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Diego Centonze

Professore Ordinario di Neurologia presso l’Università di Roma Tor Vergata;
Direttore dell’Unità di Neurologia dell’IRCCS Neuromed, Pozzilli

Quick facts

Date of birth

1970-02-24

Nationality

Italian

City

Rome

University

University of Rome Tor Vergata

Profession

Neurologist

Professional association

Rome

Curriculum vitae

General Information

Family name: Centonze Given name: Diego

Place and date of birth: Carmiano (Lecce), February 24, 1970

Address for correspondence: Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata Via Montpellier 1, 00133 Rome, Italy

Tel. +39-06-7259-6010; Fax: +39-06-7259-6006

Email: centonzeTemplate:@uniroma2.it

Academic Titles and Appointments

2012: PhD in Advanced Technologies in Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata.

2006: Specialization in Psychiatry, cum laude, University of Rome Tor Vergata.

1999: Specialization in Neurology, cum laude, University of Rome Tor Vergata.

1994: MD degree in Medicine and Surgery, cum laude, University of Rome “La Sapienza”.

Current Academic Position

Since 2015: Full Professor of Neurology, Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata.

Clinical activity: Director of the Neurology Unit and of the Neurorehabilitation Unit at IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo Neuromed, Pozzilli (IS), Italy.

Principal Investigator of numerous national and international Phase II, III, and IV clinical trials involving novel therapeutic agents for Multiple Sclerosis.

Previous Positions

2012–2015: Associate Professor of Neurology, Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata.

2001–2012: Assistant Professor (Researcher) of Neurology, Department of Neuroscience, University of Rome Tor Vergata.

2005–2015: Head of the Neuroimmunology and Synaptic Plasticity Laboratory, Santa Lucia Foundation / CERC, Rome.

2004–2015: Head of the Clinical and Research Center for Multiple Sclerosis (UOSD), Tor Vergata University Hospital, Rome.

2004–2015: Head of the Experimental Neurology Laboratory, University of Rome Tor Vergata.

2004–2015: Head of the Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation Laboratory, Tor Vergata University Hospital, Rome.

1999–2001: Post-doctoral Fellow at the Neurophysiology Laboratory, Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome.

1998–1999: Research Fellow at the Department of Neuroscience, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom.

Research Activities

2008–present: Synaptic correlates of psychiatric disorders (addiction, anxiety, depression).

2004–present: Physiology of the endocannabinoid system and its involvement in inflammatory neurodegenerative diseases (experimental models of HD, PD, and MS).

2003–present: Electrophysiological characterization of excitatory and inhibitory synaptic transmission in experimental models of Multiple Sclerosis (MS).

1999–2003: Receptor and post-receptor mechanisms involved in the modulation of corticostriatal transmission and synaptic plasticity (long-term potentiation, long-term depression, synaptic depotentiation).

1998–1999: Electrophysiology of dopamine in subthalamic nucleus neurons.

1996–present: Electrophysiological characterization of excitatory and inhibitory synaptic transmission in experimental models of Parkinson’s disease (PD), Huntington’s disease (HD), and cerebral ischemia.

1994–1995: Physiological and pharmacological characterization of corticostriatal synaptic plasticity in vitro using multiple experimental approaches, including extracellular and intracellular electrophysiological recordings and morphological characterization of recorded neurons.

International Scientific Publications

Author of approximately 300 peer-reviewed scientific articles published in international journals of Neuroscience, Neurology, and Psychiatry.

H-index: 59 (Scopus Author ID: 7005136325) ORCID ID: 0000-0002-8390-8545

Google Scholar

Memberships

Member of the Society for Neuroscience, the Italian Neurological Society (SIN), and the Italian Neuroscience Society (SINS).
Consultant member of Advisory Boards of pharmaceutical companies for novel treatments of Multiple Sclerosis.
Invited reviewer for international journals in Neuroscience, Neurology, and Psychiatry.

Honors

In October 2005, the international journal Science published an interview with Prof. Diego Centonze and included him among the “Six stellar neuroscientists based in North America and Europe”.

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-Family Name: Centonze.
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+Given name: Diego
-Given Name: Diego.
+Place and date of birth: Carmiano (Lecce), February 24, 1970
-Place and Date of Birth: Carmiano (Lecce), February 24th, 1970.
+Address for correspondence:
+Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata
+Via Montpellier 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
-Address for correspondence: Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via Montpellier 1, 00133 Rome, Italy.
+Tel. +39-06-7259-6010; Fax: +39-06-7259-6006
-Tel. +39-06-7259-6010; Fax: +39-06-7259-6006;
+Email: centonze{{@}}uniroma2.it
-Email: centonze{{@}}uniroma2.it
+== Academic Titles and Appointments ==
+: PhD in Advanced Technologies in Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata.
-== Titles and Appointments ==
+: Specialization in Psychiatry, cum laude, University of Rome Tor Vergata.
-: PhD in Advanced Technology in Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata.
-: Specialization in Psychiatry, cum laude, University of Rome Tor Vergata.
+: Specialization in Neurology, cum laude, University of Rome Tor Vergata.
-: Specialization in Neurology, cum laude, University of Rome Tor Vergata.
+: MD degree in Medicine and Surgery, cum laude, University of Rome “La Sapienza”.
-: Degree in Medicine, cum laude, University of Rome La Sapienza. Present academic position
+=== Current Academic Position ===
+Since 2015: Full Professor of Neurology, Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata.
--present: Full Professor of Neurology, Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata. Clinical activity or Director of the Unit of Neurology and of the Unit of Neurorehabilitation at the IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo Neuromed, Pozzilli (IS), Italy.
+Clinical activity: Director of the Neurology Unit and of the Neurorehabilitation Unit at IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo Neuromed, Pozzilli (IS), Italy.
-Principal Investigator of many phase II, III and IV national and international trials with new therapeutic agents for MS. Previous positions
+Principal Investigator of numerous national and international Phase II, III, and IV clinical trials involving novel therapeutic agents for Multiple Sclerosis.
--2015: Associate Professor of Neurology, Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata.
+=== Previous Positions ===
+–2015: Associate Professor of Neurology, Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata.
--2012: Assistant Professor of Neurology, Department of Neuroscience, University of Rome Tor Vergata.
+–2012: Assistant Professor (Researcher) of Neurology, Department of Neuroscience, University of Rome Tor Vergata.
--2015: Head of the Neuroimmunology and Synaptic Plasticity Laboratory, Fondazione Santa Lucia / CERC, Rome.
+–2015: Head of the Neuroimmunology and Synaptic Plasticity Laboratory, Santa Lucia Foundation / CERC, Rome.
--2015: Head of the UOSD Multiple Sclerosis Clinical and Research Center, Tor Vergata Hospital, Rome, Italy.
+–2015: Head of the Clinical and Research Center for Multiple Sclerosis (UOSD), Tor Vergata University Hospital, Rome.
--2015: Head of the Experimental Neurology Laboratory, University of Rome Tor Vergata.
+–2015: Head of the Experimental Neurology Laboratory, University of Rome Tor Vergata.
--2015: Head of the Laboratory for noninvasive brain stimulation, Tor Vergata Hospital, Rome.
+–2015: Head of the Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation Laboratory, Tor Vergata University Hospital, Rome.
--2001: Post-doctoral fellow at the Neurophysiology Laboratory, Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy.
+–2001: Post-doctoral Fellow at the Neurophysiology Laboratory, Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome.
--1999: Research Fellow at the Department of Neuroscience, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
+–1999: Research Fellow at the Department of Neuroscience, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
--present: Synaptic correlates of psychiatric disorders (addition, anxiety, depression).
+== Research Activities ==
+–present: Synaptic correlates of psychiatric disorders (addiction, anxiety, depression).
--present: Physiology of the endocannabinoid system and its involvement in inflammatory neurodegenerative diseases (experimental HD, PD, and MS).
+–present: Physiology of the endocannabinoid system and its involvement in inflammatory neurodegenerative diseases (experimental models of HD, PD, and MS).
--present: Electrophysiological characterization of excitatory and inhibitory synaptic transmission in experimental models of Multiple Sclerosis (MS).
+–present: Electrophysiological characterization of excitatory and inhibitory synaptic transmission in experimental models of Multiple Sclerosis (MS).
--2003: Receptor and post-receptor events involved in the modulation of corticostriatal transmission and synaptic plasticity (long-term potentiation, long-term depression, synaptic depotentiation).
+–2003: Receptor and post-receptor mechanisms involved in the modulation of corticostriatal transmission and synaptic plasticity (long-term potentiation, long-term depression, synaptic depotentiation).
--1999: Electrophysiology of dopamine in subthalamic nucleus neurons.
+–1999: Electrophysiology of dopamine in subthalamic nucleus neurons.
--present: Electrophysiological characterization of excitatory and inhibitory synaptic transmission in experimental models of Parkinson's disease (PD), Huntington's disease (HD), and brain ischemia.
+–present: Electrophysiological characterization of excitatory and inhibitory synaptic transmission in experimental models of Parkinson’s disease (PD), Huntington’s disease (HD), and cerebral ischemia.
--1995: Physiological and pharmacological characterization of corticostriatal synaptic plasticity in vitro by utilizing different experimental approaches: electrophysiological extracellular and intracellular recordings, morphological characterization of the recorded neurons.
+–1995: Physiological and pharmacological characterization of corticostriatal synaptic plasticity in vitro using multiple experimental approaches, including extracellular and intracellular electrophysiological recordings and morphological characterization of recorded neurons.
 == International Scientific Publications ==
-Publications o Author of about 300 peer-reviewed papers published in international journals of Neuroscience, Neurology and Psychiatry o H-index: 59 (Scopus Author ID: 7005136325); Orcid ID: 0000-0002-8390-8545
+Author of approximately 300 peer-reviewed scientific articles published in international journals of Neuroscience, Neurology, and Psychiatry.
+H-index: 59 (Scopus Author ID: 7005136325)
+ORCID ID: 0000-0002-8390-8545
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+[https://scholar.google.it/scholar?as_sdt=0,5&q=%22Diego+Centonze%22&hl=en Google Scholar]
 == Memberships ==
-*Member of the Society for Neuroscience, of the Italian Neurological Society (SIN), and of the Italian Neuroscience Society (SINS).
+*Member of the Society for Neuroscience, the Italian Neurological Society (SIN), and the Italian Neuroscience Society (SINS).
-*Consultancy Member of Advisory Boards of Pharmaceutical Industries for new treatment of Multiple Sclerosis.
+*Consultant member of Advisory Boards of pharmaceutical companies for novel treatments of Multiple Sclerosis.
-*Invited Referee for international journals of Neuroscience, Neurology and Psychiatry.
+*Invited reviewer for international journals in Neuroscience, Neurology, and Psychiatry.
-== Honours ==
+== Honors ==
-In October 2005, the international journal "Science" published an Interview to Dr. Diego Centonze, and included him among the "Six stellar neuroscientists based in North America and Europe".
+In October 2005, the international journal ''Science'' published an interview with Prof. Diego Centonze and included him among the “Six stellar neuroscientists based in North America and Europe”.