Medicine and Healthcare Reports

Name: Dr. Giuseppe Lanza

Educational Qualification: Msc, Ph.D, MD

Designation: Clinical Researcher at the Oasi Research Institute â€“ IRCCS in Troina, Italy.

Department: Consultant Neurologist

University: University of Catania

Email: glanza@oasi.en.it

Research Interest: Cerebrovascular diseases, Clinical Case Reports, Cognitive impairment and dementia, Neuropsychiatric disorders, Sleep disorders, Gluten-related neuropathology, Clinical Neurophysiology, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Neurosonology, Neuroplasticity

BIOGRAPHY

Giuseppe Lanza was currently working as Consultant Neurologist and Clinical Researcher at the â€œOasiâ€ Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging (I.R.C.C.S.) in Troina (Italy). He hold PhD at the University of Catania (Italy). He got the Master of Science in â€œClinical Researchâ€ and the National Scientific Qualification as Associate Professor.

Giuseppe Lanza was selected for a Scientific Fellowship promoted by the European Federation of Neurological Societies. He is a co-author for more than 80 publications in international refereed Journals and Conferences and serve as Editorial Board member and invited Reviewer of several international Journals.

PUBLICATIONS

1. Bella R, Pennisi G, Cantone M, Palermo F, Pennisi M, Lanza G, Zappia M, Paolucci S. Clinical presentation and outcome of geriatric depression in subcortical ischemic vascular disease. Gerontology 2010;56(3):298-302. doi: 10.1159/000272003. PMID: 20051663.

2. Faro A, Giordano D, Kavasidis I, Pino C, Spampinato C, Cantone MG, Lanza G, Pennisi M. An

interactive tool for customizing clinical transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) experiments. XII Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing 2010 IFMBE Proceedings 2010;29:200-3. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-13039-7_50.

3. Pennisi G, Ferri R, Cantone M, Lanza G, Pennisi M, Vinciguerra L, Malaguarnera G, Bella R. A review of transcranial magnetic stimulation in vascular dementia. Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord 2011;31(1):71-80.

doi: 10.1159/000322798. PMID: 21242688.

4. Pennisi G, Ferri R, Lanza G, Cantone M, Pennisi M, Puglisi V, Malaguarnera G, Bella R. Transcranial magnetic stimulation in Alzheimerâ€™s disease: a neurophysiological marker of cortical hyperexcitability. J

Neural Transm (Vienna) 2011;118(4):587-98. doi: 10.1007/s00702-010-0554-9. PMID: 21207079.

5. Bella R, Ferri R, Pennisi M, Cantone M, Lanza G, Malaguarnera G, Spampinato C, Giordano D, Alagona G, Pennisi G. Enhanced motor cortex facilitation in patients with vascular cognitive impairment-no

dementia. Neurosci Lett 2011;503(3):171-5. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2011.08.022. PMID: 21875648.

6. Bella R, Ferri R, Cantone M, Pennisi M, Lanza G, Malaguarnera G, Spampinato C, Giordano D, Raggi A, Pennisi G. Motor cortex excitability in vascular depression. Int J Psychophysiol 2011;82(3):248-53.

doi: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2011.09.006. PMID: 21945481.

7. Pennisi M, Raggi A, Barone R, Muglia M, Citrigno L, Cantone M, Lanza G, Pennisi G, Ferri R, Bella R. Phenotypic heterogeneity in hereditary motor neuropathy type V: a new case report series. Acta Neurol Belg 2012;112(1):57-64. doi: 10.1007/s13760-012-0042-0. PMID: 22427291.

8. Kavasidis I, Pino C, Spampinato C, Maiorana F, Lanza G. Performance Evaluation of Classifiers in Distinguishing Mental Tasks from EEG Signals. Proceedings of the 9th IASTED International Conference on Biomedical Engineering, Applied Informatics 2012. doi: 10.2316/P.2012.764-167.

9. Lanza G, Bella R, Giuffrida S, Cantone M, Pennisi G, Spampinato C, Giordano D, Malaguarnera G, Raggi A, Pennisi M. Preserved transcallosal inhibition to Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in nondemented elderly patients with leukoaraiosis. Biomed Res Int 2013;2013:351680. doi:

10.1155/2013/351680. PMID: 23984349.

10. Bella R, Ferri R, Lanza G, Cantone M, Pennisi M, Puglisi V, Vinciguerra L, Spampinato C, Mazza T, Malaguarnera G, Pennisi G. TMS follow-up study in patients with Vascular Cognitive Impairment â€“ No Dementia. Neurosci Lett 2013;534:155-9. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2012.12.017. PMID: 23274709.