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159. Action Observation and Motor Imagery: Innovative Cognitive Tools in the Rehabilitation of Parkinson’s Disease

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Abbruzzese, Giovanni, Avanzino, Laura, Marchese, Roberta, and Pelosin, Elisa

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Parkinson’s disease (PD) is characterized by a progressive impairment of motor skills with deterioration of autonomy in daily living activities. Physiotherapy is regarded as an adjuvant to pharmacological and neurosurgical treatment and may provide small and short-lasting clinical benefits in PD patients. However, the development of innovative rehabilitation approaches with greater long-term efficacy is a major unmet need. Motor imagery (MI) and action observation (AO) have been recently proposed as a promising rehabilitation tool. MI is the ability to imagine a movement without actual performance (or muscle activation). The same cortical-subcortical network active during motor execution is engaged in MI. The physiological basis of AO is represented by the activation of the “mirror neuron system.” Both MI and AO are involved in motor learning and can induce improvements of motor performance, possibly mediated by the development of plastic changes in the motor cortex. The review of available evidences indicated that MI ability and AO feasibility are substantially preserved in PD subjects. A few preliminary studies suggested the possibility of using MI and AO as parts of rehabilitation protocols for PD patients.

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2015
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160. Temporal expectation in swimming

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Strassera, L., Avanzino, Laura, Biggio, M., Faelli, EMANUELA LUISA, Bisio, Ambra, Finotti, S., Ruggeri, Piero, and Bove, Marco

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2015

163. Consensus paper: Decoding the Contributions of the Cerebellum as a Time Machine. From Neurons to Clinical Applications.

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Bareš, Martin, Apps, Richard, Avanzino, Laura, Breska, Assaf, D'Angelo, Egidio, Filip, Pavel, Gerwig, Marcus, Ivry, Richard B., Lawrenson, Charlotte L., Louis, Elan D., Lusk, Nicholas A., Manto, Mario, Meck, Warren H., Mitoma, Hiroshi, and Petter, Elijah A.

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CEREBELLUM, TIME perception, CEREBELLAR cortex, PARKINSON'S disease, NEURONS
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Time perception is an essential element of conscious and subconscious experience, coordinating our perception and interaction with the surrounding environment. In recent years, major technological advances in the field of neuroscience have helped foster new insights into the processing of temporal information, including extending our knowledge of the role of the cerebellum as one of the key nodes in the brain for this function. This consensus paper provides a state-of-the-art picture from the experts in the field of the cerebellar research on a variety of crucial issues related to temporal processing, drawing on recent anatomical, neurophysiological, behavioral, and clinical research. The cerebellar granular layer appears especially well-suited for timing operations required to confer millisecond precision for cerebellar computations. This may be most evident in the manner the cerebellum controls the duration of the timing of agonist-antagonist EMG bursts associated with fast goal-directed voluntary movements. In concert with adaptive processes, interactions within the cerebellar cortex are sufficient to support sub-second timing. However, supra-second timing seems to require cortical and basal ganglia networks, perhaps operating in concert with cerebellum. Additionally, sensory information such as an unexpected stimulus can be forwarded to the cerebellum via the climbing fiber system, providing a temporally constrained mechanism to adjust ongoing behavior and modify future processing. Patients with cerebellar disorders exhibit impairments on a range of tasks that require precise timing, and recent evidence suggest that timing problems observed in other neurological conditions such as Parkinson's disease, essential tremor, and dystonia may reflect disrupted interactions between the basal ganglia and cerebellum. The complex concepts emerging from this consensus paper should provide a foundation for further discussion, helping identify basic research questions required to understand how the brain represents and utilizes time, as well as delineating ways in which this knowledge can help improve the lives of those with neurological conditions that disrupt this most elemental sense. The panel of experts agrees that timing control in the brain is a complex concept in whom cerebellar circuitry is deeply involved. The concept of a timing machine has now expanded to clinical disorders. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2019
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184. Fatigue in patients with multiple sclerosis: From movement preparation to motor execution

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Russo, Margherita, primary, Crupi, Domenica, additional, Naro, Antonino, additional, Avanzino, Laura, additional, Buccafusca, Maria, additional, Dattola, Vincenzo, additional, Terranova, Carmen, additional, Sottile, Fabrizio, additional, Rizzo, Vincenzo, additional, Ghilardi, Maria Felice, additional, Girlanda, Paolo, additional, Bove, Marco, additional, and Quartarone, Angelo, additional

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2015
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189. Quality of sleep in primary focal dystonia: a case-control study

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Avanzino, Laura, Martino, D., Marchese, R., Aniello, M. S., Minafra, B., Superbo, M., Defazio, G., and Abbruzzese, Giovanni

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Adult, Male, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Depression, Blepharospasm, Age Factors, complications/diagnosis, Middle Aged, Severity of Illness Index, Logistic Models, Sex Factors, Dystonic Disorders, Case-Control Studies, 80 and over, Adult, Age Factors, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Blepharospasm, complications/diagnosis, Case-Control Studies, Depression, complications/diagnosis, Dystonic Disorders, complications/diagnosis, Female, Humans, Logistic Models, Male, Middle Aged, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Severity of Illness Index, Sex Factors, Sleep Disorders, complications/diagnosis/drug therapy, Torticollis, Humans, complications/diagnosis/drug therapy, Female, Sleep Disorders, Torticollis, Aged
Published
2010

190. Diagnostic agreement is not satisfactory in psychogenic movement disorders

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Morgante, F., Bovi, T., Fasano, A., Pellecchia, M., Rizzo, G., Scaglione, C., Cossu, G., Modugno, N., Arabia, G., Avanzino, Laura, Cilia, R., Dell'Aquila, C., Elia, A., Marinelli, Lucio, Abbruzzese, Giovanni, Berardelli, A., Defazio, G., Fabbrini, G., Girlanda, P., Iliceto, G., Martinelli, P., Nicoletti, G., Tinazzi, M., Zappia, M., Boero, G., Cantalupo, G., Di Leo, R., Luigetti, M., Tortora, C., Edwards, M., Espay, A., Mir, P., and Martino, D.

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2010

194. Social cognition in hyperkinetic movement disorders: a systematic review.

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Rizzo, Gaetano, Martino, Davide, Avanzino, Laura, Avenanti, Alessio, and Vicario, Carmelo Mario

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*MOVEMENT disorders, *SOCIAL perception, *THEORY of mind, *HUNTINGTON disease, *TOURETTE syndrome, *PROPRIOCEPTION
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Numerous lines of research indicate that our social brain involves a network of cortical and subcortical brain regions that are responsible for sensing and controlling body movements. However, it remains unclear whether movement disorders have a systematic impact on social cognition. To address this question, we conducted a systematic review examining the influence of hyperkinetic movement disorders (including Huntington disease, Tourette syndrome, dystonia, and essential tremor) on social cognition. Following the PRISMA guidelines and registering the protocol in the PROSPERO database (CRD42022327459), we analyzed 50 published studies focusing on theory of mind (ToM), social perception, and empathy. The results from these studies provide evidence of impairments in ToM and social perception in all hyperkinetic movement disorders, particularly during the recognition of negative emotions. Additionally, individuals with Huntington's Disease and Tourette syndrome exhibit empathy disorders. These findings support the functional role of subcortical structures (such as the basal ganglia and cerebellum), which are primarily responsible for movement disorders, in deficits related to social cognition. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2023
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