Publications

1. Battaglia, S., Nazzi, C., Lonsdorf, T., Thayer, J. F. (2024) Neuropsychobiology of Fear-Induced Bradycardia in Humans: Progress and Pitfalls. Molecular Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-024-02600-x . Download [11.0 IF]

2. Nazzi, C., Avenanti, A., Battaglia, S., (2024) The Involvement of Antioxidants in Cognitive Decline and Neurodegeneration: Mens Sana in Corpore Sano. Antioxidants, 13, 701. https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox13060701. Download  [7.0 IF]

3. Quettier, T., Ippolito, G., Cardellicchio, P., Però, L., Battaglia, S., Borgomaneri, S. (2024) Individual differences in intracortical inhibition predict action control when facing emotional stimuli. Frontiers in Psychology, 15:1391723. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1391723. Download  [3.8 IF]

4. Battaglia, S., Nazzi, C., Di Fazio, C., Borgomaneri, S., (2024) The role of pre-supplementary motor cortex in action control with emotional stimuli: an rTMS study. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.15145. Download [5.2 IF]

5. Battaglia, S., Nazzi, C., Fullana, M. A., di Pellegrino, G., & Borgomaneri, S. (2024). 'Nip it in the bud': Low-frequency rTMS of the prefrontal cortex disrupts threat memory consolidation in humans. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 178, 104548. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2024.104548. Download [4.1 IF]

6. Tanaka, M.*, Battaglia, S.*, Giménez-Llort, L.,  Chen, C., Hepsomali, P., Avenanti, A., Vécsei, L. (2024). Innovation at the Intersection: Emerging Translational Research in Neurology and Psychiatry. Cells, 13(10):790. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells13100790. Download [6.0 IF]

7. Battaglia, S., Avenanti, A., Vécsei, L., & Tanaka, M. (2024). Neurodegeneration in Cognitive Impairment and Mood Disorders for Experimental, Clinical and Translational Neuropsychiatry. Biomedicines, 12(3), 574. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines12030574.  Download [4.7 IF]

8. Gregorio, F. D., & Battaglia, S. (2024). The intricate brain-body interaction in psychiatric and neurological diseases. Advances in clinical and experimental medicine. https://doi.org/10.17219/acem/185689. Download  [2.1 IF]

9. Battaglia, S., Avenanti, A., Vécsei, L., & Tanaka, M. (2024). Neural Correlates and Molecular Mechanisms of Memory and Learning. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 25(5), 2724. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms25052724. Download  [5.6 IF]

10. Battaglia, S., Nazzi, C., & Thayer, J. F. (2024). Genetic differences associated with dopamine and serotonin release mediate fear-induced bradycardia in the human brain. Translational Psychiatry, 14(1), 24. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-024-02737-x. Download [6.8 IF]

11. Di Gregorio, F., Steinhauser, M., Maier, M. E., Thayer, J. F., & Battaglia, S. (2024). Error-related cardiac deceleration: Functional interplay between error-related brain activity and autonomic nervous system in performance monitoring. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 157, 105542. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2024.105542. Download  [8.2 IF]

12. Battaglia, S., Di Fazio, C., Mazzà, M., Tamietto, M., & Avenanti, A. (2024). Targeting Human Glucocorticoid Receptors in Fear Learning: A Multiscale Integrated Approach to Study Functional Connectivity. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 25(2), 864. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms25020864 Download  [5.6 IF]

13. Borgomaneri, S., Vitale, F., Battaglia, S., de Vega, M., & Avenanti, A. (2024). Task-related modulation of motor response to emotional bodies: A TMS motor-evoked potential study. Cortex, 171, 235–246. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2023.10.013. Download [3.6 IF]

14. Tortora, F., Hadipour, A. L., Battaglia, S., Falzone, A., Avenanti, A., & Vicario, C. M. (2023). The Role of Serotonin in Fear Learning and Memory: A Systematic Review of Human Studies. Brain Sciences, 13(8), 1197. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci13081197. Download  [3.3 IF]

15. Battaglia, S., Nazzi, C., & Thayer, J. F. (2023). Heart's tale of trauma: Fear-conditioned heart rate changes in post-traumatic stress disorder. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 148(5), 463–466. https://doi.org/10.1111/acps.13602. Download  [6.7 IF]

16. Battaglia, S., Schmidt, A., Hassel, S., & Tanaka, M. (2023). Editorial: Case reports in neuroimaging and stimulation. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14, 1264669. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1264669. Download  [4.7 IF]

17. Battaglia, M. R., Di Fazio, C., & Battaglia, S. (2023). Activated Tryptophan-Kynurenine metabolic system in the human brain is associated with learned fear. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 16, 1217090. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnmol.2023.1217090. Download  [4.8 IF]

18. Tanaka, M., Diano, M., & Battaglia, S. (2023). Editorial: Insights into structural and functional organization of the brain: evidence from neuroimaging and non-invasive brain stimulation techniques. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14, 1225755. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1225755. Download [4.7 IF]

19. Di Gregorio, F., & Battaglia, S. (2023). Advances in EEG-based functional connectivity approaches to the study of the central nervous system in health and disease. Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine, 32(6), 607–612. https://doi.org/10.17219/acem/166476.  Download  [2.1 IF]

20. Turrini, S., Bevacqua, N., Cataneo, A., Chiappini, E., Fiori, F., Battaglia, S., Romei, V., & Avenanti, A. (2023). Neurophysiological Markers of Premotor-Motor Network Plasticity Predict Motor Performance in Young and Older Adults. Biomedicines, 11(5), 1464. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines11051464. Download  [4.7 IF]

21. Battaglia, S., Nazzi, C., & Thayer, J. F. (2023). Fear-induced bradycardia in mental disorders: Foundations, current advances, future perspectives. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 149, 105163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105163. Download [8.2 IF]

22. Battaglia, S., Di Fazio, C., Vicario, C. M., & Avenanti, A. (2023). Neuropharmacological Modulation of N-methyl-D-aspartate, Noradrenaline and Endocannabinoid Receptors in Fear Extinction Learning: Synaptic Transmission and Plasticity. International journal of molecular sciences, 24(6), 5926. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24065926.  Download [5.6 IF]

23. Ippolito, G., Bertaccini, R., Tarasi, L., Di Gregorio, F., Trajkovic, J., Battaglia, S., & Romei, V. (2022). The Role of Alpha Oscillations among the Main Neuropsychiatric Disorders in the Adult and Developing Human Brain: Evidence from the Last 10 Years of Research. Biomedicines, 10(12), 3189. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines10123189.  Download  [4.7 IF]

24. Battaglia, S., Cardellicchio, P., Di Fazio, C., Nazzi, C., Fracasso, A., & Borgomaneri, S. (2022). Stopping in (e)motion: Reactive action inhibition when facing valence-independent emotional stimuli. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 16, 998714. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2022.998714. Download [3 IF] 

25. Di Gregorio, F., La Porta, F., Petrone, V., Battaglia, S., Orlandi, S., Ippolito, G., Romei, V., Piperno, R., & Lullini, G. (2022). Accuracy of EEG Biomarkers in the Detection of Clinical Outcome in Disorders of Consciousness after Severe Acquired Brain Injury: Preliminary Results of a Pilot Study Using a Machine Learning Approach. Biomedicines, 10(8), 1897. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines10081897. Download [4.7 IF]

26. Battaglia, S., Cardellicchio, P., Di Fazio, C., Nazzi, C., Fracasso, A., & Borgomaneri, S. (2022). The Influence of Vicarious Fear-Learning in "Infecting" Reactive Action Inhibition. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 16, 946263. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2022.946263. Download [3 IF]

27. Battaglia, S., & Thayer, J. F. (2022). Functional interplay between central and autonomic nervous systems in human fear conditioning. Trends in Neurosciences, 45(7), 504–506. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tins.2022.04.003. Download [15.9 IF]

28. Battaglia, S., Orsolini, S., Borgomaneri, S., Barbieri, R., Diciotti, S., & di Pellegrino, G. (2022). Characterizing cardiac autonomic dynamics of fear learning in humans. Psychophysiology, 59(12), e14122. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.14122. Download [3.7 IF]

29. Sellitto, M., Terenzi, D., Starita, F., di Pellegrino, G., & Battaglia, S. (2022). The Cost of Imagined Actions in a Reward-Valuation Task. Brain Sciences, 12(5), 582. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12050582. Download  [3.3 IF]

30. Battaglia, S., Fabius, J. H., Moravkova, K., Fracasso, A., & Borgomaneri, S. (2022). The Neurobiological Correlates of Gaze Perception in Healthy Individuals and Neurologic Patients. Biomedicines, 10(3), 627. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines10030627. Download [4.7 IF]

31. Battaglia, S. (2022). Neurobiological advances of learned fear in humans. Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine, 31(3), 217–221. https://doi.org/10.17219/acem/146756. Download [2.1 IF]

32. Battaglia, S., Harrison, B. J., & Fullana, M. A. (2022). Does the human ventromedial prefrontal cortex support fear learning, fear extinction or both? A commentary on subregional contributions. Molecular Psychiatry, 27(2), 784–786. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-021-01326-4. Download  [11 IF]

33. Borgomaneri, S., Vitale, F., Battaglia, S., & Avenanti, A. (2021). Early Right Motor Cortex Response to Happy and Fearful Facial Expressions: A TMS Motor-Evoked Potential Study. Brain Sciences, 11(9), 1203. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11091203. Download [3.333 IF]

34. Battaglia, S., Serio, G., Scarpazza, C., D'Ausilio, A., & Borgomaneri, S. (2021). Frozen in (e)motion: How reactive motor inhibition is influenced by the emotional content of stimuli in healthy and psychiatric populations. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 146, 103963. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2021.103963.
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35. Borgomaneri, S.*, Battaglia, S.*, Sciamanna, G., Tortora, F., & Laricchiuta, D. (2021). Memories are not written in stone: Re-writing fear memories by means of non-invasive brain stimulation and optogenetic manipulations. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 127, 334–352. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.04.036. Download [9.052 IF]

36. Borgomaneri, S., Battaglia, S., Avenanti, A., & Pellegrino, G. D. (2021). Don't Hurt Me No More: State-dependent Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for the treatment of specific phobia. Journal of Affective Disorders, 286, 78–79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2021.02.076. Download [6.533 IF]

37. Garofalo, S., Battaglia, S., Starita, F., & di Pellegrino, G. (2021). Modulation of cue-guided choices by transcranial direct current stimulation. Cortex, 137, 124–137. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2021.01.004. Download  [4.644 IF]

38. Candini, M., Battaglia, S., Benassi, M., di Pellegrino, G., & Frassinetti, F. (2021). The physiological correlates of interpersonal space. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 2611. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-82223-2. Download [4.996 IF]

39. Veer, I. M., Riepenhausen, A., Zerban, M., Wackerhagen, C., Puhlmann, L. M. C., Engen, H., Köber, G., Bögemann, S. A., Weermeijer, J., Uściłko, A., Mor, N., Marciniak, M. A., Askelund, A. D., Al-Kamel, A., Ayash, S., Barsuola, G., Bartkute-Norkuniene, V., Battaglia, S., Bobko, Y., Bölte, S., … Kalisch, R. (2021). Psycho-social factors associated with mental resilience in the Corona lockdown. Translational Psychiatry, 11(1), 67. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-020-01150-4.  
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40. Battaglia, S., Garofalo, S., di Pellegrino, G., & Starita, F. (2020). Revaluing the Role of vmPFC in the Acquisition of Pavlovian Threat Conditioning in Humans. Journal of Neuroscience, 40(44), 8491–8500. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0304-20.2020. Download [6.167 IF]

41. Borgomaneri, S., Serio, G., & Battaglia, S. (2020). Please, don't do it! Fifteen years of progress of non-invasive brain stimulation in action inhibition. Cortex, 132, 404–422. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2020.09.002. Download [4.027 IF]

42. Borgomaneri, S.*, Battaglia, S.*, Garofalo, S., Tortora, F., Avenanti, A., & di Pellegrino, G. (2020). State-Dependent TMS over Prefrontal Cortex Disrupts Fear-Memory Reconsolidation and Prevents the Return of Fear. Current Biology, 30(18), 3672–3679.e4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.06.091. 
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43. Ellena, G., Battaglia, S., & Làdavas, E. (2020). The spatial effect of fearful faces in the autonomic response. Experimental Brain Research, 238(9), 2009–2018. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-020-05829-4. Download [1.972 IF]

44. Garofalo, S., Battaglia, S., & di Pellegrino, G. (2019). Individual differences in working memory capacity and cue-guided behavior in humans. Scientific Reports, 9(1), 7327. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-43860-w. Download [3.998 IF]

45. Battaglia, S., Garofalo, S., & di Pellegrino, G. (2018). Context-dependent extinction of threat memories: influences of healthy aging. Scientific Reports, 8(1), 12592. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-31000-9. Download [4.011 IF]

46. Garofalo, S., Timmermann, C., Battaglia, S., Maier, M. E., & di Pellegrino, G. (2017). Mediofrontal Negativity Signals Unexpected Timing of Salient Outcomes. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 29(4), 718–727. https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_01074. Download [3.468 IF]

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