Francesco L Donati, MD, PhD
Research Instructor in Psychiatry
Contact Details
3811 O'Hara St.
Pittsburgh
PA
15213
Email donatif@upmc.edu
Education & Training
MD
University of Milan
PhD
Clinical Research, University of Milan
San Paolo Hospital, Milan, Italy
Translational Neuroscience Program, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Research Interests
Sleep endophenotype of schizophrenia; TMS-EEG in psychosis; Neurobiology self-disorders
Selected Research Publications & Products- Donati FL, Mayeli A, Nascimento Couto BA, Sharma K, Janssen S, Krafty RJ, Casali AG, Ferrarelli F. Prefrontal Oscillatory Slowing in Early-Course Schizophrenia Is Associated With Worse Cognitive Performance and Negative Symptoms: A Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation-Electroencephalography Study. Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging. 2024 Jul 25:S2451-9022(24)00201-5. doi: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2024.07.013. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39059465.
- Keihani A, Mayeli A, Donati F, Janssen SA, Huston CA, Colacot RM, Al Zoubi O, Murphy M, Ferrarelli F. Changes in electroencephalographic microstates between evening and morning are associated with overnight sleep slow waves in healthy individuals. Sleep. 2024 Jun 13;47(6):zsae053. doi: 10.1093/sleep/zsae053. PMID: 38416814; PMCID: PMC11168754.
- Donati FL, Mayeli A, Sharma K, Janssen SA, Lagoy AD, Casali AG, Ferrarelli F. Natural Oscillatory Frequency Slowing in the Premotor Cortex of Early-Course Schizophrenia Patients: A TMS-EEG Study. Brain Sci. 2023 Mar 24;13(4):534. doi: 10.3390/brainsci13040534. PMID: 37190501; PMCID: PMC10136843
- Bagautdinova J, Mayeli A, Wilson JD, Donati FL, Colacot RM, Meyer N, Fusar-Poli P, Ferrarelli F. Sleep Abnormalities in Different Clinical Stages of Psychosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. JAMA Psychiatry. 2023 Mar 1;80(3):202-210. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2022.4599. PMID: 36652243; PMCID: PMC9857809.
- Mayeli A, Wilson JD, Donati FL, LaGoy AD, Ferrarelli F. Sleep spindle alterations relate to working memory deficits in individuals at clinical high-risk for psychosis. Sleep. 2022 Nov 9;45(11):zsac193. doi: 10.1093/sleep/zsac193. PMID: 35981865; PMCID: PMC9644126.
