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Francesca Pittau, MD

Francesca Pittau graduated from medical school of the University of Bologna in 2005. In November 2010 she completed her neurology residency training in Bologna.
She was working as a visiting scholar at Dr. Jean Gotman’s lab at the Montreal Neurological Institute from May 2009 till December 2011. Her research was focused on combined EEG-fMRI.

Email: francesca.pittau@gmail.com

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Office: (514) 398 6644, ext 00445

Publications:

Pittau F, Grova C, Moeller F, Dubeau F, Gotman J. Patterns of altered functional connectivity in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy. Epilepsia (2012) 53(6):1013-23.

Pittau F, Dubeau F, Gotman J. Contribution of EEG/fMRI to the definition of the epileptic focus. Neurology (2012) 78:1479-1487.

Fahoum F, Lopes R, Pittau F, Dubeau F, Gotman J. Widespread epileptic networks in focal epilepsies-EEG-fMRI study. Epilepsia (2012), 53:1618-1627.

Bisulli F, Vignatelli L, Naldi I, Pittau F, Provini F, Plazzi G, Stipa C, Leta C, Montagna P, Tinuper P. Diagnostic accuracy of a structured interview for nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy (SINFLE): a proposal for developing diagnostic criteria. Sleep Med (2012) 13:81-87.
 

Naldi I, Bisulli F, Vignatelli L, Pittau F, Di Vito L, Mostacci B, Menghi V, Provini F, Montagna P, Tinuper P Tobacco habits in nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy. Epilepsy and Behavior, 26(1):114-7.

Gotman J, Pittau F. Combining EEG and fMRI in the study of epileptic discharges. Epilepsia (2011) 52(4):38-42.

Pittau F, Levan P, Moeller F, Gholipour T, Haegelen C, Zelmann R, Dubeau F, Gotman J. Changes preceding interictal epileptic EEG abnormalities: comparison between EEG/fMRI and intracerebral EEG. Epilepsia (2011) 52:1120-1129.

Moeller F, Maneshi M, Pittau F, Gholipour T, Bellec P, Dubeau F, Grova C, Gotman J. Functional connectivity in patients with idiopathic generalized epilepsy. Epilepsia (2011) 52:515-522.

Gholipour T, Moeller F, Pittau F, Dubeau F, Gotman J. Reproducibility of interictal EEG-fMRI results in patients with epilepsy. Epilepsia (2011) 52:433-442.

Michelucci R, Riguzzi P, Rubboli G, Volpi L, Pasini E, Santoro F, Meletti S, Benuzzi F, Pittau F, Toni F, Marliani AF. Postictal hyperfamiliarity for unknown faces. Epilepsy Behav (2010) 19:518-521.

Pittau F, Bisulli F, Mai R, Fares JE, Vignatelli L, Labate A,  Naldi I, Avoni P, Parmeggiani A, Cantucci M, Capannelli D, Di Vito L, Gambardella A, Baruzzi A, Tinuper P. Prognostic factors in patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy. Epilepsia, 2008; 50(Suppl. 1):41–44.

Pittau F, Tinuper P, Bisulli F, Naldi I, Cortelli P, Bisulli A, Stipa C, Cevolani D, Agati R, Leonardi M, Baruzzi A. Videopolygraphic and functional MRI study of musicogenic epilepsy. A case report and literature review. Epilepsy Behav. 2008 Nov;13(4):685-92

Vignatelli L, Bisulli F, Provini F, Naldi I, Pittau F, Zaniboni A, Montagna P, Tinuper P. Interobserver Reliability of Video Recording in the Diagnosis of Nocturnal Frontal Lobe Seizures. Epilepsia 2007 Aug;48(8):1506-11

Vignatelli L, Bisulli F, Naldi I, Ferioli S, Pittau F, Provini F, Plazzi G,Vetrugno R, Montagna P, Tinuper P. Excessive daytime sleepiness and subjective sleep quality in patients with nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy: a case-control study. Epilepsia. 2006;47 Suppl 5:73-7.

Florindo I, Bisulli F, Pittau F, Naldi I, Striano P, Striano S, Michelucci R, Testoni S, Baruzzi A, Tinuper P.  Lateralizing value of the auditory aura in partial seizures. Epilepsia. 2006;47 Suppl 5:68-72.