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Valeria Elisa Contarino

Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico
Verified email at policlinico.mi.it
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Cortical thinning trajectories across disease stages and cognitive impairment in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

M Consonni, E Dalla Bella, VE Contarino, E Bersano… - Cortex, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Cortical neuron degenerative process underlying upper motor neuron
involvement in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) spreads to extra-motor regions as disease …

Multiparametric MR imaging of Parkinsonisms at 3 tesla: Its role in the differentiation of idiopathic Parkinson's disease versus atypical Parkinsonian disorders

…, G Conte, S Sbaraini, R Cilia, VE Contarino… - European Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Objectives The Nigrosome-1 and putaminal hypointensity depicted on susceptibility-weighted
imaging (SWI), and midbrain atrophy assessed on T1-weighted are some of the most …

[HTML][HTML] Cortical markers of cognitive syndromes in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

M Consonni, VE Contarino, E Catricalà… - NeuroImage: Clinical, 2018 - Elsevier
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) can be associated with a spectrum of cognitive and
behavioural symptoms, but the related patterns of focal cortical atrophy in non-demented ALS …

Cortical correlates of behavioural change in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

…, SF Cappa, E Dalla Bella, VE Contarino… - Journal of Neurology …, 2019 - jnnp.bmj.com
Background Behavioural changes in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) are heterogeneous.
The study aim was to identify the behavioural profiles of non-demented patients with ALS …

Association between enlarged perivascular spaces and cerebrospinal fluid aquaporin-4 and tau levels: report from a memory clinic

…, M Pintus, G Conte, VE Contarino… - Frontiers in Aging …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Perivascular spaces (PVS) are fluid-filled compartments that dilate in response to many different
conditions. A high burden of enlarged PVS (EPVS) in the centrum semiovale (CSO) has …

Iron deposition in Parkinsonisms: a quantitative susceptibility mapping study in the deep grey matter

MP Fedeli, VE Contarino, S Siggillino… - European journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Purpose The aim of the study is to quantify the susceptibility in deep grey nuclei that are
affected by pathological processes related to iron accumulation in patients with Parkinson's …

Cortical thickness, stance control, and arithmetic skill: An exploratory study in premanifest Huntington disease

L Nanetti, VE Contarino, A Castaldo, L Sarro… - Parkinsonism & Related …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Huntington disease (HD) is an inherited neurodegenerative disorder most
commonly manifesting in adulthood. Identification of biomarkers tracking neurodegeneration …

Hemodynamic and EEG time-courses during unilateral hand movement in patients with cortical myoclonus. An EEG-fMRI and EEG-TD-fNIRS study

…, L Canafoglia, I Gilioli, DR Sebastiano, VE Contarino… - Brain topography, 2015 - Springer
Multimodal human brain mapping has been proposed as an integrated approach capable
of improving the recognition of the cortical correlates of specific neurological functions. We …

Toward a marker of upper motor neuron impairment in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a fully automatic investigation of the magnetic susceptibility in the precentral …

VE Contarino, G Conte, C Morelli, F Trogu… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Purpose Diagnostic work-up in motor neuron disease (MND) needs a quantitative biomarker
of upper motor neuron (UMN) impairment. We investigated the susceptibility properties of …

Magnetic susceptibility as a 1-year predictor of outcome in familial cerebral cavernous malformations: a pilot study

I Incerti, M Fusco, VE Contarino, S Siggillino… - European …, 2023 - Springer
Objectives To test whether quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM) of cerebral cavernous
malformations (CCMs) assessed at baseline may predict the presence or absence of …