Experimental Neurophysiology
Letizia Leocani
Email: leocani.letizia@hsr.it
Location: Settore B, Floor 1s, Room 14
Group leader, Experimental Neurophysiology
Associate professor, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele
Letizia Leocani is Associate professor of Neurology at Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Neurologist in the Neurorehabilitation Unit of the Neurological Dep.t and supervisor of the Experimental neurophysiology Unit and of Magnetic IntraCerebral Stimulation (MagICSI) center - Institute of Experimental Neurology, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele.
After her medical degree, she obtained a PhD in Human Physiology and Neurology specialty and she has been Research Fellow at the Human Motor Control Section of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda-USA. She is Co-Chair of the Clinical Neurophysiology scientific panel of the European Academy of Neurology.
Her fields of interest involve translational validation of electrophysiological (advanced EEG analysis, evoked and cognitive potentials) and structural (optical coherence tomography - OCT) markers of diseases of the central nervous system and of treatment strategies using non invasive brain stimulation to potentiate the effects of drugs and neurorehabilitation.