Sara Graziadio
PhD Student
Primary Supervisor: Professor Janet Eyre
Research group: Developmental Neuroscience
- Email: sara.graziadio@ncl.ac.uk
- Telephone: +44(0)191 282 1377
- Address:
Sir James Spence Institute
Royal Victoria Infirmary,Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4LP
Introduction and area of work:
I studied my undergraduate degree in Italy at the University La Sapienza di Roma. I graduated with a 110 in Physics (Physics of Biosystem) in April 2005. I started my PhD in October 2005. I am looking into the development of neural networks in man.
I work in the developmental neuroscience group at the Sir James Spence Institute with my supervisors Professor Janet Eyre and Doctor Gavin Clowry. I am interested in the study of potential pattern of neural activity that could help and favour rehabilitation in children and in the elderly after unilateral stroke.
Additional roles:
In my spare time, I am working in the development of game design and graphics for videogames to improve the physiotherapy of children with cerebral palsy.
Qualifications:
MSc in Physics of Biosistem
Techniques:
Electroencephalography
Electromyography
Magnetoencephalography
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
Awards and bursaries:
2 travel grants in 2008
1 travel grant in 2009
Publications:
Basu A, Graziadio S, Smith M, Eyre JA. (2009) Developmental plasticity connects visual cortex directly to motoneurones Submitted to Annals of Neurology
Graziadio S, Basu AP, Zappasodi F, Tecchio F, Eyre JA. (2009) Developmental tuning and decay in senescence of oscillations linking the corticomotoneuronal system Submitted to Cerebral Cortex
Tecchio F, Graziadio S, Barbati G, Porcaro C, Zappasodi F. (2008) Dynamic synchronization of cortical rhythmic activity: a neural code in human somatosensory cortex International Journal of Bioelectromagnetism, Vol.10, No. 1
Tecchio F, Graziadio S, Barbati G, Sigismondi R, Zappasodi F, Porcaro C, Valente G, Balsi M, Rossini PM. (2007) Somatosensory dynamic gamma-band synchrony: a neural code of sensorimotor dexterity. Neuroimage;35(1):185-93
Barbati G, Sigismondi R, Zappasodi F, Porcaro C, Graziadio S, Valente G, Balsi M, Rossini PM, Tecchio F. (2006) Functional source separation from magnetoencephalographic signals Hum Brain Mapp; 27(12):925-34
Tecchio F, Graziadio S, Barbati G, Sigismondi R, Zappasodi F, Porcaro C, Valente G, Balsi M, Rossini PM (2006) Dynamic synchronization of cortical rhythmic activity: a neural code in human somatosensory cortex. Annual Meeting Human Brain Mapping, (HBM 2006), Florence, Italy (Abstract)
Balsi M, Filosa G, Sigismondi R, Valente G, Barbati G, Zappasodi F, Graziadio S, Porcaro C, Tecchio F. (2005) Functional constraints added to ICA separating algorithm: an example on magnetoencephalographic signals. European Conference on Circuit and Design (ECCTD 2005), Cork, Ireland (Abstract)
Tecchio F, Graziadio S, Barbati G, Sigismondi R, ZappasodiF, Porcaro C, Valente G, Balsi M, Rossini PM (2005) Sources extraction representing thumb and little finger cortical networks and intra-hand-area evoked synchrony The First International Workshop on Biosignal Processing and Classification (BPC 2005), Barcelona, Spain (Abstract)
Conferences:
Graziadio S, Basu AP, Zappasodi F, Tecchio F, Eyre JA. (2008) Developmental tuning and decay in senescence of oscillations linking the corticomotoneuronal system Neuroscience 2008, Washington DC, USA (poster)
Graziadio S, Basu AP, Zappasodi F, Tecchio F, Eyre JA. (2008) Motor cortex development Chris Thompson Symposium, Durham, UK (oral presentation)
Graziadio S, Basu AP, Assenza G, Eyre JA. (2007) Cortico-muscular coherence: from childhood to old age Young Neuroscientists' day, Bristol, UK (poster)
Graziadio S, Zappasodi F, Tecchio F, Eyre JA. (2007) Bilateral activation of contralateral corticospinal pathways during mirror movements NeuroMath, Rome, Italy (oral presentation and poster)
Tecchio F, Graziadio S, Barbati G, Sigismondi R, Zappasodi F, Porcaro C, Valente G, Balsi M, Rossini PM (2006) Dynamic synchronization of cortical rhythmic activity: a neural code in human somatosensory cortex. Annual Meeting Human Brain Mapping, (HBM 2006), Florence, Italy (poster)
