Luigi De Gennaro
Università di Roma "Sapienza"
via dei Marsi, 78
00185, ROMA
MAIN TOPICS IN SLEEP RESEARCH
Neurophysiology:
- Heritability
- Excitability of motor cortex
- Cortico-Hippocampal networks
- Corpus callosum
- Sleep fragmentation
- Sleep onset
- Sleep inertia
- Sleepiness
- Oculomotor system
- Placebo effect
- Phasic events of REM and NREM sleep (Spindles, K-complexes, REMs, SEMs, MEMAs, muscle twitches)
- Dream recall
- Personality correlates of dreaming
- Hemispheric asymmetries
- Spatial learning and memory
- Exposure to GSM fields
Techniques:
- Conventional and quantitative EEG (cortical EEG topography)
- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)
- Magnetoencephalography
- Evoked potentials
- EMG (nerve conduction studies)
- EOG (oculomotor system studies)
Pathologies:
- Sleep disorders
- Depression
- Cortical topography of sleep in neurodegenerative disorders
STUDIES AND SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY
1981 - Graduation in Psychology
1983-present - Registered member of 8 research Societies
1986 - Passed the examination for the Doctorate of Research in Psychology in the University of Rome "Sapienza"
1989 - Obtained the degree of "Dottore di Ricerca" (Ph.D.) at the University of Rome "Sapienza"
1990-1992 - Recipient of the grant of "Istituto Superiore di Sanità"
1991 - Spended a period of study at Dallas (U.S.A.) in the Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas
1990-1994 - Member of National Scientific Committee of Italian Group for the study of Eye Movements
1990-1991 - Conducted courses of Physiological Psychology
1992 - University Researcher at the Department of Psychology, University of Rome "Sapienza"
1996-2001 - Lecturer of Physiological Psychology at the Department of Psychology, University of Rome "Sapienza"
2001 - Associate Professor of Physiological Psychology at the Department of Psychology. University of Rome "Sapienza"
2005-2007 - Professor of Physiological Psychology at the European University of Rome
2005-present - Scientific consultant of Sleep Laboratory at Ospedale Fatebenefratelli di Brescia and AfaR
2001-present - Lecturer of Physiological Psychology, Basis of Physiological Psychology, Psychophysiology of Consciousness Conditions, Diagnosis and Treatment of Sleep Disorders, Psychobiology and Physiological Psychology, at the University of Rome "Sapienza"
- Reviewer of the following journals:
1. EEG Clinical Neurophysiology and, subsequently, Clinical Neurophysiology
2. Sleep
3. Sleep Research Online
4. Psychiatry research
5. Journal of Sleep Research
6. Nutritional Neuroscience--An International Journal
7. Personality and Individual Differences
8. Physiology & Behavior
9. Psychophysiology
10. Cerebral Cortex
11. Industrial Health
12. Sleep Medicine Reviews
13. European Journal of Neuroscience
14. Journal of Psychosomatic Research
15. Perceptual and Motor Skills
16. Brain Research Bulletin
17. Journal of Psychophysiology
18. Neuroscience Letters
19. Behavioral Neuroscience
20. Neuroscience
21. Journal of Psychophysiology
22. Cognitive Processing
23. Science
24. Neuropsychologia
25. Journal of Vestibular Research
26. International Journal of Experimental Psychology
27. Quartely Journal of Experimental Psychology
28. Annals of Biomedical Engineering
- Associate Editor of Journal of Sleep Research
- Editorial Board of The Open Medical Imaging Journal
- Guest Editorial Board of Current Pharmaceutical Design
Author of:
5 BOOKS
92 INTERNATIONAL PUBBLICATIONS
22 NATIONAL PUBBLICATIONS
14 CHAPTERS IN NATIONAL BOOKS
7 CONTRIBUTIONS IN INTERNATIONAL BOOKS
36 CONTRIBUTIONS IN NATIONAL BOOKS
65 ABSTRACTS PUBLISHED IN INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS
13 ABSTRACTS PUBLISHED IN NATIONAL JOURNALS
29 ABSTRACTS OF INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS
161 PUBBLICATIONS OF NATIONAL CONGRESS
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