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Clinical research

• Modification of the central nervous system in muscle disorders
• Pathophysiology of motor neuron diseases and multifocal motor neuropathy and mechanism of action of immunoglobulins
• Patholophysiology of dystonia and neuroplasticity
• Pathophysiology of movement disorders investigated through intraoperative recordings from the basal ganglia
• Brain polarization

Physiological research

• Functional organization of the human motor cortex.
• Functional organization and electrophysiology of the human basal ganglia
• Electrotonic properties of human peripheral axons
• The induction of long-lasting excitability changes in peripheral nerves

Orther research lines

• Neural network and brain mapping in Parkinson’ s disease
• Neural network and brain mapping in Lewy body  disease
• Magnetic resonance spectroscopy studies of brain and muscle mitochondrial function in Parkinson’ s disease: rest and activation studies
• Parkinson’ s disease genetics
• Phenotype-genotype correlation in Parkinson’ s disease