Motor responses to afferent stimulation in juvenile myoclonic epilepsyPaolo Manganotti
Department of Neurological Sciences and Vision, Section of Neurological Rehabilitation Clinical Neurology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
Epilepsia 45:77-80. 2004
..CONCLUSIONS: Abnormal processing of cutaneous afferents would not appear to contribute to myoclonus in JME...
- Enhanced intracortical inhibition in cerebellar patients
Stefano Tamburin
Section of Neurological Rehabilitation, Department of Neurological Sciences and Vision, University of Verona, Italy
J Neurol Sci 217:205-10. 2004
..The aim of the study was to examine intracortical excitability in cerebellar patients...
- Belly dancer's myoclonus and chronic abdominal pain: pain-related dysinhibition of a spinal cord central pattern generator?
Stefano Tamburin
Section of Neurology, Pederzoli Hospital, Peschiera del Garda, Verona, Italy
Parkinsonism Relat Disord 13:317-20. 2007
..We hypothesize that pain-related spinal plasticity might have contributed to the hyperactivity of a spinal CPG, thus leading to the myoclonic jerks in our patient...
- Cutaneomotor integration in human hand motor areas: somatotopic effect and interaction of afferents
S Tamburin
Department of Neurological Sciences and Vision, Section of Clinical Neurology, University of Verona, Ospedale Policlinico G B Rossi, Piazzale Scuro, 37134 Verona, Italy
Exp Brain Res 141:232-41. 2001
..The intensity of the conditioning stimulus plays an important role in topography and sensory convergence. The importance of these mechanisms in physiology and physiopathology is discussed...
- Abnormal cutaneomotor integration in patients with cerebellar syndromes: a transcranial magnetic stimulation study
Stefano Tamburin
Section of Neurological Rehabilitation, Department of Neurological Sciences and Vision, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
Clin Neurophysiol 114:643-51. 2003
..To examine the sensorimotor interactions in cerebellar patients...
Pain and motor function in carpal tunnel syndrome: a clinical, neurophysiological and psychophysical studyS Tamburin
Dept of Neurological Sciences and Vision, Section of Neurological Rehabilitation, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
J Neurol 255:1636-43. 2008
..Patients with carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) complain of motor symptoms. The study is aimed to understand which features are associated with the presence of motor symptoms in CTS...
- Abnormal somatotopic arrangement of sensorimotor interactions in dystonic patients
Stefano Tamburin
Sections of Neurological Rehabilitation, Clinical Neurology and Human Physiology, Department of Neurological Sciences and Vision, University of Verona, Italy
Brain 125:2719-30. 2002
..These findings suggest that a mechanism that normally operates in order to focus the effect of somatosensory afferences on the motor system may be impaired in dystonia. This abnormality seems specific to dystonia...
- Sensorimotor integration to cutaneous afferents in humans: the effect of the size of the receptive field
Stefano Tamburin
Department of Neurological Sciences and Vision, Section of Neurological Rehabilitation, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
Exp Brain Res 167:362-9. 2005
..These phenomena appear to be topographically arranged across the representation of upper-limb muscles. These findings may help to understand the functional significance of SAI in normal physiology and pathophysiology...
- Transient inhibition of the human motor cortex by capsaicin-induced pain. A study with transcranial magnetic stimulation
S Farina
Dipartimento di Scienze Neurologiche e della Visione, Sezione di Neurologia Riabilitativa, , Verona, Italy
Neurosci Lett 314:97-101. 2001
..This inhibition may be due to the activation of the C fibres which mediate 'slow' nociception and might be important to alert subject to possible phasic nociceptive events that may occur close to the painful area...
- Hyperexcitable cortical responses in progressive myoclonic epilepsy: a TMS study
P Manganotti
Department of Neurological Sciences and Vision, Section of Neurological Rehabilitation, University of Verona, Italy
Neurology 57:1793-9. 2001
..The authors used TMS to elucidate the pathophysiology of reflex myoclonus with giant somatosensory evoked potentials (SEP)...
- Modulation of motor cortex excitability after upper limb immobilization
Giampietro Zanette
Dipartimento di Scienze Neurologiche e della Visione, Sezione di Neurologia, Ospedale Policlinico G B Rossi, Piazzale Scuro, 37134 Verona, Italy
Clin Neurophysiol 115:1264-75. 2004
..To examine the mechanisms of disuse-induced plasticity following long-term limb immobilization...
- Stimulus-response properties of motor system in patients with cerebellar ataxia
Stefano Tamburin
Department of Neurological Sciences and Vision, Section of Neurological Rehabilitation, University of Verona, Ospedale Policlinico G B Rossi, Piazzale Scuro, 37134 Verona, Italy
Clin Neurophysiol 115:348-55. 2004
..The aim of the study was to examine the stimulus-response properties of the excitatory and inhibitory components of corticospinal projections at rest and during voluntary contraction in cerebellar patients...
- Different mechanisms contribute to motor cortex hyperexcitability in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Giampietro Zanette
Department of Neurological Sciences and Vision, Section of Clinical Neurology, University of Verona, Ospedale Policlinico G B Rossi, Piazzale Scuro, 37134 Verona, Italy
Clin Neurophysiol 113:1688-97. 2002
..The aim of the study was to establish how different mechanisms interact to promote motor system hyperexcitability in ALS in relation to clinical features...
- Task-dependent modulation of excitatory and inhibitory functions within the human primary motor cortex
Michele Tinazzi
Dipartimento di Scienze Neurologiche e della Visione, Sezione di Neurologia Riabilitativa, Universita di Verona, Policlinico G B Rossi, P le A L Scuro, 37134, Verona, Italy
Exp Brain Res 150:222-9. 2003
..Increased cortical excitatory and inhibitory functions during precision tasks (pincer gripping) probably explain why MEPs have larger amplitudes and CSPs have longer durations during pincer gripping than during power gripping...
- Abnormalities of sensory processing and sensorimotor interactions in secondary dystonia: a neurophysiological study in two patients
Stefano Tamburin
Department of Neurological Sciences and Vision, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
Mov Disord 20:354-60. 2005
..Our data are consistent with the hypothesis that abnormalities in sensorimotor processing may contribute to the pathogenesis of dystonic conditions...
- Extra-median spread of sensory symptoms in carpal tunnel syndrome suggests the presence of pain-related mechanisms
Giampietro Zanette
Department of Neurological Sciences and Vision, Section of Clinical Neurology, University of Verona, Italy
Pain 122:264-70. 2006
..Extra-median spread of sensory symptoms was associated with higher levels of pain and paresthesia. We suggest that central nervous system mechanisms of plasticity may underlie the spread of symptoms in CTS...
- Central sensitization in carpal tunnel syndrome with extraterritorial spread of sensory symptoms
Giampietro Zanette
Department of Neurological and Visual Sciences, Section of Rehabilitative Neurology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
Pain 148:227-36. 2010
..Our data may explain the persistence of sensory symptoms after median nerve surgical release and the presence of non-anatomical sensory patterns in neuropathic pain...
- Proximal pain in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome: a clinical-neurophysiological study
Giampietro Zanette
Department of Neurological Sciences and Vision, Section of Neurological Rehabilitation, University of Verona, Italy
J Peripher Nerv Syst 12:91-7. 2007
..PP may be found in a consistent number of CTS patients. PP may represent a clinical marker of mild median nerve damage. The presence of proximal complaints might be related to peripheral or central nervous system mechanisms...
- Changes in motor cortex inhibition over time in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Giampietro Zanette
Dipartimento di Scienze Neurologiche e della Visione, Sezione di Neurologia, Ospedale Policlinico G B Rossi, Piazzale Scuro, 37134 Verona, Italy
J Neurol 249:1723-8. 2002
..Clarification of the importance of these factors in the pathogenesis of the disease may have diagnostic and therapeutic implications...
- Abnormal sensorimotor integration is related to disease severity in Parkinson's disease: a TMS study
Stefano Tamburin
Department of Neurological Sciences and Vision, Section of Neurological Rehabilitation, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
Mov Disord 18:1316-24. 2003
..Cutaneomotor hyperexcitability correlates with clinical scores, suggesting that abnormal processing of cutaneous inputs might contribute to the pathogenesis of parkinsonian symptoms...
- Muscular pain in Parkinson's disease and nociceptive processing assessed with CO2 laser-evoked potentials
Michele Tinazzi
Dipartimento di Scienze Neurologiche, Universita di Verona, Verona, Italy
Mov Disord 25:213-20. 2010
..These results suggest abnormal nociceptive input processing in PD, which appears to be independent of clinical expression of parkinsonian motor signs. These alterations are more evident in the presence of muscular pain...
- Ulnar nerve impairment at the wrist does not contribute to extramedian sensory symptoms in carpal tunnel syndrome
Stefano Tamburin
Department of Neurological and Visual Sciences, Section of Rehabilitative Neurology, University of Verona, Italy
Clin Neurophysiol 120:1687-92. 2009
..Extramedian spread of sensory symptoms is frequent in carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) but its mechanisms are unclear. We explored the possible role of subtle ulnar nerve abnormalities in the pathogenesis of extramedian symptoms...
- The effect of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on motor performance, fatigue and quality of life in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Giampietro Zanette
Department of Neurological Sciences and Vision, University of Verona, Italy
J Neurol Sci 270:18-22. 2008
..The treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is still disappointing. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) has been suggested to modify the rate of disease progression in ALS...
- Intravenous immunoglobulin for the treatment of diabetic lumbosacral radiculoplexus neuropathy
Stefano Tamburin
Department of Neurological Sciences and Vision, Section of Rehabilitative Neurology, University of Verona, GB Rossi Hospital, Verona, Italy
Pain Med 10:1476-80. 2009
..Background. DLRPN is a rare painful condition that may occur in diabetes mellitus (DM). At the moment, there are limited therapeutic options for DLRPN...
- A case of oligosymptomatic botulism. The role of single-fiber EMG in early diagnosis
Stefano Tamburin
J Peripher Nerv Syst 9:130-1. 2004
