Contact Information

Marta Bianciardi
10 Center Dr.
Bldg. 10, Rm. B1D-723A - MSC 1065
Bethesda, MD 20892-1065
USA
Tel.: +1 301 594 2626
Fax: +1 301 480 1981
E-mail: bianciardim at mail.nih.gov

Previous Positions

• 2005-2006, Post-doctoral research position, Laboratory of Neuroimaging, Foundation Santa Lucia, I.R.C.C.S, Rome, Italy
• 2001-2004, Study and research fellow, Laboratory of Neuroimaging, Foundation Santa Lucia, I.R.C.C.S, Rome, Italy

Education

• Specialization in Medical Physics:
  • University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy. Thesis: "On the use of simultaneous fMRI-EEG recordings to study brain function". Mentors: Prof. Bruno Maraviglia, Dr. Emiliano Macaluso.
• Ph.D. in Biophysics:
  • University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy. Thesis on: "Neuronal current fMRI: pushing the limits of MR-based functional neuroimaging." Mentors: Prof. Bruno Maraviglia, Dr. Gisela E. Hagberg.
• M.Sc. in Physics:
  • University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy. Experimental thesis in Structure of Matter: "Activation of human visual cortex: investigation with NMR spectroscopy «in vivo»". Mentors: Prof. Bruno Maraviglia, Dr. Silvia Mangia, Dr. Girolamo Garreffa.

Publications

• A Cerasa, GE Hagberg, A Peppe, M Bianciardi, MC Gioia, A Costa, A Castriota-Scanderbeg, C Caltagirone, U Sabatini
  Functional changes in the activity of cerebellum and frontostriatal regions during externally and internally timed movement in Parkinson's disease.
  Brain Res Bull 2006 71:259-69
• C Barba, R Formisano, U Sabatini, P Cicinelli, G Elisabeth Hagberg, B Marconi, P Ciurli, M Bianciardi, M Matteis
  Dysfunction of a structurally normal motor pathway in a brain injury patient as revealed by multimodal integrated techniques.
  Neurocase 2006 12:232-5
• GE Hagberg, M Bianciardi, B Maraviglia
  Challenges for detection of neuronal currents by MRI.
  Magn Reson Imaging 2006 24:483-93
• E Briselli, G Garreffa, L Bianchi, M Bianciardi, E Macaluso, M Abbafati, M Grazia Marciani, B Maraviglia
  An independent component analysis-based approach on ballistocardiogram artifact removing.
  Magn Reson Imaging 2006 24:393-400
• G Garreffa, M Bianciardi, GE Hagberg, E Macaluso, MG Marciani, B Maraviglia, M Abbafati, M Carni, I Bruni, L Bianchi
  Simultaneous EEG-fMRI acquisition: how far is it from being a standardized technique?
  Magn Reson Imaging 2004 22:1445-55
• M Bianciardi, F Di Russo, T Aprile, B Maraviglia, GE Hagberg
  Combination of BOLD-fMRI and VEP recordings for spin-echo MRI detection of primary magnetic effects caused by neuronal currents.
  Magn Reson Imaging 2004 22:1429-40
• A Cerasa, GE Hagberg, M Bianciardi, U Sabatini
  Visually cued motor synchronization: modulation of fMRI activation patterns by baseline condition.
  Neurosci Lett 2005 373:32-7
• M Bianciardi, A Cerasa, F Patria, GE Hagberg
  Evaluation of mixed effects in event-related fMRI studies: impact of first-level design and filtering.
  Neuroimage 2004 22:1351-70
• F Giove, S Mangia, M Bianciardi, G Garreffa, F Di Salle, R Morrone, B Maraviglia
  The physiology and metabolism of neuronal activation: in vivo studies by NMR and other methods.
  Magn Reson Imaging 2003 21:1283-93
• GE Hagberg, M Bianciardi, F Patria, I Indovina
  Quantitative NumART2* mapping in functional MRI studies at 1.5 T.
  Magn Reson Imaging 2003 21:1241-9
• S Mangia, G Garreffa, M Bianciardi, F Giove, F Di Salle, B Maraviglia
  The aerobic brain: lactate decrease at the onset of neural activity.
  Neuroscience 2003 118:7-10
• S Mangia, F Giove, M Bianciardi, F Di Salle, G Garreffa, B Maraviglia
  Issues concerning the construction of a metabolic model for neuronal activation.
  J Neurosci Res 2003 71:463-7

Patents

• Zbilut JP, Sirabella P, Bianciardi M, Hagberg GE, Colosimo A, Giuliani A.
  "Methods using recurrence quantification analysis to analize and generate images".
  U.S. Patent Application (based on 60/567,994 and 60/607,284) funded by Rush University, Chicago, U.S.A. (File Nos.: 047940-0257; R204 and R213).