Andrea Soddu, Associate Professor and Graduate Chair

I am interested in the study of spontaneous brain activity using fMRI, global metabolism and structural connectivity using diffusion tensor imaging in patients with disorders of consciousness, hypnosis, anesthesia, tinnitus and dementia.

1. Dassanayake, P., Cui, L., Finger, E., Kewin, M., Hadaway, J., Soddu, A., Jakoby, B., Zuehlsdorf, S., Lawrence, K.S.S., Moran, G., Anazodo, U.C. “caliPER: A software for blood-free parametric Patlak mapping using  PET/MRI input function” (2022) NeuroImage, 256, art. no. 119261 DOI:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119261
   
2. Porcaro, C., Nemirovsky, I.E., Riganello, F., Mansour, Z., Cerasa, A., Tonin, P., Stojanoski, B., Soddu, A.  “Diagnostic Developments in Differentiating Unresponsive Wakefulness Syndrome and the Minimally Conscious State” (2022) Frontiers in Neurology, 12, art. no. 778951. DOI:10.3389/fneur.2021.778951
3. Cortese, M.D., Arcuri, F., Nemirovsky, I.E., Lucca, L.F., Tonin, P., Soddu, A., Riganello, F. “Nociceptive Response Is a Possible Marker of Evolution in the Level of Consciousness in Unresponsive Wakefulness Syndrome Patients” (2021) Frontiers in Neuroscience, 15, art. no. 771505 DOI:10.3389/fnins.2021.771505
4. Popiel, N.J.M., Metrow, C., Laforge, G., Owen, A.M., Stojanoski, B., Soddu, A. “Exploring electroencephalography with a model inspired by quantum mechanics” (2021) Scientific Reports, 11 (1), art. no. 19771 DOI:10.1038/s41598-021-97960-7