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Maria Livia Fantini

Researcher at Vita-Salute San Raffaele University

Publications -  65
Citations -  5102

Maria Livia Fantini is an academic researcher from Vita-Salute San Raffaele University. The author has contributed to research in topics: REM sleep behavior disorder & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 27, co-authored 50 publications receiving 4619 citations. Previous affiliations of Maria Livia Fantini include Université de Montréal & University of Cagliari.

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Quantifying the risk of neurodegenerative disease in idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder

TL;DR: The risk of developing neurodegenerative disease in idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder is substantial, with the majority of patients developing Parkinson disease and Lewy body dementia.
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REM sleep behavior disorder and REM sleep without atonia in Parkinson's disease.

TL;DR: RBD and REM sleep without atonia are frequent in PD as shown by PSG recordings, and their cases may represent preclinical forms of RBD associated with PD.
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Sleep and quantitative EEG in neurodegenerative disorders

TL;DR: Current knowledge on sleep problems, sleep architecture changes and quantitative EEG alteration brought on by various neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease, progressive supranuclear palsy, REM sleep behavior disorder, and dementia with Lewy bodies are reviewed.
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Polysomnographic diagnosis of idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder.

TL;DR: The diagnostic value of a visual scoring method for the diagnosis of idiopathic RBD is estimated and cut‐off values to be used in clinical and research set‐ups are established.