Area of research
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine · Physiology
Research interest
Research interests include Neuroscience, Psychology, Brain activity and meditation, Insula, Insular cortex, and Medicine.
Central control of cardiac activity as assessed by intra-cerebral recordings and stimulations
How the insula speaks to the heart: Cardiac responses to insular stimulation in humans
Brain activity sustaining the modulation of pain by empathetic comments
Autonomic cardiovascular adaptations to acute head-out water immersion, head-down tilt and supine position
Pain and emotion as predictive factors of interoception in fibromyalgia
The neural bases of ictal tachycardia in temporal lobe seizures
Heart rate variability: a tool to explore the sleeping brain?
Vestibular responses to direct stimulation of the human insular cortex