Basaia, Silvia
Sarasso, Elisabetta
Gardoni, Andrea
Grassi, Andrea
Brivio, Alejandro Enrique
Marelli, Sara
Balestrino, Roberta
Zenere, Lucia
Castelnuovo, Alessandra
Malcangi, Massimo
Canu, Elisa
Ferini-Strambi, Luigi
Agosta, Federica
Filippi, Massimo
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministero della Salute (RF-2018-12366746)
Article History
Received: 25 June 2025
Accepted: 26 October 2025
First Online: 3 December 2025
Competing interests
: Silvia Basaia, Elisabetta Sarasso, Roberta Balestrino and Elisa Canu received research support from the Italian Ministry of Health. Andrea Grassi, Andrea Gardoni, Alejandro Enrique Brivio, Lucia Zenere, Sara Marelli, Alessandra Castelnuovo, Massimo Malcangi declare no competing interests. Luigi Ferini-Strambi is field editor of the journal Sleep Medicine, associate editor of the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, member of the editorial board of the European Journal of Neurology, and Behavioral Neurology, has received speaker honoraria from Biprojet, Idorsia, Italfarmaco, and Takeda, and receives or has received research support from the Italian Ministry of Health and the Italian Ministry of University and Research. Massimo Filippi is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Neurology, Associate Editor of Human Brain Mapping, Neurological Sciences, and Radiology; received compensation for consulting services from Alexion, Almirall, Biogen, Merck, Novartis, Roche, Sanofi; speaking activities from Bayer, Biogen, Celgene, Chiesi Italia SpA, Eli Lilly, Genzyme, Janssen, Merck-Serono, Neopharmed Gentili, Novartis, Novo Nordisk, Roche, Sanofi, Takeda, and TEVA; participation in Advisory Boards for Alexion, Biogen, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Merck, Novartis, Roche, Sanofi, Sanofi-Aventis, Sanofi-Genzyme, Takeda; scientific direction of educational events for Biogen, Merck, Roche, Celgene, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Lilly, Novartis, Sanofi-Genzyme; he receives research support from Biogen Idec, Merck-Serono, Novartis, Roche, the Italian Ministry of Health, the Italian Ministry of University and Research, and Fondazione Italiana Sclerosi Multipla. Federica Agosta is Associate Editor of NeuroImage: Clinical, has received speaker honoraria from Biogen Idec, Italfarmaco, Roche, Zambon and Eli Lilly, and receives or has received research supports from the Italian Ministry of Health, the Italian Ministry of University and Research, AriSLA (Fondazione Italiana di Ricerca per la SLA), the European Research Council, the EU Joint Programme – Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND), and Foundation Research on Alzheimer Disease (France).