Applied Physics for Neuroscience

Principal Investigator: Prof.ssa Caterina Guiot

Group members:

• Caterina Guiot (Full Professor, Principal Investigator)
• Federico D'Agata (Associate Professor, Principal Investigator)
• Fabrizio Pizzagalli (Associate Professor, Principal Investigator)
• Ilaria Stura (Assistant Professor RTDa)
• Annamaria Vernone (Research Technician)

Address and contacts:

• Caterina Guiot, 011 670 8166 guiot@unito.it
• Annamaria Vernone 011 670 5616 annamaria.vernone@unito.it

External website link

• apns.unito.it

Main research activities of the research group

• Data science: statistical analysis of biomedical data, in silico models, experimental design for collecting behavioral data, simulation of the electromagnetic field near the cerebral cortex during different activities;
• Imaging: ultrasound, Doppler, MRI and PET, to describe the morphofunctional characteristics of healthy and sick subjects;
• Nanotech: characterization and functionalization of nanobubbles and nanodroplets for CNS applications. Nanobubbles can be visualized with US (or MRI if decorated with superparamagnetic nano-sized particles) and be guided to a target through biochemical or magnetic mechanisms, intelligently releasing active compounds for therapy through interaction with US or EM fields.

List of 10 main publications

• Kasdan V. , Burgess A. N. , Pizzagalli F. et al.  2022 Identifying a brain network for musical rhythm: A functional neuroimaging meta-analysis and systematic review Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2022:136:104588.
• Ficiarà E., Stura I, Guiot C et al.2022 Iron Deposition in Brain: Does Aging Matter? Int J Mol Sci.2022;2;23(17):10018.
• Munir Z., Banche G. , Cavallo L. et al.2022 Exploitation of the Antibacterial Properties of Photoactivated Curcumin as 'Green' Tool for Food Preservation Int J Mol Sci.2022; 26;23(5):2600.
• D'Agata F., Orsi L. 2022 Cerebellum and Emotion Recognition Adv Exp Med Biol 2022;192(3):154-159.
• Scarpina F. , D'Agata F. , Priano L. et al. 2021 Difference between Young and Old Adults' performance on the Psychology Experiment Building Language (PEBL) Test Battery: What is the role of familiarity with technology in cognitive performance? Assessment 2021;28(6) :1723-1734
• Ficiarà E., Munir Z. , Boschi S. et al. 2021 Alteration of Iron Concentration in  Alzheimer's Disease as a possible diagnostic biomarker unveiling Ferroptosis Int J Mol Sci 2021;22(9): 4479.
• Ficiarà E. , Boschi S., Ansari S. 2021 Machine Learning Profiling of Alzheimer's Disease patients based on current Cerebrospinal Fluid Markers and Iron content in biofluids Front Aging Neurosci2021;13:607858.
• Shishegar R., Pizzagalli F., Georgiou-Karistianis M. et al. 2021 A gyrification analysis approach based on Laplace Beltrami eigenfunction level sets Neuroimage 2021;229: 117751.
• Vernone A., Ricca C., Pescarmona G. et al. 2021 Chromosome Walking: A Novel Approach to Analyse Amino Acid Content of Human Proteins Ordered by Gene Position Appl Sci 2021; 11(8), 3511.
• Terpstra M.L., Maspero M., D'Agata F. et al. 2020  Deep learning-based image recostruction and motion estimation from undersampled radial k-space for real-time MRI-guided radiotherapy Phys Med Biol 2020;65(15):155015.