Doctoral Researcher


Name Francesco Tortora
Affiliation Chair of Psychology I
Professur für Experimentelle Klinische Psychologie am Lehrstuhl für Psychologie I
Street Marcusstr. 9 - 11
Zip Code 97070
City Würzburg
Email E-mail
Telephone +49 931 31- 84573
Additional Affiliation
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Section Neuroscience
Title of Thesis Project Evaluation of psychobiological and behavioral interplay in threat avoidance via virtual reality
Primary Supervisor Prof. Dr. Matthias Gamer
Member of Thesis Committee PD Dr. Marta Andreatta now University Tübingen
Prof. Dr. Robert Blum
Publication

Memories are not written in stone: Re-writing fear memories by means of non-invasive brain stimulation and optogenetic manipulations. Borgomaneri S, Battaglia S, Sciamanna G, Tortora F, Laricchiuta D. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2021 Aug;127:334-352. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.04.036. Epub 2021 May 5.

State-Dependent TMS over Prefrontal Cortex Disrupts Fear-Memory Reconsolidation and Prevents the Return of Fear. Borgomaneri S, Battaglia S, Garofalo S, Tortora F, Avenanti A, di Pellegrino G. Curr Biol. 2020 Sep 21;30(18):3672-3679.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.06.091. Epub 2020 Jul 30.
Last update Publications 19.05.2023