Dr. Giuseppe Lanza

Associate Professor
Department of Surgery and Medical-Surgical Specialties, University of Catania, Italy

Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Applied Biosciences from University of Catania, Italy

My URL
https://livedna.org/39.28954

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Area of Interest:

Medicine
Medical Sciences
Clinical Neurology
Neural Degenerative Diseases
Stroke

Selected Publications

  1. Lanza, G., S.S. Centonze, G. Destro, V. Vella and M. Bellomo et al., 2019. Shiatsu as an adjuvant therapy for depression in patients with Alzheimers disease: A pilot study. J. Evid. Based Integr. Med., 24: 1-4.
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  2. Calì, F., M. Cantone, F.I.I. Cosentino, G. Lanza and G. Ruggeri et al., 2019. Interpreting genetic variants: Hints from a family cluster of Parkinsons disease. J. Parkinsons Dis., 9: 203-206.
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  3. Puglisi, V., A. Bramanti, G. Lanza, M. Cantone and L. Vinciguerra et al., 2018. Impaired cerebral haemodynamics in Vascular Depression: Insights from transcranial doppler ultrasonography. Front Psychiatry. 10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00316.
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  4. Lanza, G., S.S. Centonze, G. Destro, V. Vella and M. Bellomo et al., 2018. Shiatsu as an adjuvant therapy for depression in patients with Alzheimers disease: A pilot study. Complement. Ther. Med., 38: 74-78.
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  5. Lanza, G., R. Bella, M. Cantone, G. Pennisi, R. Ferri and M. Pennisi, 2018. Cognitive impairment and celiac disease: Is transcranial magnetic stimulation a trait dunion between gut and brain? Int. J. Mol. Sci. 10.3390/ijms19082243.
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  6. Lanza, G., M. Cantone, S. Musso, E. Borgione, C. Scuderi and R. Ferri, 2018. Early-onset subcortical ischemic vascular dementia in an adult with mtDNA mutation 3316G>A. J. Neurol., 265: 968-969.
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  7. Lanza, G., M. Cantone, D. Aricò, B. Lanuzza and F.I. Cosentino et al., 2018. Clinical and electrophysiological impact of low-frequency rTMS on the sensory-motor network in patients with restless legs syndrome. Ther. Adv. Neurol. Disord., 11: 1-12.
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  8. Lanza, G., B. Lanuzza, D. Aricò, M. Cantone and F.I. Cosentino et al., 2018. Impaired short-term plasticity in restless legs syndrome: A pilot rTMS study. Sleep Med., 46: 1-4.
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  9. Cantone, M., M.A. Catalano, G. Lanza, L.G. Delfa and R. Ferri et al., 2018. Motor and perceptual recovery in adult patients with mild intellectual disability. Neural, Plast., 2018: 1-9.
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  10. Zelante, G., R. Ricceri, G. Lanza, G. Fiumano, G. Pennisi and R. Bella, 2017. Retroclival subdural hematoma after a lumbar puncture: An uncommon complication for a common procedure. Neurol. India, 65: 1400-1401.
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  11. Pennisi, M., G. Lanza, M. Cantone, R. Ricceri and R. Ferri et al., 2017. Cortical involvement in celiac disease before and after long-term gluten-free diet: A transcranial magnetic stimulation study. PLOS One. 10.1371/journal.pone.0177560.
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  12. Pennisi, M., G. Lanza, M. Cantone, C. Schepis, R. Ferri, R. Barone and R. Bella, 2017. Unusual neurological presentation of nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome (Gorlin-Goltz Syndrome). J. Clin. Neurol., 13: 1-3.
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  13. Pennisi, M., A.Bramanti, M. Cantone, G. Pennisi, R. Bella and G. Lanza, 2017. Neurophysiology of the “Celiac Brain”: Disentangling gut-brain connections. Front Neurosci., 10.3389/fnins.2017.00498.
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  14. Lanza, G., R. Ferri, R. Bella and L. Ferini-Strambi, 2017. The impact of drugs for multiple sclerosis on sleep. Mult. Scler. J., 23: 5-13.
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  15. Lanza, G., R. Bella, S. Giuffrida, M. Cantone and G. Pennisi et al., 2017. Central and peripheral nervous system excitability in restless legs syndrome. Sleep Med., 31: 49-60.
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  16. Lanza, G., P. Bramanti, M. Cantone, M. Pennisi, G. Pennisi and R. Bella, 2017. Vascular cognitive impairment through the looking glass of transcranial magnetic stimulation. Behav. Neurol., 2017: 1-16.
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  17. Lanza, G., A. Kosac, G. Trajkovic and R.G. Whittaker, 2017. Nerve conduction studies as a measure of disease progression: Objectivity or illusion? J. Neuromusc. Dis., 4: 209-215.
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  18. Cantone, M., G. Lanza, M. Pennisi, R. Bella and C. Schepis et al., 2017. Prominent neurological involvement in dercum disease. J. Neurol., 264: 796-798.

  19. Cantone, M., A. Bramanti, G. Lanza, M. Pennisi, P. Bramanti, G. Pennisi and R. Bella, 2017. Cortical plasticity in depression: A neurochemical perspective from transcranial magnetic stimulation. ASN Neuro., 10.1177/1759091417711512.
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  20. Bordet, R., R. Ihl, A.D. Korczyn, G. Lanza, J. Jansa, R. Hoerr and A. Guekht, 2017. Towards the concept of disease-modifier in post-stroke or vascular cognitive impairment: A consensus report. BMC Med., Vol. 15. 10.1186/s12916-017-0869-6.
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  21. Pennisi, M., G. Lanza, M. Cantone, R. Ricceri and C. Spampinato et al., 2016. Correlation between motor cortex excitability changes and cognitive impairment in vascular depression: Pathophysiological insights from a longitudinal TMS study. Neural Plast., 2016: 1-10.
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  22. Lanza, G., B. Lanuzza, D. Aricò, M. Cantone and F.I. Cosentino et al., 2016. Response to the letter to the editor “Cortical excitability in restless legs syndrome. Sleep Med., 21: 1-175.
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  23. Bella, R., M. Cantone, G. Lanza, R. Ferri and L. Vinciguerra et al., 2016. Cholinergic circuitry functioning in patients with vascular cognitive impairment-no dementia. Brain Stimul., 9: 225-233.
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  24. Pennisi, G., R. Bella and G. Lanza, 2015. Motor cortex plasticity in subcortical ischemic vascular dementia: What can TMS say? Clin. Neurophysiol., 126: 851-852.
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  25. Lanza, G., M. Cantone, B. Lanuzza, M. Pennisi, R. Bella, G. Pennisi and R. Ferri, 2015. Distinctive patterns of cortical excitability to transcranial magnetic stimulation in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, restless legs syndrome, insomnia, and sleep deprivation. Sleep Med. Rev., 19: 39-50.
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  26. Lanza, G., L. Vinciguerra, V. Puglisi, S. Giuffrida and P. Foti et al., 2015. Acute isolated trochlear nerve palsy in a patient with cavernous carotid aneurysm and visit-to-visit variability in systolic blood pressure. Int. J. Stroke, 10.1111/ijs.12552.
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  27. Lanza, G., B. Lanuzza, D. Aricò, M. Cantone and F.I. Cosentino et al., 2015. Direct comparison of cortical excitability to transcranial magnetic stimulation in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome and restless legs syndrome. Sleep Med., 16: 138-142.
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  28. Concerto, C., G. Lanza, M. Cantone, R. Ferri, G. Pennisi and R. Bella, 2015. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in patients with drug-resistant major depression: A six-month clinical follow-up study. Int. J. Psychiatry Clin. Pract., 19: 252-258.
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  29. Bella, R., G. Lanza, M. Cantone, S. Giuffrida and V. Puglisi et al., 2015. Effect of a gluten-free diet on cortical excitability in adults with celiac disease. PLOS One, Vil. 10, No. 6. 10.1371/journal.pone.0129218.
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  30. Pennisi, G., G. Lanza, S. Giuffrida, L. Vinciguerra and V. Puglisi et al., 2014. Excitability of the motor cortex in de novo patients with celiac disease. PLOS One. 10.1371/journal.pone.0102790.
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  31. Lanza, G., M. Papotto, G. Pennisi, R. Bella and R. Ferri, 2014. Epileptic seizure as a precipitating factor of vascular progressive supranuclear palsy: A case report. J. Stroke Cerebrovasc. Dis., 23: 379-381.
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  32. Spampinato, C., E. Aguglia, C. Concerto, M. Pennisi and G. Lanza et al., 2013. Transcranial magnetic stimulation in the assessment of motor cortex excitability and treatment of Drug-resistant major depression. IEEE Trans. Neural. Syst. Rehabil Eng., 21: 391-403.
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  33. Lanza, G., R. Bella, S. Giuffrida, M. Cantone and G. Pennisi et al., 2013. Preserved transcallosal inhibition to transcranial magnetic stimulation in nondemented elderly patients with leukoaraiosis. Biomed. Res. Int., 2013: 1-5.
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  34. Lanza, G., L. Vinciguerra, V. Puglisi, D. Modica and A. Catalano et al., 2013. Course of atypical manifestations of a case of charcot-marie-tooth disease over 35 years of clinical observation. Neurosci. Med., 4: 145-149.
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  35. Giuffrida, S., G. Carpinteri, D. Modica, M. Pennisi and A. Catalano et al., 2013. Focal neurological deficit in acute anemia: Case reports and review of the literature. World J. Neurosci., 3: 53-56.
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  36. Concerto, C., G. Lanza, M. Cantone, M. Pennisi and D. Giordano et al., 2013. Different patterns of cortical excitability in major depression and vascular depression: A transcranial magnetic stimulation study. BMC Psychiatry, 10.1186/1471-244X-13-300.
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  37. Bella, R., R. Ferri, G. Lanza, M. Cantone and M. Pennisi et al., 2013. TMS follow-up study in patients with vascular cognitive impairment-no dementia. Neurosci. Lett., 534: 155-159.
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  38. Pennisi, M., A. Raggi, R. Barone, M. Muglia and L. Citrigno et al., 2012. Phenotypic heterogeneity in hereditary motor neuropathy type V: A new case report series. Acta Neurol. Belg., 112: 57-64.
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  39. Pennisi, G., R. Ferri, G. Lanza, M. Cantone and M. Pennisi et al., 2011. Transcranial magnetic stimulation in Alzheimer’s disease: a neurophysiological marker of cortical hyperexcitability. J. Transm., 118: 587-598.
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  40. Bella, R., R. Ferri, M. Pennisi, M. Cantone and G. Lanza et al., 2011. Enhanced motor cortex facilitation in patients with vascular cognitive impairment-no dementia. Neurosci. Lett., 503: 171-175.
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  41. Bella, R., R. Ferri, M. Cantone, M. Pennisi and M. Lanza et al., 2011. Motor cortex excitability in vascular depression. Int. J. Psychophysiol., 82: 248-253.
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  42. Pennisi, G., R. Ferri, M. Cantone, G. Lanza and M. Pennisi et al., 2010. A review of transcranial magnetic stimulation in vascular dementia. Dement Geriatr Cogn. Disord., 29: 200-203.
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  43. Bella, R., G. Pennisi, M. Cantone, F. Palermo and M. Pennisi et al., 2010. Clinical presentation and outcome of geriatric depression in subcortical ischemic vascular disease. Gerontol., 56: 298-302.
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