Ottavia Dipasquale

This study links human brain functional connectivity to neurotransmitter systems using resting-state fMRI and MEG across multiple cohorts, showing consistent patterns and clinical relevance.

This paper identifies altered dynamic brain states in Post-COVID-19 Syndrome using resting-state fMRI, showing reduced attentional states and increased limbic-DMN states linked to cognitive impairment and inflammation.

This study uses fMRI and MEG to investigate how LSD affects DLPFC connectivity and relates to ego dissolution and emotional arousal in healthy humans.

The paper identifies cellular and neurochemical signatures associated with cerebral blood flow alterations in schizophrenia and clinical high-risk states using combined neuroimaging and transcriptomic data.

This study examines how citalopram affects serotonin-related brain networks using neuroimaging, finding dose-dependent changes in functional connectivity linked to 5-HTT and 5-HT1AR availability.

The paper uses REACT and normative modelling to analyze functional neurocircuits in neuropsychiatric patients, revealing transdiagnostic deviations in neurotransmitter systems and symptom overlaps.

The paper investigates the association between obesity and two brain systems using MRI data from UK Biobank participants, finding distinct structural and genetic relationships.

This paper extends the REACT method to ASL fMRI, showing it can detect molecular-enriched functional connectivity comparable to BOLD fMRI, with complementary information.

This study investigates the effects of acute Methylene Blue administration on cerebral blood flow and metabolism in humans and rats, finding dose-dependent reductions in CBF and metabolic rates contrary to initial hypotheses.

The paper evaluates phase-based dynamic functional connectivity metrics in resting-state fMRI to identify reliable and interpretable measures of brain dynamics and their relationships.

This study uses REACT to examine how propofol affects neurotransmission-related functional connectivity during rest and naturalistic stimulation, revealing changes in GABAergic, noradrenergic, and cholinergic networks.

This study shows that lower doses of intranasal oxytocin have maximal effects on amygdala physiology, with subregion-specific responses and no disruption of cerebrovascular reactivity.

This paper identifies neurotransmission-related functional connectivity biomarkers in chronic pain patients and shows their predictive value for analgesic response to duloxetine.

The paper uses imaging transcriptomics to link neuroimaging markers with transcriptomic and cellular correlates in the human brain, showing robust results across different parcellation methods.

The paper investigates the interaction between autonomic reactivity and descending pain control, finding that periaqueductal grey connectivity mediates this relationship.

This study identifies cortical morphometric similarity remodelling in chronic pain and links it to transcriptomic changes in glial and neuronal genes across multiple pain syndromes.

The paper investigates serotonergic differences in ASD using fMRI and citalopram, finding a baseline group difference in 5-HTT-enriched response to facial expressions.

This study examines functional connectivity changes during and after cold pain in healthy volunteers, finding persistent alterations related to reported pain intensity.

This study uses REACT to analyze how methylphenidate affects dopaminergic and noradrenergic circuits in the brain and links these effects to behavioral responses in a reinforcement-learning task.

The paper uses Mapper to create gene co-expression networks that reflect brain anatomy and function, validated with the Allen Human Brain Atlas and dopamine-related gene sets.