Publications by authors named "Ambra Dominese"

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  • This case report emphasizes the need for comprehensive testing methods, including video-EEG, MEG, and MRI, to accurately diagnose negative motor seizures (NMSs) and differentiate them from other conditions.
  • The study presents a 62-year-old patient with drug-resistant focal epilepsy and NMSs, highlighting the importance of monitoring that indicated specific brain activity and muscular responses during seizures.
  • Findings from the multimodal evaluations revealed an epileptic zone in the right opercular region, associated with brain abnormalities, thereby improving our understanding of NMSs and their underlying brain mechanisms.
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Introduction: From the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare workers had to face unprecedented emergency needs associated with an extraordinary amount of psychological distress. In this cross-sectional multicenter study, we investigated sleep disturbances, and the level of anxiety and depression among the healthcare and non-healthcare staff of three hospitals in Milan (Italy) during the COVID-19 outbreak. Moreover, we explored potential predisposing factors for affective symptoms and poor sleep.

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Objective: We use co-registration of foramen-ovale and scalp-EEG to investigate network alterations in temporal-lobe epilepsy during focal seizures without (aura) or with impairment of awareness (SIA).

Methods: One aura and one SIA were selected from six patients. Temporal dynamic among 4 epochs, as well as the differences between aura and SIA, were analyzed through partial directed coherence and graph theory-based indices of centrality.

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  • Restless legs syndrome is a neurologic disorder that causes uncomfortable symptoms primarily at night, leading to sleep issues and affecting daily life.
  • It can occur in anyone, regardless of age or gender, and poses diagnostic challenges, especially in children and the elderly.
  • The condition involves genetics and iron metabolism, highlighting how diagnosis and treatment may evolve over time.
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The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence and nature of sleep breathing disorders in Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1). We wanted to determine whether there is a relationship between sleep breathing disorders and clinical parameters such as pulmonary function, degree of neuromuscular impairment, daytime sleepiness, and fatigue. This will help assess the prevalence of DM1 patients requiring nocturnal ventilatory treatments.

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