Chiara Cerami

Chiara Cerami is senior researcher at the University School for Advanced Studies (IUSS) in Pavia. She graduated at the University of Palermo in Medicine and Surgery and then she specialized in Neurology. From 2011 to 2018 Neurology Physician Assistant in the Neurorehabilitation Unit, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, San Raffaele Hospital in Milan and Post-Doc Research Fellow at the University Vita-Salute San Raffaele and San Raffaele Scientific Institute in Milan (Unit of Structural and Molecular Imaging in vivo in humans). Principal Investigator for a research project funded by Fondazione Eli-Lilly Cariplo on the study of new biomarkers of functional and molecular imaging for the early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease (2012-2017). Co-Investigator for a young researcher project funded by the Italian Ministry of Health (GR-2011-0235094) on the study of the efficacy of combined non-pharmacological treatments in individuals with subjective cognitive decline (2015-2018). From 2018 to 2019 she carried out clinical and research activities at the Maugeri Clinical-Scientific Institutes of Pavia. Cognitive neuroscience, clinical neuropsychology and cognitive neurorehabilitation are the main areas of her scientific interest. Current research activity is focused on the investigation of anatomo-functional correlates of cognitive-behavioral alterations in neurodegenerative diseases, and in particular of social cognition disorders in dementia.

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• Rolandi E., A. Dodich, S. Galluzzi, C. Ferrari, S. Mandelli, F. Ribaldi, G. Munaretto, C. Ambrosi, R. Gasparotti, D. Violi, N. Canessa, S. Iannaccone, A. Marcone, A. Falini, H. Hampel, G. Frisoni, C. Cerami, E. Cavedo (2019) Randomized controlled trial on the eicacy of a multilevel non-pharmacologic intervention in older adults with subjective memory decline: design and baseline indings of the E.Mu.N.I. study. Aging Clinical and Experimental Research
• Dodich A., C. Cerami, E. Inguscio, S. Iannaccone, G. Magnani, A. Marcone, P. Guglielmo, G. Vanoli, S. Cappa, D. Perani (2019) The clinico-metabolic correlates of language impairment in corticobasal syndrome and progressive supranuclear palsy. NeuroImage Clinical
• Malpetti M., G. Carli, A. Sala, C. Cerami, A. Marcone, S. Iannaccone, G. Magnani, D. Perani (2019) Variant-specific vulnerability in metabolic connectivity and resting-state networks in behavioural variant of frontotemporal dementia. Cortex
• Galbiati A., G. Carli, A. Dodich, S. Marelli, P. Caterina, C. Cerami, M. Zucconi , L. Ferini-Strambi (2019) Qualitative Scoring of the Pentagon Test: A Tool for the Identification of Subtle Cognitive Deficits in Isolated REM Sleep Behavior Disorder Patients. Arch Clin Neuropsychol
• Crespi C., A. Dodich, S. Cappa, N. Canessa, S. Iannaccone, M. Corbo, C. Lunetta, A. Falini, C. Cerami (2018) Multimodal MRI quantification of the common neurostructural bases within the FTDALS continuum. Neurobiology of Aging
• Realmuto S., A. Dodich, R. Meli, N. Canessa, P. Ragonese, G. Salemi, C. Cerami (2018) Moral Cognition and Multiple Sclerosis: A Neuropsychological Study. Arch Clin Neuropsychol.
• Dodich A., C. Cerami, C. Crespi, N. Canessa, G. Lettieri, S. Iannaccone, A. Marcone, S. Cappa, J. Cacioppo (2016) Differential Impairment of Cognitive and Affective Mentalizing Abilities in Neurodegenerative Dementias: Evidence from Behavioral Variant of Frontotemporal Dementia, Alzheimer's Disease, and Mild Cognitive Impairment. Journal of Alzheimer's disease
• Crespi C., C. Cerami, A. Dodich, N. Canessa, S. Iannaccone, M. Corbo, C. Lunetta, A. Falini, S. Cappa (2016) Microstructural Correlates of Emotional Attribution Impairment in Non-Demented Patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. PLoS ONE
• Dodich A., C. Cerami, S. Iannaccone, A. Marcone, P. Alongi, C. Crespi, N. Canessa, F. Andreetta, A. Falini, S. Cappa, D. Perani (2016) Neuropsychological and FDG-PET profiles in VGKC autoimmune limbic encephalitis. Brain and Cognition
• Realmuto S., L. Zummo, C. Cerami, L. Agrò, A. Dodich, N. Canessa, A. Zizzo, B. Fierro, O. Daniele (2015) Social cognition dysfunctions in patients with epilepsy: Evidence from patients with temporal lobe and idiopathic generalized epilepsies. Epilepsy and Behavior
• Caminiti S., N. Canessa, C. Cerami, A. Dodich, C. Crespi, S. Iannaccone, A. Marcone, A. Falini, S. Cappa (2015) Affective mentalizing and brain activity at rest in the behavioral variant of frontotemporal dementia. Neuroimage Clinical
• Dodich A., C. Cerami, N. Canessa, C. Crespi, S. Iannaccone, A. Marcone, S. Realmuto, G. Lettieri, D. Perani, S. Cappa (2015) A novel task assessing intention and emotion attribution: Italian standardization and normative data of the Story-based Empathy Task. Neurological Sciences
• Cerami C., A. Dodich, N. Canessa, C. Crespi, A. Marcone, F. Cortese, G. Chierchia, E. Scola, A. Falini, S. Cappa (2014) Neural correlates of empathic impairment in the behavioral variant of frontotemporal dementia. Alzheimer's & dementia
• Crespi C., C. Cerami, A. Dodich, N. Canessa, M. Arpone, S. Iannaccone, M. Corbo, C. Lunetta, E. Scola, A. Falini, S. Cappa (2014) Microstructural white matter correlates of emotion recognition impairment in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Cortex
• Dodich A., C. Cerami, N. Canessa, C. Crespi, A. Marcone, M. Arpone, S. Realmuto, S. Cappa (2014) Emotion recognition from facial expressions: A normative study of the Ekman 60-Faces Test in the Italian population. Neurological Sciences
• Cerami C., A. Dodich, N. Canessa, C. Crespi, S. Iannaccone, M. Corbo, C. Lunetta, M. Consonni, E. Scola, A. Falini, S. Cappa (2013) Emotional empathy in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a behavioural and voxel-based morphometry study. Amyotroph Lateral Scler Frontotemporal Degener