Author:Giorgio Cruccu

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Giorgio Cruccu

Full Professor of Department of Neurology and Psychiatry at Sapienza University of Rome

Quick facts

Date of birth

1950-03-16

Nationality

Italy

City

Gemona del Friuli

University

University " Sapienza" of Roma

Profession

Neurologist

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Curriculum vitae

Career and Titles

1978: Assistant Assistant
1981: Confirmed Researcher
2001: Full Professor

Teaching activity

President of the Degree Course in Occupational Therapy "A"
Coordinator of the Integrated Course "Nervous System Diseases" channel B

Scientific activity

Neurophysiology of pain.
Guidelines for neuropathic pain.
Brainstem.
Neurophysiology of the cranial nerves.
European Federation of Neurology (EFNS)
Secretary General 2005-2009 Brain Stem Society (BSS)
Past President Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (SINC)
President-elect 192 articles in ISI-reviewed international journals.
Over 4000 citations (ISI Web of Science).

International publications

Currà A, Romaniello A, Berardelli A, Cruccu G, Manfredi M., Shortened cortical silent period in facial muscles of patients with cranial dystonia. Neurology. 2000 Jan 25; 54 (2): 528-9. 8,017
Romaniello A, Aversa A, Cruccu G, Leandri M, Manfredi M., Selective sparing of pain pathways in a patient with adult cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy. Neurology. 2000 Jan 25; 54 (2): 528-9.
Cruccu G, Truini A, Priori A., Excitability of the human trigeminal motoneuronal pool and interactions with other brainstem reflex pathways. J Physiol. 2001 Mar 1; 531 (Pt 2): 559-71.
Cruccu G, Leandri M, Iannetti GD, Mascia A, Romaniello A, Truini A, Galeotti F, Manfredi M., Small-fiber dysfunction in trigeminal neuralgia: carbamazepine effect on laser-evoked potentials. Neurology. 2001 Jun 26; 56 (12): 1722-6. #Romaniello A, Arendt-Nielsen L, Cruccu G, Svensson P., Modulation of trigeminal laser evoked potentials and laser silent periods by homotopical experimental pain. Pain. 2002 Jul; 98 (1-2): 217-28.
Romaniello A, Cruccu G, Frisardi G, Arendt-Nielsen L, Svensson P., Assessment of nociceptive trigeminal pathways by laser-evoked potentials and laser silent periods in patients with painful temporomandibular disorders. Pain. 2003 May; 103 (1-2): 31-9.
Cruccu G, Pennisi E, Truini A, Iannetti GD, Romaniello A, Le Pera D, De Armas L, Leandri M, Manfredi M, Valeriani M., Unmyelinated trigeminal pathways as assessed by laser stimuli in humans. Brain. 2003 Oct; 126 (Pt 10): 2246-56. 9,230
Truini A, Cruccu G, Garcia-Larrea L., Painful sensory neuropathy. N Engl J Med. 2003 Jul 17; 349 (3): 306-7.
Iannetti GD, Porro CA, Pantano P, Romanelli PL, Galeotti F, Cruccu G., Representation of different trigeminal divisions within the primary and secondary human somatosensory cortex. Neuroimage. 2003 Jul; 19 (3): 906-12.
Valeriani M, de Tommaso M, Restuccia D, Le Pera D, Guido M, Iannetti GD, Libro G, Truini A, Di Trapani G, Puca F, Tonali P, Cruccu G., Reduced habituation to experimental pain in migraine patients: a CO (2) laser evoked potential study. Pain. 2003 Sep; 105 (1-2): 57-64. 5,355
Cruccu G, Iannetti GD, Marx JJ, Thoemke F, Truini A, Fitzek S, Galeotti F, Urban PP, Romaniello A, Stoeter P, Manfredi M, Hopf HC., Brainstem reflex circuits revisited. Brain. 2005 Feb; 128 (Pt 2): 386-94.
Thömke F, Marx JJ, Iannetti GD, Cruccu G, Fitzek S, Urban PP, Stoeter P, Dieterich 8.017

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