Guest Researcher
University of Messina, Italy
My main research interest is to study cortico-cortical and cortico-subcortical connectivity in-vivo and applying brain stimulation techniques to engage these circuits in both clinical and scientific settings. I’m going to focus on targeting deep brain structures using transcranial focused ultrasound (TFUS).
Brain Stimulation Group
04/12/2023 - 29/11/2024
Research year at DRCMR
2021
Neurology Resident, University of Messina, Italy
2020
MSc in Medicine and Surgery, University of Messina, Italy
1: Labate A, Bertino S, Morabito R, Smorto C, Militi A, Cammaroto S, Anfuso C,
Tomaiuolo F, Tonin P, Marino S, Cerasa A, Quartarone A. MR-Guided Focused
Ultrasound for Refractory Epilepsy: Where Are We Now? J Clin Med. 2023 Nov
13;12(22):7070. doi: 10.3390/jcm12227070. PMID: 38002683; PMCID: PMC10672423.
2: Mascia MM, Belvisi D, Esposito M, Pellicciari R, Trinchillo A, Terranova C,
Bertino S, Avanzino L, Di Biasio F, Bono F, Laterza V, Lettieri C, Eleopra R,
Fabbrini G, Barbero P, Bertolasi L, Altavista MC, Erro R, Ceravolo R, Castagna
A, Zibetti M, Bentivoglio AR, Cossu G, Magistrelli L, Scaglione C, Albanese A,
Cotelli MS, Misceo S, Pisani A, Schirinzi T, Maderna L, Squintani G, Berardelli
A, Defazio G; Italian Dystonia Registry Participants. Do cerebrovascular risk
factors impact the clinical expression of idiopathic isolated adult-onset
dystonia? Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2023 Oct;115:105851. doi:
10.1016/j.parkreldis.2023.105851. Epub 2023 Sep 12. PMID: 37717501
1: Labate A, Bertino S, Morabito R, Smorto C, Militi A, Cammaroto S, Anfuso C,
Tomaiuolo F, Tonin P, Marino S, Cerasa A, Quartarone A. MR-Guided Focused
Ultrasound for Refractory Epilepsy: Where Are We Now? J Clin Med. 2023 Nov
13;12(22):7070. doi: 10.3390/jcm12227070. PMID: 38002683; PMCID: PMC10672423.
2: Mascia MM, Belvisi D, Esposito M, Pellicciari R, Trinchillo A, Terranova C,
Bertino S, Avanzino L, Di Biasio F, Bono F, Laterza V, Lettieri C, Eleopra R,
Fabbrini G, Barbero P, Bertolasi L, Altavista MC, Erro R, Ceravolo R, Castagna
A, Zibetti M, Bentivoglio AR, Cossu G, Magistrelli L, Scaglione C, Albanese A,
Cotelli MS, Misceo S, Pisani A, Schirinzi T, Maderna L, Squintani G, Berardelli
A, Defazio G; Italian Dystonia Registry Participants. Do cerebrovascular risk
factors impact the clinical expression of idiopathic isolated adult-onset
dystonia? Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2023 Oct;115:105851. doi:
10.1016/j.parkreldis.2023.105851. Epub 2023 Sep 12. PMID: 37717501.
3: Erro R, Lazzeri G, Gigante AF, Pilotto A, Magistrelli L, Bologna M, Terranova
C, Olivola E, Dallocchio C, Moschella V, Valentino F, Di Biasio F, Nicoletti A,
De Micco R, Brusa L, Sorrentino C, Matinella A, Bertino S, Paparella G, Modugno
N, Contaldi E, Padovani A, Di Fonzo A, Restaino M, Barone P; TITAN study group.
Clinical correlates of "pure" essential tremor: the TITAN study. Front Neurol.
2023 Aug 23;14:1233524. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2023.1233524. PMID: 37681007; PMCID:
PMC10481166.
4: Girard G, Rafael-Patiño J, Truffet R, Aydogan DB, Adluru N, Nair VA,
Prabhakaran V, Bendlin BB, Alexander AL, Bosticardo S, Gabusi I, Ocampo-Pineda
M, Battocchio M, Piskorova Z, Bontempi P, Schiavi S, Daducci A, Stafiej A,
Ciupek D, Bogusz F, Pieciak T, Frigo M, Sedlar S, Deslauriers-Gauthier S, Kojčić
I, Zucchelli M, Laghrissi H, Ji Y, Deriche R, Schilling KG, Landman BA, Cacciola
A, Basile GA, Bertino S, Newlin N, Kanakaraj P, Rheault F, Filipiak P, Shepherd
TM, Lin YC, Placantonakis DG, Boada FE, Baete SH, Hernández-Gutiérrez E,
Ramírez-Manzanares A, Coronado-Leija R, Stack-Sánchez P, Concha L, Descoteaux M,
Mansour L S, Seguin C, Zalesky A, Marshall K, Canales-Rodríguez EJ, Wu Y, Ahmad
S, Yap PT, Théberge A, Gagnon F, Massi F, Fischi-Gomez E, Gardier R, Haro JLV,
Pizzolato M, Caruyer E, Thiran JP. Tractography passes the test: Results from
the diffusion-simulated connectivity (disco) challenge. Neuroimage. 2023 Aug
15;277:120231. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2023.120231. Epub 2023 Jun 16. PMID:
37330025.
5: Basile GA, Quartu M, Bertino S, Serra MP, Trucas M, Boi M, Demontis R,
Bramanti A, Anastasi GP, Milardi D, Ciurleo R, Cacciola A. In vivo probabilistic
atlas of white matter tracts of the human subthalamic area combining track
density imaging and optimized diffusion tractography. Brain Struct Funct. 2022
Nov;227(8):2647-2665. doi: 10.1007/s00429-022-02561-3. Epub 2022 Sep 17. PMID:
36114861; PMCID: PMC9618529.
6: Basile GA, Bertino S, Nozais V, Bramanti A, Ciurleo R, Anastasi GP, Milardi
D, Cacciola A. White matter substrates of functional connectivity dynamics in
the human brain. Neuroimage. 2022 Sep;258:119391. doi:
10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119391. Epub 2022 Jun 15. PMID: 35716842.
7: Milardi D, Basile GA, Faskowitz J, Bertino S, Quartarone A, Anastasi GP,
Bramanti A, Ciurleo R, Cacciola A. Effects of diffusion signal modeling and
segmentation approaches on subthalamic nucleus parcellation. Neuroimage. 2022
Apr 15;250:118959. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.118959. Epub 2022 Feb 3. PMID:
35122971.
8: Basile GA, Bertino S, Bramanti A, Ciurleo R, Anastasi GP, Milardi D, Cacciola
A. Striatal topographical organization: Bridging the gap between molecules,
connectivity and behavior. Eur J Histochem. 2021 Oct 13;65(s1):3284. doi:
10.4081/ejh.2021.3284. PMID: 34643358; PMCID: PMC8524362.
9: Bertino S, Basile GA, Bramanti A, Ciurleo R, Tisano A, Anastasi GP, Milardi
D, Cacciola A. Ventral intermediate nucleus structural connectivity-derived
segmentation: anatomical reliability and variability. Neuroimage. 2021
Nov;243:118519. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118519. Epub 2021 Aug 28. PMID:
34461233.
10: Basile GA, Bertino S, Bramanti A, Ciurleo R, Anastasi GP, Milardi D,
Cacciola A. In Vivo Super-Resolution Track-Density Imaging for Thalamic Nuclei
Identification. Cereb Cortex. 2021 Oct 22;31(12):5613-5636. doi:
10.1093/cercor/bhab184. PMID: 34296740.
11: Basile GA, Quartu M, Bertino S, Serra MP, Boi M, Bramanti A, Anastasi GP,
Milardi D, Cacciola A. Red nucleus structure and function: from anatomy to
clinical neurosciences. Brain Struct Funct. 2021 Jan;226(1):69-91. doi:
10.1007/s00429-020-02171-x. Epub 2020 Nov 12. PMID: 33180142; PMCID: PMC7817566.
12: Bertino S, Basile GA, Bramanti A, Anastasi GP, Quartarone A, Milardi D,
Cacciola A. Spatially coherent and topographically organized pathways of the
human globus pallidus. Hum Brain Mapp. 2020 Nov;41(16):4641-4661. doi:
10.1002/hbm.25147. Epub 2020 Aug 5. PMID: 32757349; PMCID: PMC7555102.
13: Milardi D, Quartarone A, Bramanti A, Anastasi G, Bertino S, Basile GA,
Buonasera P, Pilone G, Celeste G, Rizzo G, Bruschetta D, Cacciola A. The
Cortico-Basal Ganglia-Cerebellar Network: Past, Present and Future Perspectives.
Front Syst Neurosci. 2019 Oct 30;13:61. doi: 10.3389/fnsys.2019.00061. PMID:
31736719; PMCID: PMC6831548.
14: Cacciola A, Milardi D, Basile GA, Bertino S, Calamuneri A, Chillemi G,
Paladina G, Impellizzeri F, Trimarchi F, Anastasi G, Bramanti A, Rizzo G. The
cortico-rubral and cerebello-rubral pathways are topographically organized
within the human red nucleus. Sci Rep. 2019 Aug 20;9(1):12117. doi:
10.1038/s41598-019-48164-7. PMID: 31431648; PMCID: PMC6702172.
15: Cacciola A, Bertino S, Basile GA, Di Mauro D, Calamuneri A, Chillemi G, Duca
A, Bruschetta D, Flace P, Favaloro A, Calabrò RS, Anastasi G, Milardi D. Mapping
the structural connectivity between the periaqueductal gray and the cerebellum
in humans. Brain Struct Funct. 2019 Jul;224(6):2153-2165. doi:
10.1007/s00429-019-01893-x. Epub 2019 Jun 5. PMID: 31165919; PMCID: PMC6591182.
16: Cacciola A, Milardi D, Bertino S, Basile GA, Calamuneri A, Chillemi G, Rizzo
G, Anastasi G, Quartarone A. Structural connectivity-based topography of the
human globus pallidus: Implications for therapeutic targeting in movement
disorders. Mov Disord. 2019 Jul;34(7):987-996. doi: 10.1002/mds.27712. Epub 2019
May 11. PMID: 31077436.
17: Rizzo G, Milardi D, Bertino S, Basile GA, Di Mauro D, Calamuneri A, Chillemi
G, Silvestri G, Anastasi G, Bramanti A, Cacciola A. The Limbic and Sensorimotor
Pathways of the Human Amygdala: A Structural Connectivity Study. Neuroscience.
2018 Aug 10;385:166-180. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2018.05.051. Epub 2018 Jun
15. PMID: 29890294.