Editorial Board of International Journal of Aging Research
Dr. Diego Iacono
Associate Professor
Biomedical Sciences, Biomedical Research Institute of New Jersey, NJ 07927
Biography & Research Interest
Welcome Dr. Diego Iacono to Join the Editorial Board of International Journal of Aging Research.
CLINICAL INTERESTS:
Dementias, movement disorders, behavioural neurology, traumatic brain injury, neuroinflammation, epilepsy, neurodevelopmental disorders, clinical neurophysiology (EEG, MEG, EPs, ERPs, and DBS), clinical trials.
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Clinical and neuropathologic longitudinal studies, Clinical and experimental neuropathology (neurodegenerative diseases and brain injury), normal and pathologic brain aging, bio-brain banking, clinico-pathologic correlations, animal models, neurogenomics, neuroproteomics, quantitative neuropathology, (neurostereology), drug discovery.
Skills in specific research areas
In Clinical Neurology
Diagnosis, management and pharmachological treatment of dementias and movement disorders, epilepsy, stroke.
In Neuropathology
Autopsy Brain Dissection, Macroscopic Examination, Microscopic Examination
Unbiased Stereology applied to the Neurosciences and Neuropathology
Laser Microdissection Capture (P.A.L.M.)
Neurohistology staining, Immunohistochemistry techniques, Golgi staining, Thioflavin-S
Molecular techniques: genotyping, PCR, RT-PCR, real time-PCR, Western blotting, total-RNA extraction from human brain tissue, microarrays analysis (Partek and Spotfire software analysis)
In Clinical Neurophysiology
Analogic and digital EEG analysis (Back averaging, Spectral and Frequency analysis)
High Density EEG/Brain Topography
Stimulus-Related Evoked Potentials (VEPs, BAEPs, SEPs)
Event Related Evoked Potentials (P300, N400)
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (Single shock, repetitive-TMS)
Deep Brain Stimulation: pre- and post-operative evaluation
In Clinical Neuroimaging
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) lab: protocols and paradigms
Biomagnetism Laboratory-Magnetoencephalography (MEG): protocols and paradigms
In Clinical Neuropsychology
MMSE, ADAS-cog, NPI, CDR, SIB, Wisconsin Card Test Sorting, Stroop test, Raven test, Corsi test, Rey figure, Tower of London, Fluency test, Aphasia battery administration
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