Domenica Veniero

Contact

• workRoom A13 School of Psychology
  University Park
  Nottingham
  NG7 2RD
  UK
• Domenica.Veniero@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

I obtained my PhD in Neuroscience at the University of Brescia working on how non-invasive brain stimulation can be combined with EEG.

I then moved to Rome for a post-doctoral position at "Foundazione Santa Lucia" where I investigated the role of brain oscillations in cortical connectivity and plasticity within the motor system.

From 2013 to 2019, I worked as Research Associate at the University of Glasgow. Here, I studied the role of brain oscillations in perception and top-down control within the visual system.

Research Summary

My research interests focus on two main areas.

The first is the role of brain oscillations in both long-range cortical communication and local brain activity, with a specific interest in top down control of visuo-spatial attention, visual processing and motor cortex excitability.

The second is the effect of brain stimulation (Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation - TMS) on cortical excitability and behavioural performance.

Recent Publications

• MOMI D, NERI F, COIRO G, SMERALDA C, VENIERO D, G S, A R, A PL, S R and E S, 2019. Cognitive Enhancement via Network-Targeted Cortico-cortical Associative Brain Stimulation. Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991). (In Press.)
• ZAZIO A, BORTOLETTO M, RUZZOLI M, MINIUSSI C and VENIERO D, 2019. Perceptual and Physiological Consequences of Dark Adaptation: A TMS-EEG Study. Brain topography. 32(5), 773-782
• AHRENS MM, VENIERO D, FREUND IM, HARVEY M and THUT G, 2019. Both dorsal and ventral attention network nodes are implicated in exogenously driven visuospatial anticipation. Cortex; a journal devoted to the study of the nervous system and behavior. 117, 168-181
• TAGLIABUE CF, VENIERO D, BENWELL CSY, CECERE R, SAVAZZI S and THUT G, 2019. The EEG signature of sensory evidence accumulation during decision formation closely tracks subjective perceptual experience. Scientific reports. 9(1), 4949

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• MOMI D, NERI F, COIRO G, SMERALDA C, VENIERO D, G S, A R, A PL, S R and E S, 2019. Cognitive Enhancement via Network-Targeted Cortico-cortical Associative Brain Stimulation. Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991). (In Press.)
• ZAZIO A, BORTOLETTO M, RUZZOLI M, MINIUSSI C and VENIERO D, 2019. Perceptual and Physiological Consequences of Dark Adaptation: A TMS-EEG Study. Brain topography. 32(5), 773-782
• AHRENS MM, VENIERO D, FREUND IM, HARVEY M and THUT G, 2019. Both dorsal and ventral attention network nodes are implicated in exogenously driven visuospatial anticipation. Cortex; a journal devoted to the study of the nervous system and behavior. 117, 168-181
• TAGLIABUE CF, VENIERO D, BENWELL CSY, CECERE R, SAVAZZI S and THUT G, 2019. The EEG signature of sensory evidence accumulation during decision formation closely tracks subjective perceptual experience. Scientific reports. 9(1), 4949
• BENWELL CSY, LONDON RE, TAGLIABUE CF, VENIERO D, GROSS J, KEITEL C and THUT G, 2019. Frequency and power of human alpha oscillations drift systematically with time-on-task. NeuroImage. 192, 101-114
• BENWELL CSY, TAGLIABUE CF, VENIERO D, CECERE R, SAVAZZI S and THUT G, 2017. Prestimulus EEG Power Predicts Conscious Awareness But Not Objective Visual Performance. eNeuro. 4(6),
• BRACCO M, VENIERO D, OLIVERI M and THUT G, 2017. Prismatic Adaptation Modulates Oscillatory EEG Correlates of Motor Preparation but Not Visual Attention in Healthy Participants. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 38(5), 1189-1201
• CAO L, VENIERO D, THUT G and GROSS J, 2017. Role of the Cerebellum in Adaptation to Delayed Action Effects. Current biology : CB. 27(16), 2442-2451.e3
• VENIERO D, BENWELL CSY, AHRENS MM and THUT G, 2017. Inconsistent Effects of Parietal α-tACS on Pseudoneglect across Two Experiments: A Failed Internal Replication. Frontiers in psychology. 8, 952
• PELLICCIARI MC, VENIERO D and MINIUSSI C, 2017. Characterizing the Cortical Oscillatory Response to TMS Pulse. Frontiers in cellular neuroscience. 11, 38
• CASULA EP, PELLICCIARI MC, PONZO V, STAMPANONI BASSI M, VENIERO D, CALTAGIRONE C and KOCH G, 2016. Cerebellar theta burst stimulation modulates the neural activity of interconnected parietal and motor areas. Scientific reports. 6, 36191
• CASULA EP, STAMPANONI BASSI M, PELLICCIARI MC, PONZO V, VENIERO D, PEPPE A, BRUSA L, STANZIONE P, CALTAGIRONE C, STEFANI A and KOCH G, 2016. Subthalamic stimulation and levodopa modulate cortical reactivity in Parkinson's patients. Parkinsonism & related disorders. 34, 31-37
• VENIERO D, VOSSEN A, GROSS J and THUT G, 2015. Lasting EEG/MEG Aftereffects of Rhythmic Transcranial Brain Stimulation: Level of Control Over Oscillatory Network Activity. Frontiers in cellular neuroscience. 9, 477
• AHRENS MM, VENIERO D, GROSS J, HARVEY M and THUT G, 2015. Visual Benefits in Apparent Motion Displays: Automatically Driven Spatial and Temporal Anticipation Are Partially Dissociated. PloS one. 10(12), e0144082
• CIPOLLARI S, VENIERO D, RAZZANO C, CALTAGIRONE C, KOCH G and MARANGOLO P, 2015. Combining TMS-EEG with transcranial direct current stimulation language treatment in aphasia. Expert review of neurotherapeutics. 15(7), 833-45
• BORTOLETTO M, VENIERO D, THUT G and MINIUSSI C, 2014. The contribution of TMS-EEG coregistration in the exploration of the human cortical connectome. Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews. 49, 114-24
• BONNÌ S, VENIERO D, MASTROPASQUA C, PONZO V, CALTAGIRONE C, BOZZALI M and KOCH G, 2014. TMS evidence for a selective role of the precuneus in source memory retrieval. Behavioural brain research. 282, 70-5
• PICAZIO S, VENIERO D, PONZO V, CALTAGIRONE C, GROSS J, THUT G and KOCH G, 2014. Prefrontal control over motor cortex cycles at beta frequency during movement inhibition. Current biology : CB. 24(24), 2940-5
• VENIERO D, BORTOLETTO M and MINIUSSI C, 2014. On the challenge of measuring direct cortical reactivity by TMS-EEG. Brain stimulation. 7(5), 759-60
• VENIERO D, PONZO V and KOCH G, 2013. Paired associative stimulation enforces the communication between interconnected areas. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 33(34), 13773-83
• KOCH G, PONZO V, DI LORENZO F, CALTAGIRONE C and VENIERO D, 2013. Hebbian and anti-Hebbian spike-timing-dependent plasticity of human cortico-cortical connections. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 33(23), 9725-33
• RAGAZZONI A, PIRULLI C, VENIERO D, FEURRA M, CINCOTTA M, GIOVANNELLI F, CHIARAMONTI R, LINO M, ROSSI S and MINIUSSI C, 2013. Vegetative versus minimally conscious states: a study using TMS-EEG, sensory and event-related potentials. PloS one. 8(2), e57069
• VENIERO D, BORTOLETTO M and MINIUSSI C, 2013. Cortical modulation of short-latency TMS-evoked potentials. Frontiers in human neuroscience. 6, 352
• KOCH G, VENIERO D and CALTAGIRONE C, 2012. To the other side of the neglected brain: the hyperexcitability of the left intact hemisphere. The Neuroscientist : a review journal bringing neurobiology, neurology and psychiatry. 19(2), 208-17
• THUT G, VENIERO D, ROMEI V, MINIUSSI C, SCHYNS P and GROSS J, 2011. Rhythmic TMS causes local entrainment of natural oscillatory signatures. Current biology : CB. 21(14), 1176-85
• VENIERO D, BRIGNANI D, THUT G and MINIUSSI C, 2011. Alpha-generation as basic response-signature to transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) targeting the human resting motor cortex: a TMS/EEG co-registration study. Psychophysiology. 48(10), 1381-9
• VENIERO D, MAIOLI C and MINIUSSI C, 2010. Potentiation of short-latency cortical responses by high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation. Journal of neurophysiology. 104(3), 1578-88
• PELLICCIARI MC, VENIERO D, MARZANO C, MORONI F, PIRULLI C, CURCIO G, FERRARA M, MINIUSSI C, ROSSINI PM and DE GENNARO L, 2009. Heritability of intracortical inhibition and facilitation. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 29(28), 8897-900
• VENIERO D, BORTOLETTO M and MINIUSSI C, 2009. TMS-EEG co-registration: on TMS-induced artifact. Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology. 120(7), 1392-9
• DE GENNARO L, MARZANO C, VENIERO D, MORONI F, FRATELLO F, CURCIO G, FERRARA M, FERLAZZO F, NOVELLI L, CONCETTA PELLICCIARI M, BERTINI M and ROSSINI PM, 2007. Neurophysiological correlates of sleepiness: a combined TMS and EEG study. NeuroImage. 36(4), 1277-87
• FRATELLO F, VENIERO D, CURCIO G, FERRARA M, MARZANO C, MORONI F, PELLICCIARI MC, BERTINI M, ROSSINI PM and DE GENNARO L, 2006. Modulation of corticospinal excitability by paired associative stimulation: reproducibility of effects and intraindividual reliability. Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology. 117(12), 2667-74