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Paolo Caffarra

University of Parma
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Meta-analysis of 74,046 individuals identifies 11 new susceptibility loci for Alzheimer's disease

…, H Hampel, A Pilotto, M Bullido, F Panza, P Caffarra… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Eleven susceptibility loci for late-onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD) were identified by previous
studies; however, a large portion of the genetic risk for this disease remains unexplained. …

Rare coding variants in PLCG2, ABI3, and TREM2 implicate microglial-mediated innate immunity in Alzheimer's disease

…, A Frank-García, D Levy, P Chakrabarty, P Caffarra… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
We identified rare coding variants associated with Alzheimer's disease in a three-stage case–control
study of 85,133 subjects. In stage 1, we genotyped 34,174 samples using a whole-…

Rey-Osterrieth complex figure: normative values in an Italian population sample

P Caffarra, G Vezzadini, F Dieci, F Zonato… - Neurological …, 2002 - Springer
The Rey-Osterrieth complex figure test (ROCF) is a neuropsychological test extensively
used in clinical practice to investigate visuospatial constructional functions, visuographic …

[HTML][HTML] Behavioral and psychological effects of coronavirus disease-19 quarantine in patients with dementia

…, N Vanacore, F Agosta, I Appollonio, P Caffarra… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Background In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared a global pandemic due
to the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and several governments planned a national …

Prevalence of sleep disturbances in mild cognitive impairment and dementing disorders: a multicenter Italian clinical cross-sectional study on 431 patients

…, I Appollonio, E Bonanni, P Caffarra… - Dementia and geriatric …, 2012 - karger.com
Background/Aims: Sleep disturbances are common in the elderly and in persons with cognitive
decline. The aim of this study was to describe frequency and characteristics of insomnia, …

Hypometabolism exceeds atrophy in presymptomatic early-onset familial Alzheimer's disease

…, V Bessi, M Fayyazz, P Caffarra… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2006 - Soc Nuclear Med
The aim of the present study is to compare brain atrophy with hypometabolism as preclinical
markers of Alzheimer's disease (AD) by studying presymptomatic individuals from families …

Neural basis of endogenous and exogenous spatial orienting: A functional MRI study

AC Rosen, SM Rao, P Caffarra, A Scaglioni… - Journal of cognitive …, 1999 - direct.mit.edu
Whole-brain functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was used to examine the neural
substrates of internally (endogenous) and externally (exogenous) induced covert shifts of …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of COVID-19 quarantine on patients with dementia and family caregivers: A nation-wide survey

…, F Agosta, I Appollonio, P Caffarra… - Frontiers in aging …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Previous studies showed that quarantine for pandemic diseases is associated
with several psychological and medical effects. The consequences of quarantine for COVID-…

[HTML][HTML] Gene-wide analysis detects two new susceptibility genes for Alzheimer's disease

…, A Frank-García, F Panza, V Solfrizzi, P Caffarra… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Background Alzheimer's disease is a common debilitating dementia with known heritability,
for which 20 late onset susceptibility loci have been identified, but more remain to be …

Convergent genetic and expression data implicate immunity in Alzheimer's disease

…, A Pilotto, M Bullido, F Panza, P Caffarra… - Alzheimer's & …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Background Late‐onset Alzheimer's disease (AD) is heritable with 20 genes showing
genome‐wide association in the International Genomics of Alzheimer's Project (IGAP). To identify …