Lucilla Parnetti

Lucilla Parnetti, MD, PhD, is a docent of neurology at the University of Perugia School of Medicine in Italy. She has wide experience in the field of neurodegenerative disease research, and her activity includes clinical characterization of patients with dementia and research on biomarker discovery and validation. Her main expertise is in the field of cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers for early diagnosis of neurodegenerative diseases, with special interest in Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease. Dr. Parnetti has worked on national and international projects on the role of lysosome dysfunction in Parkinson’s disease.





Institutions:



University of Perugia until present





Affiliations:



Clinica Neurologica, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Perugia, Italy

Frontiers

Country Coordinator for Italy - JPND-BIOMARKAPD





Most cited publications:



The mental deterioration battery: Normative data, diagnostic reliability and qualitative analyses of cognitive impairment

Authors:  Carlesimo, GA; Caltagirone, C; Gainotti, G; ...  Parnetti, L

Published: Jan 1996 in European Neurology

DOI: 10.1159/000117297



CSF Biomarkers and Incipient Alzheimer Disease in Patients With Mild Cognitive Impairment

Authors:  Mattsson, Niklas; Zetterberg, Henrik; Hansson, Oskar; ...  Blennow, Kaj

Published: Jul 2009 in JAMA

DOI: 10.1001/JAMA.2009.1064



The Alzheimer's Association external quality control program for cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers

Authors:  Mattsson, Niklas; Andreasson, Ulf; Persson, Staffan; ...  Blennow, Kaj

Published: Jul 2011 in Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association

DOI: 10.1016/J.JALZ.2011.05.2243



A convergent model for cognitive dysfunctions in Parkinson's disease: the critical dopamine-acetylcholine synaptic balance

Authors:  Calabresi, Paolo; Picconi, Barbara; Parnetti, Lucilla; Di Filippo, Massimiliano 

Published: 2006 in The Lancet Neurology

DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(06)70600-7



Standardization of preanalytical aspects of cerebrospinal fluid biomarker testing for Alzheimer's disease diagnosis: A consensus paper from the Alzheimer's Biomarkers Standardization Initiative

Authors:  Vanderstichele, Hugo; Bibl, Mirko; Engelborghs, Sebastiaan; ...  Blennow, Kaj

Published: Jan 2012 in Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association

DOI: 10.1016/J.JALZ.2011.07.004