Mancini F, Sambo C, Ramirez JD, Bennett DLH, Haggard P and Iannetti GD
Current Biology (in press) [PDF - coming soon]
The Iannettilab (aka the GAMFI Centre) is a system neuroscience research group led by Giandomenico Iannetti, and currently based at the Department of Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology of University College London.
Our main research interest is the neurophysiology of sensory systems in humans, with particular interest on the nociceptive system. Our approach consists in combining psychophysics and different laboratory tools (like EMG, EEG/MEG and fMRI, also performed simultaneously; more recently, microneurography) to provide a readout of the function of the nervous system at different levels, in response to stimuli belonging to various sensory modalities.
To activate selectively A-delta and C nociceptive fibres we use cutaneous laser stimulation (shown in the figures below) - a technique that we have been using and developing since 1998.
From 2006 until 2009 the lab was based at the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics of the University of Oxford.
If you would like more information about the lab, or about joining the group, please email Giandomenico Iannetti (g.iannetti@ucl.ac.uk).
Selected Recent Publications
To Blink or Not to Blink: Fine Cognitive Tuning of the Defensive Peripersonal Space
Sambo CF, Forster T, Williams S and Iannetti GD
The Journal of Neuroscience (2012) 2(37):12921-7 [PDF]
Gamma-Band Oscillations in the Primary Somatosensory Cortex—A Direct and Obligatory Correlate of Subjective Pain Intensity
Zhang ZG, Hu L, Hung YS, Mouraux A and Iannetti GD
The Journal of Neuroscience (2012) 32(22):7429-38. [PDF]
The primary somatosensory cortex largely contributes to the early part of the cortical response elicited by nociceptive stimuli
Valentini E, Hu L, Chakrabarti B, Hu Y, Aglioti SM and Iannetti GD
NeuroImage (2012) 59(2):1571-81 [PDF]
Linking Pain and the Body: Neural Correlates of Visually Induced Analgesia
Longo M, Iannetti GD, Mancini F, Driver J and Haggard P
The Journal of Neuroscience (2012) 32(8):2601-7 [PDF]
The balance of feelings: vestibular modulation of bodily sensations
Ferrè ER, Bottini G, Iannetti GD, Haggard P.
Cortex (2012) in press [PDF]
Taking into account latency, amplitude, and morphology: improved estimation of single-trial ERPs by wavelet filtering and multiple linear regression
Hu L, Liang M, Mouraux A, Wise RG, Hu Y, Iannetti GD
Journal of Neurophysiology (2011) 106(6):3216-29 [PDF]
The analgesic effect of crossing the arms
Gallace A, Torta DME, Moseley L, Iannetti GD.
PAIN (2011) 152: 1418-23.[PDF]
The pain matrix reloaded: A salience detection system for the body
Legrain V, Iannetti GD, Plaghki L, Mouraux A.
Progress in Neurobiology (2011) [PDF]
A supramodal representation of the body surface
Mancini F, Longo MR, Iannetti GD, Haggard P.
Neuropsychologia (2011) 49(5):1194-201 [PDF]
Nociceptive steady-state evoked potentials elicited by rapid periodic thermal stimulation of cutaneous nociceptors
Mouraux A, Iannetti GD, Colon E, Nozaradan S, Legrain V, Plaghki L.
The Journal of Neuroscience (2011) 31:6079-87 [PDF]
Can the functional MRI responses to physical pain really tell us why social rejection "hurts"?
Iannetti GD, Mouraux A.
PNAS (2011) 108(30):E343 [PDF]
Dishabituation of laser-evoked EEG responses: dissecting the effect of certain and uncertain changes in stimulus modality
Valentini E, Torta DME, Mouraux A, Iannetti GD.
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (2011) 23(10):2822-37 [PDF]
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