Lucia Batzu

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Lucia Batzu is a scholar working on Neurology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lucia Batzu has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Neurology, 9 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 9 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Lucia Batzu's work include Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (33 papers), Neurological disorders and treatments (23 papers) and Restless Legs Syndrome Research (9 papers). Lucia Batzu is often cited by papers focused on Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (33 papers), Neurological disorders and treatments (23 papers) and Restless Legs Syndrome Research (9 papers). Lucia Batzu collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Italy and Romania. Lucia Batzu's co-authors include К. Ray Chaudhuri, Dag Aarsland, Gert J. Geurtsen, Daniel Weintraub, Clive Ballard, Glenda M. Halliday, Valentina Leta, Cristian Falup‐Pecurariu, Joana B. Pereira and Daniele Urso and has published in prestigious journals such as Neurology, Scientific Reports and Nature Reviews Disease Primers.

In The Last Decade

Lucia Batzu

38 papers receiving 1.2k citations

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Parkinson disease-associated cognitive impairment

2021 778 citations Dag Aarsland, Lucia Batzu et al. Nature Reviews Disease Primers profile →

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Lucia Batzu

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Wing‐Lok Au Singapore

Louis Tan Singapore

Eduardo De Pablo‐Fernández United Kingdom

Anna Zecchinelli Italy

Peter Valkovič Slovakia

Giulio Riboldazzi Italy

Roberta Frigerio United States

Margherita Fabbri Italy

Jae Woo Kim South Korea

Sven Pålhagen Sweden

Wing‐Lok Au Singapore

Lucia Batzu

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293 ×1.4

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243 ×1.3

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178 ×1.0

164 ×0.9

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20 of 20 papers shown

Boura, Iro, et al.. (2025). Prodromal Parkinson’s Disease. Neurologic Clinics. 43(2). 209–228.

Abdelnour, Carla, Lucy L. Gibson, Lucia Batzu, & Dag Aarsland. (2025). How to advance the pharmacological management of cognitive impairment in Parkinson's disease. Journal of Parkinson s Disease. 1877718X251315645–1877718X251315645.

Qamar, Mubasher A., et al.. (2024). Addressing the Ethnicity Gap in Catechol O-Methyl Transferase Inhibitor Trials in Parkinson’s Disease: A Review of Available Global Data. Journal of Personalized Medicine. 14(9). 939–939. 2 indexed citations

Qamar, Mubasher A., et al.. (2024). Parkinson's disease and vitamins: a focus on vitamin B12. Journal of Neural Transmission. 131(12). 1495–1509. 7 indexed citations

Batzu, Lucia, Aleksandra Podlewska, Lucy L. Gibson, К. Ray Chaudhuri, & Dag Aarsland. (2024). A general clinical overview of the non-motor symptoms in Parkinson’s disease: Neuropsychiatric symptoms. International review of neurobiology. 174. 59–97. 6 indexed citations

Xie, Fen, Yuqi Luo, Shuzhen Zhu, et al.. (2024). Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation alleviates motor impairment in Parkinson’s disease: association with peripheral inflammatory regulatory T-cells and SYT6. Molecular Neurodegeneration. 19(1). 80–80. 8 indexed citations

ffytche, Dominic, Ndaba Mazibuko, Marcella Montagnese, et al.. (2024). Visual mismatch negativity in Parkinson's psychosis and potential for testing treatment mechanisms. Brain Communications. 6(5). fcae291–fcae291. 2 indexed citations

Popescu, Bogdan Ovidiu, Lucia Batzu, Pedro Ruiz, et al.. (2024). Neuroplasticity in Parkinson’s disease. Journal of Neural Transmission. 131(11). 1329–1339. 11 indexed citations

Chaudhuri, К. Ray & Lucia Batzu. (2023). Can Continuous Levodopa Delivery Be Achieved in the Absence of Intrajejunal Levodopa Infusion? Implications for India and Underserved Countries. Movement Disorders Clinical Practice. 11(1). 21–29. 1 indexed citations

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Bayram, Ece, Lucia Batzu, Bension S. Tilley, et al.. (2023). Clinical trials for cognition in Parkinson's disease: Where are we and how can we do better?. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders. 112. 105385–105385. 10 indexed citations

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Qamar, Mubasher A., et al.. (2023). Non-oral continuous drug delivery based therapies and sleep dysfunction in Parkinson’s disease. Journal of Neural Transmission. 130(11). 1443–1449. 6 indexed citations

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Batzu, Lucia, Alexandra Rizos, Valentina Leta, et al.. (2023). The Gut Dysmotility Questionnaire for Parkinson's disease: Insights into development and pretest studies. Frontiers in Neurology. 14. 1149604–1149604. 1 indexed citations

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Borda, Miguel Germán, Mario Ulises Pérez‐Zepeda, К. Ray Chaudhuri, et al.. (2022). Frailty in Parkinson's disease and its association with early dementia: A longitudinal study. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders. 99. 51–57. 14 indexed citations

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Batzu, Lucia, Silvia Rota, Abdul Hye, et al.. (2022). Plasma p-tau181, neurofilament light chain and association with cognition in Parkinson’s disease. npj Parkinson s Disease. 8(1). 154–154. 40 indexed citations

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Urso, Daniele, Daniel J. van Wamelen, Lucia Batzu, et al.. (2022). Clinical trajectories and biomarkers for weight variability in early Parkinson’s disease. npj Parkinson s Disease. 8(1). 95–95. 10 indexed citations

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Batzu, Lucia, Nataliya Titova, Kalyan B Bhattacharyya, & К. Ray Chaudhuri. (2022). The pathophysiology of sexual dysfunction in Parkinson's disease: An overview. International review of neurobiology. 162. 21–34. 4 indexed citations

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Boura, Iro, Lucia Batzu, Espen Dietrichs, & К. Ray Chaudhuri. (2022). Treatment paradigms in Parkinson's Disease and Covid-19. International review of neurobiology. 165. 135–171. 1 indexed citations

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Leta, Valentina, Daniele Urso, Lucia Batzu, et al.. (2022). Viruses, parkinsonism and Parkinson’s disease: the past, present and future. Journal of Neural Transmission. 129(9). 1119–1132. 43 indexed citations

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Aarsland, Dag, Lucia Batzu, Glenda M. Halliday, et al.. (2021). Author Correction: Parkinson disease-associated cognitive impairment. Nature Reviews Disease Primers. 7(1). 53–53. 16 indexed citations

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Sechi, Elia, Lucia Batzu, Sara Mariotto, et al.. (2017). Late presentation of NMOSD as rapidly progressive leukoencephalopathy with atypical clinical and radiological findings. Multiple Sclerosis Journal. 24(5). 685–688. 14 indexed citations

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