Department of Translational Research and of New Surgical and Medical Technologies
Paola d’Ascanio, PhD, born in Pisa (PI, Italy), June, 23, 1954
1978 Degree in Biological Sciences (110/110 cum laude), Faculty of Mathematical, Biological, Physical and Chemical Sciences, Univ. of Pisa, Italy
April-June 1978, attended EM courses, Institute of Clinical Electron Microscopy, Univ. of Bologna, Italy
1983-1988: Ph.D. in “Basic and Development Neurosciences”, Univ. of Pisa, Italy
Research experience
1977-1980: Studies of neuroanatomical pathways by means of retrograde axonal transport of Horseradish Peroxidase in the toad. Institute of Physiology, Univ. of Pisa, Italy, Prof. N. Corvaja
1981-1997: Studies in the neurophysiological and neurochemical mechanisms involved in the central control of posture and vestibulospinal reflexes (VSR) in the cat. Institute of Physiology, Univ. of Pisa, Italy, Prof. O. Pompeiano
1995-1999: Collaboration with NASA for the development of the Space Mission Neurolab STS-90, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA. Institute of Physiology, Univ. of Pisa, Italy and Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA, Prof. O. Pompeiano
1998-2004: Investigations in some aspects of the plastic mechanisms, occurring in the adult rat brain: vestibulospinal reflexes (VSR) adaptation, vestibular compensation, adaptation to microgravity conditions. Institute of Physiology, Univ. of Pisa, Italy and Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA, Prof. O. Pompeiano
2007-today: Investigations in the basic mechanisms of the sleep-wake cycle and brain signal processing. Institute of Physiology, Univ. of Pisa, Italy, Prof. A. Gemignani, Prof. U. Faraguna
Employment history
October 1980 - September 1981: Grant in Neurobiology, Accademia dei Lincei, Rome, Italy, Prof. R.Levi-Montalcini
1981-1983 and 1988-1992: Intern Fellow Institute of Physiology, Univ. of Pisa, Italy
1992-2000: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, Physiology, Univ. of Pisa, Italy
2000-today: Associate Professor, Dept. of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, Physiology, Univ. of Pisa, Italy
Teaching Activities and Tutorials
1988-today: she has been teaching University Courses of Human Physiology for Medical students, Bio-engineering students, Nursing students, Dietitian students and other Health Care Professions students at Univ. of Pisa and has been member of the teaching board of the PhD in “Translational and Clinical Sciences”, Univ. of Pisa.
Periods of foreign study
March-September 1980 Visiting Fellow, Research studies in the identification of metabolic changes which affect brain structures of the cat, following natural stimulation of macular receptors by the 14C-DG technique, Laboratoire de Psychophysiologie Sensorielle Pierre et Marie Curie. Univ. of Paris, Paris, France, Prof. C. Batini
January-June 1981 Visiting Fellow, Autoradiographic techniques and computerized imaging of the monkey brain, Brain Research Institute of Zürich Univ., Zürich, Switzerland, Prof. J.Büttner-Ennever
Meeting organization
2004: 55th Meeting of the Italian Society of Physiology, Pisa, Italy
Editorial Experience:
2001 – today: Managing Editor for Archives Italiennes de Biologie, a Journal of Neuroscience
Professional Societies
Italian Society of Physiology (SIF), Italian Society for Neuroscience (SINS), Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS), International Brain Research Organization (IBRO), Associazione italiana di Medicina del Sonno (AIMS, Italian Association for Sleep Medicine)
Bibliographic data, according to:
Scopus (26/3/2018)= H-index 15 Total number of citations: 831 Total papers 62
Harzing Publish or Perish on Google Scholar’s Database (26/3/2018)= H-index 17 Total citation 1031 Total papers 88
Functional gastric bypass with an adjustable gastric band.
Obesity surgery Dec, 2002 | Pubmed ID: 12568200
Functional structure of spontaneous sleep slow oscillation activity in humans.
PloS one Oct, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19855839
Thalamic contribution to Sleep Slow Oscillation features in humans: a single case cross sectional EEG study in Fatal Familial Insomnia.
Sleep medicine Aug, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22609023
Effects of Sleep Deprivation on Surgeons Dexterity.
Frontiers in neurology , 2019 | Pubmed ID: 31244758
Electrophysiological features of sleep in children with Kir4.1 channel mutations and Autism-Epilepsy phenotype: a preliminary study.
Sleep Nov, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 31722434
Maria Paola Tramonti Fantozzi*,1,
Tommaso Banfi*,2,3,
Vincenzo De Cicco*,1,
Massimo Barresi4,
Enrico Cataldo5,
Davide De Cicco1,
Luca Bruschini6,
Paola d'Ascanio1,
Gastone Ciuti2,3,
Ugo Faraguna1,7,
Diego Manzoni1
1Department of Translational Research and of New Surgical and Medical Technologies, University of Pisa,
2The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna,
3Department of Excellence in Robotics & AI, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna,
4Institut des Maladie Neurodegeneratives, University of Bordeaux,
5Department of Physics, University of Pisa,
6Department of Surgical, Medical, Molecular Pathology and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pisa,
7Department of Developmental Neuroscience, IRCCS Foundation Stella Maris
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