysiological mechanisms underlying episodic/declarative memory formation may be the same across different states of consciousness... - Modulation of corticospinal excitability by paired associative stimulation: reproducibility of effects and intraindividual reliabilityFabiana Fratello
Department of Psychology, University of Rome, La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Clin Neurophysiol 117:2667-74. 2006..SIGNIFICANCE: Electrical stimulation of the median nerve followed by a magnetic pulse delivered on M1 after 25ms causes a reproducible increase in MEP amplitude, without showing an acceptable intraindividual reliability... - The cyclic alternating pattern decreases as a consequence of total sleep deprivation and correlates with EEG arousalsLuigi De Gennaro
Department of Psychology, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Neuropsychobiology 45:95-8. 2002..95). These results indicate that recuperative processes after sleep deprivation are also associated with a lesser arousal instability as defined by the reduction of the CAP rate, which is strongly correlated with EEG arousals... - Topographical changes in N1-P2 amplitude upon awakening from recovery sleep after slow-wave sleep deprivationMichele Ferrara
Department of Psychology, University of Rome La Sapienza, Via dei Marsi 78, Rome, Italy
Clin Neurophysiol 113:1183-90. 2002.... - Alexithymia and dream recall upon spontaneous morning awakeningLuigi De Gennaro
Department of Psychology, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Psychosom Med 65:301-6. 2003..The issue of a quantitative and qualitative impoverishment of dream activity in alexithymic subjects was assessed by analysis of the 14-day dream reports of two groups of accurately selected alexithymic and nonalexithymic subjects... 
Sleep in the human hippocampus: a stereo-EEG studyFabio Moroni
Department of Psychology, University of Rome La Sapienza, Roma, Italy
PLoS ONE 2:e867. 2007..Given the increasing interest in the spatiotemporal relationships between cortical and hippocampal activity during sleep, this study aimed to shed more light on the basic features of human sleep in the hippocampus...- Are polysomnographic measures of sleep correlated to alexithymia? A study on laboratory-adapted sleepersLuigi De Gennaro
Sezione di Neuroscienze, Department of Psychology, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy
J Psychosom Res 53:1091-5. 2002..As a further measure of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep characteristics, REM density was also measured... - Sleep loss, learning capacity and academic performanceGiuseppe Curcio
Department of Psychology, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Sleep Med Rev 10:323-37. 2006..These results may been related to the specific involvement of the prefrontal cortex (PFC) in vulnerability to sleep loss. Most methodological limitations are discussed and some future research goals are suggested... - The relationship between alexithymia, depression, and sleep complaintsLuigi De Gennaro
Department of Psychology, University of Rome La Sapienza, Via dei Marsi, 78, 00185 Rome, Italy
Psychiatry Res 128:253-8. 2004.... - Quantitative electroencephalogram (EEG) in insomnia: a new window on pathophysiological mechanismsCristina Marzano
Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Curr Pharm Des 14:3446-55. 2008.... - Psychosocial factors discriminate oligozoospermic from normozoospermic menLuigi De Gennaro
Department of Psychology, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Fertil Steril 79:1571-6. 2003..To compare the profile of psychosocial variables in a group of oligozoospermic and normozoospermic men for assessing the hypothesis of a relationship between impaired seminal status and psychosocial factors... - Antero-posterior functional coupling at sleep onset: changes as a function of increased sleep pressureLuigi De Gennaro
Dipartimento di Psicologia, Sezione di Neuroscienze, Universita degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Via dei Marsi 78, 00185 Rome, Italy
Brain Res Bull 65:133-40. 2005..These findings support the notion that a spread of synchronizing signals from associative prefrontal to posterior areas play a role in the wake-sleep transition... - Interhemispheric asymmetry of human sleep EEG in response to selective slow-wave sleep deprivationMichele Ferrara
Dipartimento di Psicologia, Universita degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Italy
Behav Neurosci 116:976-81. 2002..These results support the greater need for sleep recuperative processes of the left hemisphere, suggesting that local sleep regulation processes may also act during REM sleep... - Can an inert sleeping pill affect sleep? Effects on polysomnographic, behavioral and subjective measuresFabiana Fratello
Dipartimento di Scienze Relazionali G Iacono, Universita di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy
Psychopharmacology (Berl) 181:761-70. 2005.... - Changes in fronto-posterior functional coupling at sleep onset in humansLuigi De Gennaro
Dipartimento di Psicologia, Sezione di Neuroscienze, Universita degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Roma, Italy
J Sleep Res 13:209-17. 2004..In this network, prefrontal areas may play a leading role in the propagation of synchronizing signals conveyed at frequencies spanning delta to beta rhythms... - Corticospinal excitability and sleep: a motor threshold assessment by transcranial magnetic stimulation after awakenings from REM and NREM sleepMario Bertini
Dipartimento di Psicologia, , Rome, Italy
J Sleep Res 13:31-6. 2004..On the contrary, the increase of MTs upon REM sleep awakenings should reflect peripheral factors. We conclude that our findings legitimate the introduction of the TMS technique as a new proper tool in sleep research... - Oculomotor changes are associated to daytime sleepiness in the multiple sleep latency testLuigi De Gennaro
Dipartimento di Psicologia, Sezione di Neuroscienze, Universita degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Roma, Italy
J Sleep Res 14:107-12. 2005..Both individual and group results show that endogenous blinking is associated with moderate changes in daytime sleepiness... - Reduction of transcallosal inhibition upon awakening from REM sleep in humans as assessed by transcranial magnetic stimulationMario Bertini
Dipartimento di Psicologia, , Italy
Sleep 27:875-82. 2004.... - Intracortical inhibition and facilitation upon awakening from different sleep stages: a transcranial magnetic stimulation studyLuigi De Gennaro
Dipartimento di Psicologia, Universita di Roma La Sapienza, Via dei Marsi 78, 00185 Rome, Italy
Eur J Neurosci 19:3099-104. 2004.... - The role of sleep in the consolidation of route learning in humans: a behavioural studyMichele Ferrara
Dipartimento di Medicina Interna e Sanita Pubblica, Universita degli Studi dell Aquila, Italy
Brain Res Bull 71:4-9. 2006..These preliminary findings shed more light on the role of sleep in spatial memory consolidation by extending to humans the considerable evidence found in animals... - Directional information flows between brain hemispheres during presleep wake and early sleep stagesMario Bertini
Dipartimento di Psicologia, Universita degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Roma, Italy
Cereb Cortex 17:1970-8. 2007..This evidence might open the way for a variety of research lines on different psychophysiological and pathological conditions... - Mobile phone emissions and human brain excitabilityFlorinda Ferreri
Department of Neurology, University Campus Biomedico, Isola Tiberina
Ann Neurol 60:188-96. 2006..Tympanic temperature showed no significant main effect or interactions. INTERPRETATION: These results demonstrate that GSM-EMFs modify brain excitability. Possible implications and applications are discussed... - Sleep to find your way: the role of sleep in the consolidation of memory for navigation in humansMichele Ferrara
Dipartimento di Medicina Interna e Sanita Pubblica, Universita degli Studi dell Aquila, L Aquila, Italy
Hippocampus 18:844-51. 2008..In conclusion, our results indicate that spatial performance improvement is observed only when learning is followed by a period of sleep, regardless of the retention interval length...