Simone Cauzzo

Charting vulnerability of brainstem functional pathways in aging and prodromal synucleinopathy

This study maps brainstem-cortical connectivity in aging and prodromal synucleinopathy, finding distinct pathway vulnerabilities in each condition.

Structure-function coupling in the human brainstem

This study reconstructs brainstem connectomes using MRI and finds structural and functional connectivity correlations, revealing heterogeneous structure-function coupling across brainstem nuclei.

Physiologically Informed PCA-Partial Correlation for highly Collinear Brainstem fMRI Networks

This paper introduces a physiologically informed PCA-regularized partial correlation method to estimate direct brainstem functional connectivity in highly collinear fMRI data, improving robustness and interpretability.

Chemosensitive brainstem and diencephalic components in breath-hold fMRI

This paper develops an fMRI analysis pipeline to study central chemoreception in humans by comparing breath-hold and free breathing conditions, identifying brainstem and diencephalic regions involved in CO2 responses.

Integrating brainstem and cortical functional architectures

This study integrates brainstem and cortical functional architectures using fMRI, revealing brainstem hubs that connect to the cortex and influence cortical functional organization.

Functional connectome of brainstem nuclei involved in autonomic, limbic, pain and sensory processing in living humans from 7 Tesla resting state fMRI

The paper constructs a functional connectome of brainstem nuclei in humans using 7 Tesla fMRI, confirming known pathways and showing translatability to 3 Tesla data.

Functional connectome of arousal and motor brainstem nuclei in living humans by 7 Tesla resting-state fMRI

The paper maps the functional connectivity of 18 arousal and motor brainstem nuclei in humans using 7 Tesla fMRI and validates its applicability to conventional 3 Tesla fMRI.