Perani Daniela Professore EmeritoPsychologyM-PSI/02

Studies

• Maturità classica (M.A.) Liceo Classico, Milano
• Doctor of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano
• Specialization in Neurology, University of Milano
• Specialization in Radiology, University of Milano

Positions

1987-1988 Honorary Research Fellow at MRC Cyclotron Unit and Department of Neurology, Royal Post-Graduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, University of London, London, UK

1989-1990 Researcher, Istituto Tecnologie Biomediche Avanzate C.N.R., Milan
1991-2000 Head of Research, Istituto di Neuroscienze e Bioimmagini, C.N.R., Milano, Italy.
2001-present Full Professor Neuroscience, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy;

Head of Research Unit Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
Coordinator Physician for Diagnostic Neuroimaging, Nuclear Medicine Department, Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy

Head of he Graduate School in Neuropsychology. at the Psychology Faculty.

Societies and Academic Appointments

Italian Neuropsychology Society

International Society for Neuroscience

Member of the International Neuropsychological Symposium, since 2000

Honorary Research Fellow Royal Post-Graduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, University of London, London, UK 1987-1988

Invited Professor at the Institut de France “Academie des Science” (April 1997)

Invited guest at the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MAUSA: 1997, 1999, 2000

Invited guest at the Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, UCSD, San Diego Ca USA: 2001, 2002, 2003

Invited guest at the Max Planck-Institut fur Neuropsychologische Forschung, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004

Invited Member of the International Scientific Advisory Board (Fachbeirat) at the Max Planck-Institut fur Neuropsychologische Forschung, Leipzig: 2002-2010

National and International projects (2000-

Italian Coordinator of the RTD project “Network for efficiency and standardization of dementia diagnosis”, 5th European Framework Program, (2000-2003).

Italian Coordinator of the RTD project “Connectivity in language rehabilitation in stroke”, 5th European Framework Program, (2000-2003).

Italian Coordinator of the Network of Excellence “Diagnostic Molecular Imaging for dementia diagnosis”, 6th European Program, (2004-2010).

Italian Coordinator European Project ” Brain Tuning”, European Program, (2006-2009).

Italian Coordinator 7th EU Framework Programme for Research ad Technological Development (FP7). “Diagnostic Enhancement of Confidence by an International Distributed Environment” (2010-2013)

Italian Participant 7° EU Framework Program HEALTH “ Understanding the role of neuroinflammation in neurodegenerative diseases” (2012-2017)

Italian Coordinator for Neuroimaging in the Progetto Finalizzato Health Ministery RETI Nazionali Alzheimer (2014-2017)

STAFF

BETTINARDI Valentino, Fisico, Ricercatore, Ospedale San Raffaele

CARPINELLI Assunta, Chimico, Ricercatore IBFN-CNR, Milano

CASTIGLIONI Isabella, Fisico, Ricercatore IBFN-CNR, Milano

CERAMI Chiara, Medico Neurologo, Postdoc Ricercatrice Uni San Raffaele

COLIVA Angela, Chimico, Postdoc Ricercatrice Uni San Raffaele

CRESPI Chiara, Neuroscienziato, PhD Studente Uni San Raffaele

DELLA ROSA Pasquale, Neuroscienziato, Ricercatore IBFN-CNR, Milano

IACCARINO Leonardo, Neuroscienziato, PhD Studente Uni San Raffaele

MORESCO  Rosa Maria, Farmacologa, Professore Associato, Università Milano-Bicocca

SCIFO Paola, Ingegnere, Ricercatore Istituto Scientifico San Raffaele

TETTAMANTI Marco, Biologo, Ricercatore Istituto Scientifico San Raffaele

Research area

The Group has several research activities in the structural (MRI), functional (fMRI) and molecular (PET) neuroimaging aimed at investigating biological processes in neurodegenerative diseases and the cognitive functions and their modifications in neurological conditions. The Unit is part of multicentric European Projects and belongs to Networks of Excellence.

 

Articles

More than 200 publications, CI: 6333 , HI: 62

Selected publications 2003-

Klunk WE, Perani D. Amyloid and neurodegeneration: Converging and diverging paths. Neurology, 2013; 81 (20): 1728-1729.   I.F. 8.249

Garibotto V,

Tettamanti M, Marcone A, Florea I, Panzacchi A, Moresco R, Virta JR, Rinne J, Cappa SF, Perani D. Cholinergic activity correlates with reserve proxies in Alzheimer’s disease. Neurobiol Aging, 2013; 34 (11): 2694.e13-8. I.F. 3.386

Iannaccone S,

Cerami C, Alessio M, Garibotto V, Panzacchi A, Olivieri S, Gelsomino G, Moresco RM, Perani D. In vivo microglia activation in very early dementia with Lewy bodies, comparison with Parkinson’s disease. Parkinsonism Relat Disord, 2013; 19 (1): 47-52.   I.F. 3.274

Consonni M, Cafiero R, Marin D, Tettamanti M, Iadanza A, Fabbro F, Perani D. Neural convergence for language comprehension and grammatical class production in highly proficient bilinguals is independent of age of acquisition. Cortex, 2013; 49 (5): 1252-1258. I.F. 6.161

Nordberg A, Carter SF, Rinne J, Drzezga A, Brooks DJ, Vandenberghe

R, Perani D, Forsberg A, Långström B, Scheinin N, Karrasch M, Någren K, Grimmer T, Miederer I, Edison P, Okello A, Van Laere K, Nelissen N, Vandenbulcke M, Garibotto V, Almkvist O, Kalbe E, Hinz R, Herholz K. A European multicentre PET study of fibrillar amyloid in alzheimer’s disease. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging, 2013; 40 (1): 104-114.   I.F. 5.114

Marcone A, Garibotto V, Moresco RM, Florea I, Panzacchi A, Carpinelli A, Virta JR, Tettamanti M, Borroni B, Padovani A, Bertoldo A, Herholz K, Rinne JO, Cappa SF, Perani D. [11]-MP4A PET cholinergic measurements in amnestic mild cognitive impairment, probable alzheimer’s disease, and dementia with lewy bodies: A bayesian method and voxel-based analysis. J Alzheimers Dis, 2012; 31 (2):4387-399.   I.F. 3.745

Canessa N, Alemanno

F, Riva F, Zani A, Proverbio AM, Mannara N, Perani D, Cappa SF.

The neural bases of social intention understanding: The role of interaction goals. PLoS ONE, 2012; 7 (7).   I.F. 4.092

Lalli S, Piacentini S, Franzini A, Panzacchi A, Cerami C, Messina G, Ferré F, Perani D, Albanese A. Epidural premotor cortical stimulation in primary focal dystonia: Clinical and 18F-fluoro deoxyglucose positron emission tomography open study. Movement Dis, 2012; 27 (4): 533-428.     I.F. 4.505

 

Babiloni C, Buffo P, Vecchio F, Marzano N, Del Percio C, Spada D, Rossi S, Bruni I, Rossini PM, Perani D. Brains “in concert”: Frontal oscillatory alpha rhythms and empathy in professional musicians. Neuroimage, 2012; 60 (1): 105-116.   I.F. 5.895

Tettamanti M, Rognoni E, Cafiero R, Costa T, Galati D, Perani D. Distinct pathways of neural coupling for different basic emotions. Neuroimage, 2012; 59 (2): 1804-1817.

I.F. 5.895

Perani D, Saccuman MC, Scifo P, Anwander A, Spada D, Baldoli C, Poloniato A, Lohmann G, Friederici AD. Neural language networks at birth. P Natl Acad Sci

USA, 2011; 108 (38): 16056-61.   I.F. 9.771

Babiloni C, Vecchio F, Infarinato F, Buffo P, Marzano N, Spada D, Rossi S, Bruni I, Rossini PM, Perani D. Simultaneous recording of electroencephalographic data in musicians playing in ensemble. Cortex, 2011; 47 (9): 1082-1090.   I.F. 7.251

Perani D, Tervaniemi M, Toiviainen P. Tuning the brain for music. Cortex, 2011; 47 (9): 1023-1025.   I.F. 7.251

Perani D, Saccuman MC,

Scifo P, Spada D, Andreolli G, Rovelli R, Baldoli C, Koelsch S. Functional specializations for music processing in the human newborn brain. P Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010. 107, 10:4758-63.         I.F. 9.432

Garibotto V, Kalbe E, Herholz K, Salmon E, Holtoff V, Sorbi S, Cappa SF, Padovani A, Fazio

F, Perani D. Education and occupation as proxies for reserve in aMCI converters and AD: FDG-PET Evidence. Neurology, 2008; 71 (17); 1342-1349. I.F. 6.014

Abutalebi J, Brambati SM, Annoni JM, Moro A, Cappa S

F, Perani D. The neural cost of the auditory perception of language switches: an event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging study in bilingual. The Journal of Neuroscience, 2007; 27 (50): 13762-13769. I.F. 7.453

 

Cortelli

P, Perani D, Montagna P, Gallassi R, Tinuper P, Provini F, Avoni P, Ferrillo F, Anchisi D, Moresco RM, Fazio F, Parchi P, Baruzzi A, Lugaresi E, Gambetti P. Pre-symptomatic diagnosis in fatal familial insomnia: Serial neurophysiological and 18FDG-PET studies. Brain, 2006; 129: 668-675. I.F. 7.535

Franceschi M, Anchisi D, Pelati O, Zuffi M, Matarrese

M, Moresco RM, Fazio F, Perani D. Cerebral glucose metabolism and 5-HT2A receptor distribution in the frontal variant of Frontotemporal Lobe Degeneration. Ann Neurology, 2005; 57: (216-225) I.F. 8.097

Silani G, Frith U, Demonet JF, Fazio

F, Perani D, Price C, Frith CD, Paulesu E. Brain abnormalities underlying altered activation in dyslexia: A voxel based morphometry study. Brain, 2005; 128: 2453-2461. I.F. 8.201

Perani D, Abutalebi J. The neural basis of first and second language processing. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 2005,15; 2: 202-206.        I.F. 7.937

Perani D. The neural basis of language talent in bilinguals. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 2005, 9; 5: 211-213. I.F. 7.992

Brambati SM, Termine C, Ruffino M, Stella G, Fazio F, Cappa SF,

Perani D. Regional reductions of gray matter volume in familial dyslexia. Neurology, 2004; 63 (4): 742-745

I.F. 5.678

Wartenburger I, Heekeren HR, Abutalebi J, Cappa SF, Villringer A,

Perani D. Early Setting of Grammatical Processing in the Bilingual Brain. Neuron. 2003, 37; 159-170. I.F.13.846

Suggested links

Center for Cognitive Neuroscience http://www.unisr.it/view

Corso di Dottorato di Ricerca Internazionale di Medicina Molecolare http://www.unisr.it/view
Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences
InMind EU Project http://www.uni-muenster.de/InMind/