Francesco Rossani

@studiorossani.it

IAPEM ACADEMY E ASMOE
STUDIO ROSSANI

https://researchid.co/frossani

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Neuroscience, Dentistry, Oral Surgery, Complementary and alternative medicine

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Scopus Publications

“Ethical” sedation in the dental practice: a new decision-making workflow
Stefano Argenton and Francesco Rossani
Edra SpA

Boosting the hypnotic experience. Inhibition of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex alters hypnotizability and sense of agency. A randomized, double-blind and sham-controlled tDCS study
Rinaldo L. Perri, Davide Perrotta, Francesco Rossani, and Ronald J. Pekala
Elsevier BV

Cerebral mechanisms of hypnotic hypoesthesia. An ERP investigation on the expectancy stage of perception
Rinaldo Livio Perri, Enrico Facco, Federico Quinzi, Valentina Bianco, Marika Berchicci, Francesco Rossani, and Francesco Di Russo
Wiley
AbstractThe present study aims at identifying reliable markers of neural preparatory processes during hypnosis. To this goal, we recorded the electroencephalographic activity of 23 volunteers regardless of their hypnotizability score. Somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) were elicited while participants received non‐painful electrical stimuli on the left median nerve in the conditions of relaxation and hypnosis with suggestions of reduced sensation. SEPs analysis was focused on the pre‐stimulus activity and revealed two main components: the prefrontal negativity (pN) and the somatosensory negativity (sN) over the frontal and parietal areas of the scalp, respectively. Results showed reduced amplitudes for both components under hypnosis, mostly for the pN, suggesting a change of top‐down control of parietal and prefrontal areas. Furthermore, the sLORETA source imaging showed a deactivation of the lateral and anterior portions of the prefrontal cortex (PFC) during the hypnotic state. The present study highlights the downregulation of the PFC as a core aspect of the adopted hypnotic task and confirms the ability of hypnosis to modulate the activity of frontal executive functions. Further, since the majority of participants fell into the medium range of hypnotizability, the present findings could reflect the hypnosis effects in most of the population.

Neuroelectric evidences of top-down hypnotic modulation associated with somatosensory processing of sensory and limbic regions
Rinaldo Livio Perri, Francesco Rossani, and Francesco Di Russo
Elsevier BV

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

Boosting the hypnotic experience. Inhibition of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex alters hypnotizability and sense of agency. A randomized, double-blind and sham-controlled
RL Perri, D Perrotta, F Rossani, RJ Pekala
Behavioural Brain Research 425, 113833 2022

Cerebral mechanisms of hypnotic hypoesthesia. An ERP investigation on the expectancy stage of perception
RL Perri, E Facco, F Quinzi, V Bianco, M Berchicci, F Rossani, F Di Russo
Psychophysiology 57 (11), e13657 2020

Neuroelectric evidences of top-down hypnotic modulation associated with somatosensory processing of sensory and limbic regions
RL Perri, F Rossani, F Di Russo
Neuroimage 202, 116104 2019

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

Neuroelectric evidences of top-down hypnotic modulation associated with somatosensory processing of sensory and limbic regions
RL Perri, F Rossani, F Di Russo
Neuroimage 202, 116104 2019
Citations: 25

Boosting the hypnotic experience. Inhibition of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex alters hypnotizability and sense of agency. A randomized, double-blind and sham-controlled
RL Perri, D Perrotta, F Rossani, RJ Pekala
Behavioural Brain Research 425, 113833 2022
Citations: 23