RESEARCH
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Current Writing and Research Projects and Commitments (Phd Related)
1. Symmetry – Taking Sides: Asymmetries in the Evolution of Human Development in Better Understanding Autism Spectrum Disorder
Special Issue: Symmetry and Biology
Gerry Leisman, Robert Melillo, Ty Melillo, Calixto Machado, Yanin Machado Ferrer, Mauricio Chinchilla-Acosta, Eli Carmeli
Deadline 15 November 2022
2. Clinical Neurophysiology – Functional Connectivities in Autism Spectrum Disorder
Robert Melillo, Gerry Leisman, Calixto Machado, Yanin Machado-Ferrer, Mauricio Chinchilla-Acosta, Ty Melillo, Eli Carmeli
Deadline: 30 December 2022
3. Developmental Sciences – Relation between Skill and Brain Coherence Networks: Symmetry of RPRs and Long Rage Connectivities in ASD
Robert Melillo, Gerry Leisman, Calixto Machado, Yanin Machado-Ferrer, Mauricio Chinchilla-Acosta, Ty Melillo, Eli Carmeli
Deadline: 30 December 2022
4. Neuropsychologia – Gross Motor Skill and Hemisphericity
Robert Melillo, Gerry Leisman, Calixto Machado, Yanin Machado-Ferrer, Mauricio Chinchilla-Acosta, Ty Melillo, Eli Carmeli
Deadline 15 January 2023
5. Physical Therapy – Lateralized Exercises and RPRs in ASD
Robert Melillo, Gerry Leisman, Calixto Machado, Yanin Machado-Ferrer, Mauricio Chinchilla-Acosta, Ty Melillo, Eli Carmeli
Deadline 15 January 2023
6. Frontiers in Neurology – Retained Primitive Reflexes and Potential for Intervention in Autistic Spectrum Disorders
Robert Melillo, Gerry Leisman, Calixto Machado, Yanin Machado-Ferrer, Mauricio Chinchilla-Acosta, Shanine Kamgang, Ty Melillo, and Eli Carmeli.
Deadline: Submitted, Accepted and Published 2022
7. Frontiers in Neuroanatomy – Front and center: Maturational dysregulation of frontal lobe functional neuroanatomic connections in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.” Frontiers in Neuroanatomy 16 (2022).
Gerry Leisman and Robert Melillo
Deadline: Submitted, Accepted and Published 2022
8. Brain Sciences – Cortical Visual Impairment in Childhood:‘Blindsight’and the Sprague Effect Revisited
Gerry Leisman, Calixto Machado, and Robert Melillo..
Deadline: Submitted, Accepted and Published 2021
9. Frontiers in Public Health – Persistent Childhood Primitive Reflex Reduction Effects on Cognitive, Sensorimotor, and Academic Performance in ADHD
Robert Melillo, Gerry Leisman, Raed Mualem, Alon Ornai, and Eli Carmeli.
Deadline: Submitted, Accepted and Published 2020
Leisman, G. and Melillo, R. The Basal Ganglia: Motor and Cognitive Relationships in a Clinical Neurobehavioral Context Reviews in the Neurosciences. 2013;24(1):9-25.
Machado C, Estévez M, Rodríguez R, Pérez-Nellar J, Chinchilla M, Defina P, Leisman G, Carrick FR, Melillo R, Schiavi A, Gutiérrez J, Carballo M, Machado A,Olivares A, Pérez-Cruz N. Zolpidem Arousing Effect in Persistent Vegetative State Patients: Autonomic, EEG and Behavioral Assessment. Current Pharmaceutical Design. 2013 Sep 10. [Epub ahead of print] (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24025063).
Machado, C., Estevez, M., Leisman, G., Melillo, R., Rodriguez, R., Hermandez, A. Perez-Nellar, J., Naranjo, R., and Chinchilla, M. EEG Coherence Assessment of Autistic Children in Three Different Experimental Conditions. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. DOI 10.1007/s10803-013-1909-5.
Estevez, M., Machado, C., Leisman, G., Melillo, R., Machado, A., Hernandez-Cruz, A., Arias, A., Rodriguez-Rojas, R., Carballo, M. EEGConn: A Software Tool for Offline qEEG Analysis, Including Spectral Univariate and Bivariate Processes and Linear and Non-Linear Indices of Brian Connectivity in Autistic Spectrum Disorder. International Journal of Child Health and Human Development. 2013; 6(4): 427.
Leisman, G., Melillo, R., Machado, C. Rodriguez-Rojas, R., Batista, K., Carballa, M., Mualem, R. Functional Disconnectivities in Individuals with Autistic Spectrum Disorders. International Journal of Child Health and Human Development. 2013, 6(4):486.
Machado, C., Estevez, M., Leisman, G., Melillo, R., Machado, A., Hernanandez-Cruz, A., Arias, A., Rodriguez-Rojas, R., Carballo, M. Exploration of Resting Brain Connectivity Using Linear Coherence Measures in the Autistic Spectrum Disorder.International Journal of Child Health and Human Development. 2013; 6(4):510.
Machado, C. Estevez, M., Melillo, R., Leisman, G., Carrick, R., Machado, A., Hernandez-Cruz, A., Arias, A., Rodriguez-Rojas, R., Carballo, M., Quantitative Resting EEG in the Autistic Spectrum Disorder. International Journal of Child Health and Human Development. 2013; 6(4):511
Rodriguez-Rojas, R., Batista, K., Carballo, M., Iturria, Y., Sanabria, G., Machado, C.,Leisman, G., Estevez, M., Melillo, R. Anatomical and Topological Connectivity Reveal Different Attributes of Disrupted Small-World Networks in Autistic Children. International Journal of Child Health and Human Development. 2013; 6(4):551
Leisman, G., Braun-Benjamin, O., Melillo, R. Cognitive-Motor Interactions of the Basal Ganglia in Development. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. 2014, 8:16. doi:10.3389/fnsys.2014.00016. [Cross-referenced in Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience.
Machado, C., Pérez-Nellar, J., Rodríguez_Rojas, R., Estévez, M., DeFina, P.A., Schiavi, A., Leisman, G. Carrick, F.R., Melillo, R., and Chinchilla, M., Unusual brainstem twisting revealed by MRI tractography in a patient who survived a severe traumatic upper spinal dislocation. Functional Neurology Rehabilitation, and Ergonomics, 2013 [In Press].
Machado, C., Pérez-Nellar, J., Rodríguez, R., Estevez, M., Leisman, G., Carrick, F. R.,Melillo, R., and Chinchilla, M. Neuroimaging Study of a Patient Who Survived a Traumatic Atlanto-Occipital Dislocation. Neurology 2014 [In Press]
Machado, C. Perez, J., Rodriguez, R., Estevez, M. Leisman, G. Melillo, R. Schiavi, A.
Pastor, I., Carrick, Frederick, Chinchilla, M. “Unusual Brainstem Twisting Revealedby MRI Tractography in a Patient Who Survived a Severe Traumatic Upper Spinal Dislocation. J. Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry. [Submitted, 2014
Estévez, M., Machado C., Leisman, G. Melillo, R. Hernández-Cruz, A., Estévez-Hernández, T., Arias-Morales, A. Machado, A., Montes-Brown, J. Spectral Analysis of Heart Rate Variability. Medical, Biological Engineering and Computing [Submitted, 2014]
Leisman, G., Braun-Benjamin, Pivovarch, D., Melillo, R. Thinking, Walking, Talking: The development of Integratory Brain Function. Frontiers of Integratory Neuroscience, 2015 [In press]
Melillo 2013 Books & Book Chapters
Estevez, M., Machado, C., Leisman, G., Melillo, R., Machado, A., Hernandez-Cruz, A., Arias, A., Rodriguez-Rojas, R., Carballo, M. EEGConn: A Software Tool for Offline qEEG Analysis, Including Spectral Univariate and Bivariate Processes and Linear and Non-Linear Indices of Brian Connectivity in Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Chronic Disease and Disability in Childhood. Haupague, NY: Nova Scientific, 2013, p. 65.
Machado, C., Estevez, M., Leisman, G., Melillo, R., Machado, A., Hernanandez-Cruz, A., Arias, A., Rodriguez-Rojas, R., Carballo, M. Exploration of Resting Brain Connectivity Using Linear Coherence Measures in the Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Chronic Disease and Disability in Childhood. Haupague, NY: Nova Scientific, 2013,p. 149.
Machado, C., Estevez., M., Melillo, R., Leisman, G., Carrick, R., Machado, A., Hernandez-Cruz, A., Arias, A., Rodriguez-Rojas, R., Carballo, M., Quantitative Resting EEG in the Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Chronic Disease and Disability in Childhood.Haupague, NY: Nova Scientific, 2013, p. 150.