Alberto Cucca, MD

Adjunct Professor, Department of Neurology

Summary

My research currently focuses on the study of visual and perceptual abnormalities occurring in Parkinson's Disease and on the development of new modalities of neurorehabilitation for these patients, including non-invasive brain stimulation and complementary approaches like art therapy. I am also particularly interested in clinical validation of novel therapeutics by means of multimodal biomarkers combining brain imaging, neurophysiology, and genomics in patients affected by movement disorders and other neurodegenerative conditions. 

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222 East 41th Street

13th Floor

New York, NY 10017

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Adjunct Professor, Department of Neurology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Art therapy for Parkinson's disease

Cucca, Alberto; Di Rocco, Alessandro; Acosta, Ikuko; Beheshti, Mahya; Berberian, Marygrace; Bertisch, Hilary C; Droby, Amgad; Ettinger, Tom; Hudson, Todd E; Inglese, Matilde; Jung, Yoon J; Mania, Daniella F; Quartarone, Angelo; Rizzo, John-Ross; Sharma, Kush; Feigin, Andrew; Biagioni, Milton C; Ghilardi, M Felice

Parkinsonism & related disorders. 2021 Mar; 84:148-154

The ties that bind: aberrant plasticity and networks dysfunction in movement disorders. Implications for rehabilitation

Ferrazzoli, Davide; Ortelli, Paola; Volpe, Daniele; Cucca, Alberto; Versace, Viviana; Nardone, Raffaele; Saltuari, Leopold; Sebastianelli, Luca

Brain connectivity. 2021 May; 11(4):278-296

Blood transcriptomics of drug-naïve sporadic Parkinson's disease patients

Calligaris, Raffaella; Banica, Mihaela; Roncaglia, Paola; Robotti, Elisa; Finaurini, Sara; Vlachouli, Christina; Antonutti, Lucia; Iorio, Francesco; Carissimo, Annamaria; Cattaruzza, Tatiana; Ceiner, Andrea; Lazarevic, Dejan; Cucca, Alberto; Pangher, Nicola; Marengo, Emilio; di Bernardo, Diego; Pizzolato, Gilberto; Gustincich, Stefano

BMC genomics. 2015 Oct 28; 16:876

Motor-cognitive approach and aerobic training: a synergism for rehabilitative intervention in Parkinson's disease

Ferrazzoli, Davide; Ortelli, Paola; Cucca, Alberto; Bakdounes, Leila; Canesi, Margherita; Volpe, Daniele

Neurodegenerative disease management. 2020 Feb; 10(1):41-55

Art therapy as a comprehensive complementary treatment for Parkinson's disease

Ettinger, Tom; Berberian, Marygrace; Acosta, Ikuko; Cucca, Alberto; Feigin, Andrew; Genovese, Danilo; Pollen, Travis; Rieders, Julianne; Kilachand, Rohita; Gomez, Clara; Kaimal, Girija; Biagioni, Milton; Di Rocco, Alessandro; Ghilardi, Felice M; Rizzo, John-Ross

Frontiers in human neuroscience. 2023; 17:1110531

Using illusions to understand hallucinations: differences in perceptual performances on illusory figures may underscore specific visuoperceptual impairments in Parkinson's disease

Cucca, Alberto; Manara, Claudia Virginia; Catalan, Mauro; Liccari, Marco; Antonutti, Lucia; Lombardo, Tiziana Maria Isabella; Cenacchi, Valentina; Rangan, Sophie; Mingolo, Serena; Crisafulli, Carmelo; Dore, Franca; Murgia, Mauro; Agostini, Tiziano; Manganotti, Paolo

Frontiers in neuroscience. 2023 Dec; 17:1256224

Quantitative Evaluation of Hypomimia in Parkinson's Disease: A Face Tracking Approach

Pegolo, Elena; Volpe, Daniele; Cucca, Alberto; Ricciardi, Lucia; Sawacha, Zimi

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland). 2022 Feb 10; 22(4):

Changes of biomechanics induced by Equistasi® in Parkinson's disease: coupling between balance and lower limb joints kinematics

Romanato, Marco; Guiotto, Annamaria; Spolaor, Fabiola; Bakdounes, Leila; Baldassarre, Giulia; Cucca, Alberto; Peppe, Antonella; Volpe, Daniele; Sawacha, Zimi

Medical & biological engineering & computing. 2021 Aug; 59(7-8):1403-1415

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