[S-34] Symposium 34 Increasing importance of autonomic neuroscience in multiple system atrophy

[S-34-4] The close and dangerous relationship between sleep and autonomic disorders in MSA: new insight

^○Pietro Cortelli, Giulia Giannini, Luisa Sambati, Giovanna Calandra_buonaura, Federica Provini (DIBINEM, University of Bologna; IRCCS ISNB, Italy)

Born in Bologna on 23rd June 1954
Member of Medical Register of Bologna n° 8325
Total Papers (PubMED Jan 2021) = 514
Total Impact Factor (JCR 2018) > 2300
Scopus: H-index= 65 Time cited= 23157
70 Chapters of books with international editors. Over 150 oral communications as invited speaker at scientific international congresses and meetings.

Qualifications and Employment
From 2014:
Full Professor of Neurology
Dean of the School of Medicine and Surgery University of Bologna
Director of the School of Neurology, University of Bologna
Director Doctoral Program of “Neuromotor and Biomedical Sciences”

Research activities and Funding
• Genetic and phenotipic characterization of prion diseases (FFI, CJD, GSS) PD, ALS and Familial Hemiplegic migraine.
• The role of the ANS in health and disease with a focus on neurological control of the cardiovascular system in man. A variety of disorders including neuromediate syncope, hypertension, neurogenic orthostatic hypotension, sleep disorders, epilepsy and sweating abnormalities, are studied.
• Evaluation of autonomic circadian rhythms in relation to wake-sleep cycle in neurodegenerative disorders (Parkinson, MSA, prion diseases and sleep disorders)
• Autonomic, clinical and neurophysiological aspects of MSA, iAF
Funding has been from various competitive (University of Bologna, MIUR, Department of Health) and charitable sources.