Dr. Andrea Eugenio Cavanna
Department of Neuropsychiatry

BSMHFT and University of Birmingham ,UK

Email: andrea.cavanna@bsmhft.nhs.uk

Qualifications

2010 Ph.D., University College London, UK

2002 M.Sc., University of Turin, Italy

Publications (Selected)

1. Cavanna AE, Rickards H, Ali F. What makes a simple partial seizure complex? Epilepsy and Behavior 2011;22:651-658.
2. Gulisano M, Calì PV, Cavanna AE, Eddy C, Rickards H, Rizzo R. Cardiovascular safety of aripiprazole and pimozide in young patients with Tourette syndrome. Neurological Sciences 2011;32:1213-1217.
3. Nani A, Cavanna AE. The Big Bang, the Milky Way, and the Cradle of Life. Journal of Cosmology 2011;16:7027-7031.
4. Eddy CM, Rickards HE, Cavanna AE. The cognitive impact of antiepileptic drugs. Therapeutic Advances in Neurological Disorders 2011;4:380-402.
5. Cavanna AE, Nani A. Il trattamento farmacologico dei tic nella sindrome di Tourette. [Pharmacological treatment of tics in Gilles de la Tourette syndrome.] Clinical Management Issues 2011;5:145-155.
6. Cavanna AE, Critchley HD, Orth M, Stern JS, Young M-B, Robertson MM. Dissecting the Gilles de la Tourette spectrum: A factor analytic study on 639 patients. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry 2011;82:1320-1323.
7. Frank M, Piedad J, Rickards H, Cavanna AE. The role of impulse control disorders in Tourette syndrome: An exploratory study. Journal of the Neurological Sciences 2011;310:276-278.
8. Porta M, Menghetti C, Sassi M, Brambilla A, Defendi S, Servello D, Selvini C, Eddy C, Rickards H, Cavanna AE. Treatment-refractory Tourette syndrome. Italian Journal of Psychopathology 2011;17:225-233.
9. Vattakatuchery JJ, Rickards H, Cavanna AE. Pathogenic mechanisms of depression in multiple sclerosis. Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences 2011;23:261-276.
10. Cauda F, Cavanna AE, D’Agata F, Sacco K, Duca S, Geminiani G. Functional connectivity and coactivation of the nucleus accumbens: a combined functional connectivity and structure-based meta-analysis. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 2011;23:2864-2877.
11. Eddy CM, Mitchell IJ, Beck SR, Rickards H, Cavanna AE. Altered subjective fear response in Huntington’s disease. Parkinsonism and Related Disorders 2011;17:386-389.
12. Eddy CM, Mitchell IJ, Beck SR, Cavanna AE, Rickards H. Social reasoning in Tourette syndrome. Cognitive Neuropsychiatry 2011;16:326-347.
13. Monaco F, Mula M, Cavanna AE. The neurophilosophy of epileptic experiences. Acta Neuropsychiatrica 2011;23:184-187.
14. Cavanna AE, Ali F, Rickards H. Paligraphia and written jocularity in Gilles de la Tourette syndrome. Movement Disorders 2011;26:930-931.
15. Cavanna S, Cavanna AE. Consciousness in epilepsy. Functional Neurology, Rehabilitation, and Ergonomics 2011;1:53-60.
16. Spencer AH, Rickards H, Fasano A, Cavanna AE. The prevalence and clinical characteristics of punding in Parkinson’s disease. Movement Disorders 2011;26:578-586.
17. Eddy CM, Cavanna AE, Gulisano M, Agodi A, Barchitta M, Calì P, Robertson MM, Rizzo R. Clinical correlates of quality of life in Tourette syndrome. Movement Disorders 2011;26:735-738.
18. Nani A, Cavanna AE. Brain, consciousness, and causality. Journal of Cosmology 2011;14:4472-4483.
19. Durrant J, Rickards H, Cavanna AE. Prognosis and outcome predictors in psychogenic non-epileptic seizures. Epilepsy Research and Treatment 2011:274736.
20. Cavanna AE. Epilepsy and disorders of consciousness. Behavioural Neurology 2011;24:1.
21. Cavanna AE, Ali F. Epilepsy: The quintessential pathology of consciousness. Behavioural Neurology 2011;24:3-10.