Sarcopenia is the loss of muscle size and function during ageing. The aim of this study was to test whether serum concentrations of myostatin and interacting proteins (GASP-1, FLRG, and …more
Intravenous thrombolysis significantly improves the chance of independent recovery from ischaemic stroke but its benefit is strongly time dependent: present evidence supports effectiveness when delivered up to 4.5 h after …more
Objectives Lacunar infarcts are thought to be mostly due to intracranial small vessel disease. Therefore, when a stroke patient with a relevant lacunar infarct does have severe ipsilateral internal carotid …more
Purpose The purpose of this study was to show the viability and performance of a shape-based pattern recognition technique applied to I-123-N-omega-fluoropropyl-2-beta-carbomethoxy-3 beta-(4-iodophenyl) nortropane single-photon emission computed tomography (FP-CIT SPECT) …more
Scanning tunnelling Microscopy (STM) and photoelastic modulation infrared reflection absorption spectroscopy (PM-IRRAS) have been used to investigate the exchange of self-assembled rnonolayers (SAMs) of n-octanethiolate by semifluorinated n-octanethiolate from ethanolic …more
BACKGROUND: The genetic risk factors for susceptibility to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are still largely unknown. Additional genetic variants are likely to be identified by genome-wide association studies in …more
Background and Purpose-We sought to investigate the apparently high risk of early death after an ischemic stroke among patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), identify the main factors associated with early …more
Pearson’s correlation measures the strength of the association between two variables. The technique is, however, restricted to linear associations and is overly sensitive to outliers. Indeed, a single outlier can …more
The early detection and classification of dementia are important clinical support tasks for medical practitioners in customizing patient treatment programs to better manage the development and progression of these diseases. …more
The human somatosensory cortex (S1) is not among the brain areas usually associated with visuospatial attention. However, such a function can be presumed, given the recently identified eye proprioceptive input …more
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an indispensable tool for musculoskeletal imaging., The presence of metal, however, raises concerns. The potential risks are loosening and migration of the implant, heating of …more
Theories of schizophrenia propose that abnormal functioning of the neural reward system is linked to negative and psychotic symptoms, by disruption of reward processing and promotion of context-independent false associations. …more