Brindisi Research Center

The research activity of this Center is focused mainly on Neurosciences and Psychopathology.

More in detail, our study covers:

• Psychophysiology, focused on the relationship between psychological and physiological factors in the child. In this context, we study subjective, physiological and behavioral response patterns in children with post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety disorders and disorders of emotional regulation, and in children and adolescents who are victims of maltreatment or abuse;
• Developmental neurology;
• Epyleptology;
• Developmental neurology and neurorehabilitation of Cerebral Palsy;
• Neuro-ophtalmology and low vision;
• Psycholinguistics, focused on the development of communication skills in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

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Research Centers in Conegliano and Pieve di Soligo

The Research Centers in Conegliano and Pieve di Soligo carry out research activities relating to the four areas of interest of the Medea Institute.

The Center is also the "Research Branch" of the Italian WHO Collaborating Center for International Classifications.

The Clinical Units are also involved in observational studies and clinical trials for the safety and the efficacy evaluation of pharmacological, neurosurgical and rehabilitation interventions.

The Center also collaborates with various research facilities and universities and participates in various pathology networks in the fields of pediatric oncology and oncohematology, rare diseases, ADHD, epilepsy. In addition, there are active collaborations with some patient associations in the context of degenerative hereditary ataxias, alternating hemiplegia, Angelman Syndrome and glycogenoses.

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Bosisio Parini (LC) Research Center

The research activity carried out in Bosisio Parini focuses on all areas of interest of the Institute.  There is a strong connection between research and the the Center's clinical activity, which takes place in a Neurophysiatrics Department as well as a Center for Developmental Neuropsychiatry and Psychopathology.

Our studies mainly focus on: 

• Rare diseases
• Hereditary spastic paraparesis
• Cerebellar and cerebral malformative disorders
• Cerebral palsy and traumatic brain injury
• At-risk infants, pre-term infants
• Speech and language disorders
• Neurodevelopmental pathologies
• Emotional disorders in children

The bioengineering and robotics labs and the CESNE-Neuroimaging Lab (Applied technologies Area) support the studies carried out by the other Research Areas.

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