Ambra Stefani

7.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
126 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Ambra Stefani is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Epidemiology and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ambra Stefani has authored 126 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 91 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 63 papers in Epidemiology and 62 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Ambra Stefani's work include Sleep and Wakefulness Research (85 papers), Restless Legs Syndrome Research (62 papers) and Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (59 papers). Ambra Stefani is often cited by papers focused on Sleep and Wakefulness Research (85 papers), Restless Legs Syndrome Research (62 papers) and Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (59 papers). Ambra Stefani collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Italy and United States. Ambra Stefani's co-authors include Birgit Högl, Aleksandar Videnović, Werner Poewe, Anna Heidbreder, Thomas Mitterling, Birgit Frauscher, Joan Santamaría, Álex Iranzo, Melanie Bergmann and Elisabeth Brandauer and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Ambra Stefani

116 papers receiving 2.3k citations

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Idiopathic REM sleep behaviour disorder and neurodegeneration — an update

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Weather‐Associated Variations of Device‐Detected Severe Sleep Apnea in Cardiac Pacemaker Patients 2025 ·Journal of Sleep Research ·(unknown), (unknown), Patrick Rockenschaub, (unknown), Bernhard Pfeifer, Peter Willeit, Fabian Barbieri, Ambra Stefani, Birgit Högl, Herbert Formayer, Axel Bauer, Wolfgang Dichtl	1
2	Sleep architecture and rapid eye movement sleep without atonia in post-COVID-19 insomnia 2025 ·SLEEP ·Abubaker Ibrahim, Matteo Cesari, (unknown), (unknown), Elisabeth Brandauer, Evi Holzknecht, Angelika Wachter, (unknown), Anna Heidbreder, Ambra Stefani, Birgit Högl	1
3	Classification of Parkinson’s disease and isolated REM sleep behaviour disorder: delineating progression markers from the sebum volatilome 2025 ·npj Parkinson s Disease ·Caitlin Walton‐Doyle, Beatrice Heim, Eleanor Sinclair, (unknown), Katherine A. Hollywood, Joy Milne, Evi Holzknecht, Ambra Stefani, Birgit Högl, Klaus Seppi, Monty Silverdale, Werner Poewe, Perdita E. Barran, Drupad K. Trivedi	1
4	Effects of nocturnal periodic breathing on sympathetic nerve activity and ventilatory control at high altitude: a randomised, placebo-controlled, crossover study 2025 ·Sleep Science ·Johanna Roche, James Fisher, Peter Rasmussen, Abubaker Ibrahim, Philip N. Ainslie, Rachel Turner, Giovanni Vinetti, Matteo Cesari, Michaël Furian, Ambra Stefani, Nikolaus C. Netzer, Hannes Gatterer, Birgit Högl, Christoph Siebenmann	0
5	From mechanisms to future therapy: a synopsis of isolated REM sleep behavior disorder as early synuclein-related disease 2025 ·Molecular Neurodegeneration ·Ambra Stefani, (unknown), Dario Arnaldi, Isabelle Arnulf, Emmanuel During, Birgit Högl, (unknown), A. Iranzo, (unknown), John Peever, Ronald B. Postuma, Aleksandar Videnović, Ziv Gan‐Or	7
6	Actigraphy-based detection of isolated REM sleep behavior disorder: multicenter validation across devices and populations 2025 ·npj Digital Medicine ·Li Zhou, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Ambra Stefani, Birgit Högl, (unknown), Emmanuel Mignot, Ankit Parekh, (unknown), (unknown), Bei Huang, Shi Tang, Siyi Gong, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Ningning Li, Z. H. He, Yun Kwok Wing, Emmanuel During	0
7	Restless legs syndrome: abbreviated guidelines by the German sleep society and the German neurological society 2024 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Claudia Trenkwalder, Ambra Stefani, Cornelius G. Bachmann, Christian Maihöfner, Johannes Mathis, (unknown), (unknown), Jasmin Paulus, Anna Heidbreder	3
8	Genetic Determined Iron Starvation Signature in Friedreich's Ataxia 2024 ·Movement Disorders ·(unknown), David Haschka, Elisabetta Indelicato, Christian Kremser, Matthias Amprosi, Wolfgang Nachbauer, Benjamin Henninger, Ambra Stefani, Birgit Högl, Christine Fischer, Markus Seifert, Stefan Kiechl, Günter Weiß, Sylvia Boesch	4
9	Validation of the International REM Sleep Behavior Disorder Study Group Symptoms Severity Scale (IRBD-SSS): a new tool to assess RBD clinical severity 2024 ·Journal of Neurology ·Maria Livia Fantini, Ronald B. Postuma, Monica Puligheddu, (unknown), (unknown), Michela Figorilli, (unknown), Laurène Leclair‐Visonneau, Dario Arnaldi, Pietro Mattioli, Laure Peter‐Derex, (unknown), Michele Terzaghi, Isabelle Arnulf, Ambra Stefani, Aleksandar Videnović, (unknown), Bruno Pereira, (unknown)	2
10	Machine Learning Predicts Phenoconversion from Polysomnography in Isolated REM Sleep Behavior Disorder 2024 ·Brain Sciences ·Matteo Cesari, (unknown), Ambra Stefani, (unknown), Abubaker Ibrahim, Elisabeth Brandauer, (unknown), (unknown), Birgit Högl, Antonio Rodrı́guez-Sánchez	6
11	Sex Differences in Insomnia and Circadian Rhythm Disorders: A Systematic Review 2024 ·Medicina ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Ambra Stefani	11
12	Is REM Sleep Behavior Disorder Changing? Secular Changes Versus Referral Patterns 2023 ·Movement Disorders Clinical Practice ·Stephen Joza, Álex Iranzo, Ambra Stefani, Amélie Pelletier, Mónica Serradell, Amaia Muñoz‐Lopetegi, Abubaker Ibrahim, Evi Holzknecht, Jacques Montplaisir, (unknown), Joan Santamaría, (unknown), Melanie Bergmann, Elisabeth Brandauer, Birgit Högl, Jean‐François Gagnon, Ronald B. Postuma	2
13	A reliable automatic algorithm to score fragmentary myoclonus 2023 ·Journal of Sleep Research ·Melanie Bergmann, Birgit Högl, Abubaker Ibrahim, Elisabeth Brandauer, Anna Heidbreder, Ambra Stefani, Matteo Cesari	2
14	HFP‐QSMGAN: QSM from homodyne‐filtered phase images 2022 ·Magnetic Resonance in Medicine ·Vincent Beliveau, Christoph Birkl, Ambra Stefani, Elke R. Gizewski, Christoph Scherfler	2
15	The additional diagnostic benefits of performing both video-polysomnography and prolonged video-EEG-monitoring: When and why 2022 ·Clinical Neurophysiology Practice ·Melanie Bergmann, Elisabeth Brandauer, Ambra Stefani, Anna Heidbreder, Iris Unterberger, Birgit Högl	2
16	Analysis of sleep, daytime sleepiness, and autonomic function in multiple system atrophy and Parkinson disease: a prospective study 2022 ·Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine ·(unknown), Alessandra Fanciulli, Birgit Högl, Anna Heidbreder, Sabine Eschlböck, Cecilia Raccagni, Florian Krismer, (unknown), Stefan Kiechl, Gerhard Ransmayr, Birgit Frauscher, Klaus Seppi, Gregor K. Wenning, Ambra Stefani	4
17	Sleep quality and daytime sleepiness in epilepsy: Systematic review and meta-analysis of 25 studies including 8,196 individuals 2021 ·Sleep Medicine Reviews ·Melanie Bergmann, Lena Tschiderer, Ambra Stefani, Anna Heidbreder, Peter Willeit, Birgit Högl	43
18	Sleep Disorders in Parkinson Disease 2021 ·Sleep Medicine Clinics ·Ambra Stefani, Birgit Högl	6
19	Interrater sleep stage scoring reliability between manual scoring from two European sleep centers and automatic scoring performed by the artificial intelligence–based Stanford-STAGES algorithm 2021 ·Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine ·Matteo Cesari, Ambra Stefani, Thomas Penzel, Abubaker Ibrahim, Heinz Hackner, Anna Heidbreder, András Szentkirályi, Beate Stubbe, Henry Völzke, Klaus Berger, Birgit Högl	37
20	Central Sleep Apnea and Pacing-Induced Cardiomyopathy 2020 ·The American Journal of Cardiology ·Fabian Barbieri, Agnė Adukauskaitė, Anna Heidbreder, Elisabeth Brandauer, Melanie Bergmann, Ambra Stefani, Evi Holzknecht, Thomas Senoner, (unknown), (unknown), Markus Stühlinger, Bernhard Pfeifer, Axel Bauer, Florian Hintringer, Birgit Högl, Wolfgang Dichtl	7

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