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Monica Puligheddu is an expert in Neurology at Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Cagliari (Italy). As of October 2026, ScienceLeadR ranks Monica Puligheddu in the top 1% of experts worldwide for Sleep Wake Disorders. Monica Puligheddu has authored 231 publications, the most recent in 2026, and is an investigator in 9 clinical trials, 4 of them ongoing. SLR score: 689 (community average: 125). How the SLR is computed.

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Monica Puligheddu Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Cagliari Italy
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Neurology

Subspecialties: Sleep Medicine Specialty - Sleep Medicine - Psychiatry

Full career – Last 3 years

Main Topics

Publications and Clinical Studies

Publications – Clinical Studies

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Organizations

Career arc: 2004 - 2026
Source: PubMed

University of Cagliari

Publications Synthesis

Sources: PubMed, OpenAlex

Number : 231

Citations

Citations: 4 947 1st author: 23 Last author: 30 Unique author: 0

Main journals

Sleep Med 24
Sleep 14
J Sleep Res 9
Neurology 9
medRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 8

Best Journals

Lancet Neurol 1

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Latest Publications

5 most recent indexed articles

Source: Pubmed

Title Journal Year Citations
REM Atonia Index Cutoffs for REM Sleep Without Atonia: A Systematic Review with Meta-analysis of Adult Diagnostic Performance.
PMID 42895952 — aging, sleep, polysomnography, sleep, rem		Sleep20260
Factors associated with post-tracheostomy survival in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.
PMID 42895434 — sclerosis, tracheostomy, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, demography, prognosis		Amyotroph Lateral Scler Frontotemporal Degener20260
N-terminal proVGF modifications related to Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.
PMID 42841866 — cells, sclerosis, lymphocytes, stress, physiological, dystonia, oxidative stress, biomarkers, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, plasma		Amyotroph Lateral Scler Frontotemporal Degener20260
Cognitive Impairment in isolated REM Sleep Behavior Disorder: a data-driven approach to understanding the heterogeneity of different phenotypes. A pilot study.
PMID 42641484 — pilot projects, pilots, rem sleep behavior disorder, sleep, phenotype, cognitive dysfunction, cognition disorders, sleep, rem, sleep wake disorders		Sleep Med20260
Case Report: non-monotonic longitudinal RSWA with tonic-phasic dissociation across serial attended video-polysomnography in isolated REM sleep behaviour disorder.
PMID 42614216 — sleep, polysomnography, sleep, rem		Front Sleep20260

Clinical Studies 9

Sources: ClinicalTrials, EU CTIS

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Principal Investigator: 1

By phase:

N/A 5
Phase 3 2
Phase 2 1
Phase 2/Phase 3 1

By status:

Recruiting 4
Unknown 2
Completed 1
Not yet recruiting 1
Suspended 1

By type:

Observational 5
Interventional 4

By Monocentric/Multicentric:

monocentric 1
multicentric2to4 1
multicentric5to9 3
multicentricup10 4

Main Topics

Cohort/Consortium Investigators 1

Ongoing Clinical Trials

4 ongoing trials started since 2021, where this expert is an investigator

Source: ClinicalTrials

Study Phase Status Start
Biomarkers for Diagnosis and Treatment Response in Pediatric Acute Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS)
NCT07718958 — microglia, research design, intelligence, muscles, blood, serum, electromyography, translational research, biomedical, micrornas, sleep, brain, polysomnography, neurodevelopmental disorders, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, tics, biomarkers, signs and symptoms, adolescent, metabolomics, leukocytes, diagnosis, research, sleep, rem, exome, therapeutics, software, exome sequencing, physical exertion, dna, movement, sleep latency, wechsler scales, pulse, infections, child, plasma, sleep wake disorders, electrocardiography, oxygen saturation, neuroinflammatory diseases, neurodevelopment		N/ARecruiting2024
Unmet Needs Among Patients With Isolated REM Sleep Behavior Disorder (iRBD) and Their Significant Others
NCT07498452 — quality of life, cross-sectional studies, rem sleep behavior disorder, sleep, caregivers, parkinsonian disorders, sleep, rem, sleep wake disorders		N/ARecruiting2025
Open Label Extension Clinical Trial of Vormatrigine in Adult Patients with Epilepsy
2025-521640-38-00 — epilepsy, seizures		Phase 3Recruiting2025
DREAMER IsolateD REM Sleep Without Atonia as a Risk Factor for REM Sleep Behavior disordER
NCT06140511 — follow-up studies, rem sleep behavior disorder, sleep, mental disorders, polysomnography, synucleinopathies, risk factors, sleep, rem		N/ANot yet recruiting2023

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Sources: PubMed, OpenAlex, ClinicalTrials, EU CTIS