Education
- 2018: National Academic Qualification as Associate Professor in Physiology (ASN 2016)
- 2016: Specialization course in Nutrition and Wellness: frontal lessons and practice dealing with the physiology of human nutrition and the management of nutrition in pathological conditions, University of Milan
- 2013: PhD in Physiology, with a thesis on the integration between the control of posture and of voluntary movement on human. University of Milan
- 2009: Master’s degree in Biology Applied to Biomedical Research, with a thesis on the development of neural stem cells to mature neural cells, studied by electrophysiological and molecular biology techniques, University of Milan
- 2007: Bachelor’s degree in Medical Biotechnology, University of Milan
Academic Appointments
- 2012 – present: Visiting Scientist at the University of Goteborg (Prof. Elzbieta Jankowska group): collaboration aimed to understand the mechanisms underlying the effect of Direct Current Stimulation on nervous system
The main field of interest is the investigation of several aspects of the feedforward motor control on human, in particular the relationship between Anticipatory Postural Adjustments and voluntary movements. Some of the main investigated topics were: how a joint immobilisation interferes with the organization of the motor program; how different neurological motor diseases, like cerebellar ataxia and Parkinson disease, impair the postural control and which cortical brain structures are involved in producing Anticipatory Postural Adjustments. Another important project aims to investigate, on animal, the mechanisms underlying the effect of the direct current stimulation (DCs, a potent neuromodulation tool widely used on humans) on different neural substrates and to evaluate the application of the same technique in human neurorehabilitation research.
- Bolzoni F., Esposti R, Jankowska E, Hammar I., , (2019) Neuroscience., 404, pp. 119-129, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2019.01.047.
- Bolzoni F., Esposti R, Marchese SM, Pozzi NG, Ramirez-Pasos UE, Isaias IU, Cavallari P., ., (2018 ) Frontiers in Physiology, 9,1745.
- Bolzoni, F., Esposti, R., Bruttini, C., Zenoni, G., Jankowska, E., Cavallari, P., , (2017) European Journal of Neuroscience, 46 (9), pp. 2499-2506. DOI: 10.1111/ejn.13696
- Cavallari, P., Bolzoni, F., Bruttini, C., Esposti, R., , (2016) Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 10 (OCT2016), art. no. 525 DOI:10.3389/fnhum.2016.00525
- Bolzoni, F., Pettersson, L.-G., Jankowska, E., (2013) Journal of Physiology, 591 (13), pp. 3381-3399., DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2012.244764