Daniele Mascali received a Master’s degree in Physics from the Sapienza University of Rome in 2012 with a thesis on the negative BOLD response. Afterward, he received a Ph.D in “Morphofunctional science and Biophysics” with a thesis focused on the characterization of brain networks by means of resting-state fMRI. His main interest is the study of the brain function both in physiological and pathological conditions, particularly during neurodegenerative processes. He is also interested in several different aspects of the fMRI technique, from optimization of data acquisition to development of processing and data analysis methods. Since 2016 he has worked for the Enrico Fermi center; recently, as an exchange staff member of the European RISE project, he has moved to the Center for Magnetic R¬esonance Research (CMRR) in Minneapolis. Here, he aims to integrate functional MRI data with novel relaxations measurements, which are promising early biomarkers for the detection of microstructural damage in several brain diseases.
Selected Publications
- D. Mascali, M. DiNuzzo, B. Maraviglia, L. Serra, M. Bozzali, F. Giove. The breakdown of the semantic network in mild Alzheimer’s disease revealed by resting-state fMRI. To be submitted
Tommasin, S.; Gili, T.; Mascali, D.; EidAssan I.; Moraschi M.; Fratini M.; Wise R.G.; Macaluso E.; Giove, F.; Relation between spectral and spatiotemporal properties of low frequency BOLD fluctuations within the Default Mode Network. To be submitted
Mauro DiNuzzo, Daniele Mascali, Marta Moraschi, Giorgia Bussu, Bruno Maraviglia, Silvia Mangia and Federico Giove. Temporal information entropy of the Blood-Oxygenation Level-Dependent signals increases in the activated human primary visual cortex. Under revision
Tommasin, S.; Gili, T.; Mascali, D.; EidAssan I.; Moraschi M.; Fratini M.; Wise R.G.; Macaluso E.; Giove, F.; Spatiotemporal rearrangement of resting state networks under steady state stimulation. Under revision
D. Mascali, M. DiNuzzo, M. Moraschi, M. Fratini, T. Gili, B. Maraviglia, L. Serra, M. Bozzali, F. Giove. Intrinsic Patterns of Coupling between Correlation and Amplitude of Low-Frequency fMRI Fluctuations Are Disrupted in Degenerative Dementia Mainly due to Functional Disconnection. PLoS One 10.4 (2015).
M. DiNuzzo, D. Mascali, B. Maraviglia, L. Serra, M. Bozzali, F. Giove. Decreased parietal but increased frontal amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations of blood oxygenation coexists with the widespread loss of functional connectivity in Alzheimer’s disease. Biophysics and Bioengineering Letters 01/2014; 7(2).