[HTML][HTML] Pathophysiology of motor dysfunction in Parkinson's disease as the rationale for drug treatment and rehabilitation

F Magrinelli, A Picelli, P Tocco, A Federico… - Parkinson's …, 2016 - hindawi.com
Cardinal motor features of Parkinson’s disease (PD) include bradykinesia, rest tremor, and
rigidity, which appear in the early stages of the disease and largely depend on dopaminergic …

Fasting whole blood as a biomarker of essential fatty acid intake in epidemiologic studies: comparison with adipose tissue and plasma

…, X Siles, L Dougherty, P Tocco… - American journal of …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
… Correlation coefficients were considered significant at a level of p < 0.05. Spearman
correlation coefficients were also used to calculate associations among fatty acids in the three …

Somatosensory temporal discrimination threshold involves inhibitory mechanisms in the primary somatosensory area

L Rocchi, E Casula, P Tocco, A Berardelli… - Journal of …, 2016 - Soc Neuroscience
… at 0.75p and 0.25p, where p indicates percentage on the Y-axis. The point of subjective
equality (PSE), which is a measure of the internal boundary used to classify the two examined …

Magnetic Resonance Parkinsonism Index: diagnostic accuracy of a fully automated algorithm in comparison with the manual measurement in a large Italian …

…, M Zappia, A Nicoletti, CE Cicero, M Tinazzi, P Tocco… - European …, 2017 - Springer
… Automatic and manual MRPIs were calculated by multiplying the ratio of pons to midbrain
area (P/M) by the ratio of the middle cerebellar peduncle to superior cerebellar peduncle width …

Validation of a food frequency questionnaire measurement of dietary acrylamide intake using hemoglobin adducts of acrylamide and glycidamide

KM Wilson, HW Vesper, P Tocco, L Sampson… - Cancer causes & …, 2009 - Springer
… A food entered the model if it was individually predictive of adduct levels with p < 0.15;
foods stayed in the model if the p-value remained below 0.15 with the inclusion of other food …

Vacuum-assisted closure therapy for patients with infected sternal wounds: a meta-analysis of current evidence

…, L Sommella, MP Tocco, M Marvulli, P Magrini… - Journal of plastic …, 2011 - Elsevier
Acute and chronic wound infections are the main reasons for the observed increase in
mortality rate and represent a significant risk factor in hospitalisation. From the patient’s …

Pain perception in major depressive disorder: a neurophysiological case–control study

SZ Marsala, M Pistacchi, P Tocco, M Gioulis… - Journal of the …, 2015 - Elsevier
… Mean tactile thresholds did not significantly differ between patients and controls; whereas
pain thresholds and pain tolerance thresholds were significantly lower in patients (p < 0.05). …

Effects of hypertension on balance assessed by computerized posturography in the elderly

…, N Foschini, M Guglielmi, M Marinelli, P Tocco… - Archives of gerontology …, 2009 - Elsevier
Unsteadiness, dizziness and vertigo occur more frequently in hypertensive subjects, compared
to the normal ones. This study evaluated the influence of hypertension on balance tests, …

Continuous theta burst stimulation over the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and the pre-SMA alter drift rate and response thresholds respectively during perceptual …

D Georgiev, L Rocchi, P Tocco, M Speekenbrink… - Brain stimulation, 2016 - Elsevier
… the right DLPFC (p = 0.067) or sham stimulation (p = 0.205). There was no significant
difference in boundary separation in either accuracy (p = 0.382) or speed trials (p = 0.946) when …

Hemichorea–hemiballismus in patients with non-ketotic hyperglycemia

P Tocco, F Barbieri, B Bonetti, M Barillari… - Neurological …, 2016 - Springer
Acute or subacute hemichorea–hemiballismus is usually related to cerebral infarction or
hemorrhage in the basal ganglia [1], even though new onset or uncontrolled diabetes are …