Stefania Pezzoli, PhD

Postdoc Scholar
Neurology
[email protected]

I completed my PhD in Neuroscience at the University of Sheffield, UK. My research aimed to investigate the neural and cognitive correlates of visual hallucinations in Lewy body disease and Alzheimer’s disease by integrating multimodal neuroimaging and neuropsychological measures. Following my doctoral studies, I conducted postdoctoral research in the Jagust Lab at UC Berkeley, focusing on successful and typical cognitive aging and related brain features, including Alzheimer’s disease pathology. My research interests extend to understanding resistance and resilience to brain pathologies in both cognitively unimpaired older adults and patients with different types of dementia, as well as exploring the relationship with modifiable risk factors.

Publications: 

Cognitive Trajectories and Alzheimer Disease Biomarkers: From Successful Cognitive Aging to Clinical Impairment.

Annals of neurology

Harrison TM, Chadwick T, Pezzoli S, Lee J, Landau SM, Jagust WJ, Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative

Successful cognitive aging is associated with thicker anterior cingulate cortex and lower tau deposition compared to typical aging.

Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association

Pezzoli S, Giorgio J, Martersteck A, Dobyns L, Harrison TM, Jagust WJ

A Multimodal Neuroimaging and Neuropsychological Study of Visual Hallucinations in Alzheimer's Disease.

Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD

Pezzoli S, Manca R, Cagnin A, Venneri A, Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative

Neuroanatomical and cognitive correlates of visual hallucinations in Parkinson's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies: Voxel-based morphometry and neuropsychological meta-analysis.

Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews

Pezzoli S, Sánchez-Valle R, Solanes A, Kempton MJ, Bandmann O, Shin JI, Cagnin A, Goldman JG, Merkitch D, Firbank MJ, Taylor JP, Pagonabarraga J, Kulisevsky J, Blanc F, Verdolini N, Venneri A, Radua J

Cognitive correlates and baseline predictors of future development of visual hallucinations in dementia with Lewy bodies.

Cortex; a journal devoted to the study of the nervous system and behavior

Pezzoli S, Cagnin A, Bussè C, Zorzi G, Fragiacomo F, Bandmann O, Venneri A

Author Correction: Targeted memory reactivation in REM but not SWS selectively reduces arousal responses.

Communications biology

Hutchison IC, Pezzoli S, Tsimpanouli ME, Abdellahi MEA, Pobric G, Hulleman J, Lewis PA

Functional Brain Connectivity Patterns Associated with Visual Hallucinations in Dementia with Lewy Bodies.

Journal of Alzheimer's disease reports

Pezzoli S, De Marco M, Zorzi G, Cagnin A, Venneri A

Targeted memory reactivation in REM but not SWS selectively reduces arousal responses.

Communications biology

Hutchison IC, Pezzoli S, Tsimpanouli ME, Abdellahi MEA, Pobric G, Hulleman J, Lewis PA

In: Dierckx, R.A., Otte, A., de Vries, E.F.J., van Waarde, A., Sommer, I.E. (eds) PET and SPECT in Psychiatry. Springer, Cham

Neuroimaging Findings in Patients with Hallucinations: Evidence from Neurodegenerative and Psychiatric Conditions

Stefania Pezzoli, Annalena Venneri

Meta-analysis of regional white matter volume in bipolar disorder with replication in an independent sample using coordinates, T-maps, and individual MRI data.

Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews

Pezzoli S, Emsell L, Yip SW, Dima D, Giannakopoulos P, Zarei M, Tognin S, Arnone D, James A, Haller S, Frangou S, Goodwin GM, McDonald C, Kempton MJ