Piero G. Antuono, MD

Professor of Neurology, Pharmacology and Toxicology

Locations

Medical College of Wisconsin
Department of Neurology

Contact Information

(414) 777-7700

Education

MD, University of Florence Medical School, Florence, Italy, 1975

Biography

1975-1979 - Resident, Department of Neurology, University of Florence, Italy (Summa Cum Laude)
1979-1980 - Dementia Research Fellow, Department of Neurology, University of Florence, Italy
1980 - Intern, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
1980-1983 - Resident, Department of Neurology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
1983-1984 - Psychopharmacology Research Fellow, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins Medical School, Baltimore, MD
1984-1985 - Dementia Research Fellow, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins Medical School, Baltimore, MD
1985-1991 - Assistant Professor of Neurology, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
1991-1997 - Associate Professor of Neurology, Pharmacology, and Toxicology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
1997-Present - Professor of Neurology, Pharmacology, and Toxicology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

Honors and Awards

1977 - Italian Research Council Fellowship Grant
1987 - "Best in Milwaukee Under 40", Milwaukee Magazine
1988 - The Governor of Wisconsin Certificate of Commendation, Madison, WI
1988 - State of Wisconsin Assembly Award for Medical Achievement, Madison, WI
1988 - Wisconsin State Alzheimer's Information and Training Center Certificate of Merit, Milwaukee, WI
1989 - Certificate of Appreciation, Department of Veteran Affairs
1993 - Certificate of Recognition, Alzheimer's Disease Association, Milwaukee, WI
1995 - Certificate of Recognition, The Wisconsin Occupational Therapists Association
1997 - Teacher of the Year Award, Department of Psychiatry, Medical College of Wisconsin
1997 - Community Connection Award, Luther Manor WI Adult Day Services Association
1999 - Teacher of the Year Award, Department of Psychiatry, Medical College of Wisconsin
2000 - Henrietta McNary Award, Department of Health Services, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
2001 - Certificate of Appreciation Mid America Continuing Medical Education Seminars. Brookfield, Wisconsin

Research Interests

Adult Neurology
Neuropharmacology of Aging
Alzheimer's Disease
Dementia

Clinical Interest

Aging of the Brain and Dementia

The use of an anterior-posterior atrophy index to distinguish Alzheimer's disease from frontotemporal disorders: an automated volumetric MRI Study.

(Gerlach LR, Prabhakaran V, Antuono PG, Granadillo E.) Acta Radiol. 2024 Jul;65(7):808-816 PMID: 38803154 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85194860613 05/28/2024
Lights and Shadows of Cerebrospinal Fluid Biomarkers in the Current Alzheimer's Disease Framework.

(Gallucci M, Cenesi L, White C, Antuono P, Quaglio G, Bonanni L.) J Alzheimers Dis. 2022;86(3):1061-1072 PMID: 35180122 PMCID: PMC9108561 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85128406713 02/19/2022
Predicting progression from mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer's disease on an individual subject basis by applying the CARE index across different independent cohorts.

(Chen J, Chen G, Shu H, Chen G, Ward BD, Wang Z, Liu D, Antuono PG, Li SJ, Zhang Z, Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative.) Aging (Albany NY). 2019 Apr 30;11(8):2185-2201 PMID: 31078129 PMCID: PMC6520016 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85065784396 05/12/2019
Intrinsic inter-network brain dysfunction correlates with symptom dimensions in late-life depression.

(Li W, Wang Y, Ward BD, Antuono PG, Li SJ, Goveas JS.) J Psychiatr Res. 2017 Apr;87:71-80 PMID: 28017917 PMCID: PMC5336398 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85007203312 12/27/2016
Staging Alzheimer's Disease Risk by Sequencing Brain Function and Structure, Cerebrospinal Fluid, and Cognition Biomarkers.

(Chen G, Shu H, Chen G, Ward BD, Antuono PG, Zhang Z, Li SJ, Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative.) J Alzheimers Dis. 2016 Oct 04;54(3):983-993 PMID: 27567874 PMCID: PMC5055443 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84990038434 08/29/2016
Amygdala network dysfunction in late-life depression phenotypes: Relationships with symptom dimensions.

(Li W, Ward BD, Xie C, Jones JL, Antuono PG, Li SJ, Goveas JS.) J Psychiatr Res. 2015 Nov;70:121-9 PMID: 26424431 PMCID: PMC4605880 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84943373502 10/02/2015
Disrupted small world topology and modular organisation of functional networks in late-life depression with and without amnestic mild cognitive impairment.

(Li W, Douglas Ward B, Liu X, Chen G, Jones JL, Antuono PG, Li SJ, Goveas JS.) J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2015 Oct;86(10):1097-105 PMID: 25433036 PMCID: PMC4465874 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84942234881 11/30/2014
Aberrant functional connectivity in Papez circuit correlates with memory performance in cognitively intact middle-aged APOE4 carriers.

(Li W, Antuono PG, Xie C, Chen G, Jones JL, Ward BD, Singh SP, Franczak MB, Goveas JS, Li SJ.) Cortex. 2014 Aug;57:167-76 PMID: 24905971 PMCID: PMC4448757 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84901807675 06/07/2014
Effects of the coexistence of late-life depression and mild cognitive impairment on white matter microstructure.

(Li W, Muftuler LT, Chen G, Ward BD, Budde MD, Jones JL, Franczak MB, Antuono PG, Li SJ, Goveas JS.) J Neurol Sci. 2014 Mar 15;338(1-2):46-56 PMID: 24387897 PMCID: PMC4428544 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84896714136 01/07/2014
Modulation of human longevity by SIRT3 single nucleotide polymorphisms in the prospective study Treviso Longeva (TRELONG).

(Albani D, Ateri E, Mazzuco S, Ghilardi A, Rodilossi S, Biella G, Ongaro F, Antuono P, Boldrini P, Di Giorgi E, Frigato A, Durante E, Caberlotto L, Zanardo A, Siculi M, Gallucci M, Forloni G.) Age (Dordr). 2014 Feb;36(1):469-78 PMID: 23839864 PMCID: PMC3889902 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84899069949 07/11/2013
Late-life depression, mild cognitive impairment and hippocampal functional network architecture.

(Xie C, Li W, Chen G, Ward BD, Franczak MB, Jones JL, Antuono PG, Li SJ, Goveas JS.) Neuroimage Clin. 2013;3:311-20 PMID: 24273715 PMCID: PMC3814948 11/26/2013
Semantic memory functional MRI and cognitive function after exercise intervention in mild cognitive impairment.

(Smith JC, Nielson KA, Antuono P, Lyons JA, Hanson RJ, Butts AM, Hantke NC, Verber MD.) J Alzheimers Dis. 2013;37(1):197-215 PMID: 23803298 PMCID: PMC4643948 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84883172201 06/28/2013