Sex differences in mild vascular cognitive impairment: A multimodal transcranial magnetic stimulation study

• Mariagiovanna Cantone ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Mariagiovanna Cantone, Francesco Fisicaro

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation

  Affiliation Neurology Unit, University Hospital Policlinico “G. Rodolico-San Marco”, Catania, Italy

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9072-4971

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• Francesco Fisicaro ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Mariagiovanna Cantone, Francesco Fisicaro

  Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

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• Raffaele Ferri,

  Roles Formal analysis, Software

  Affiliation Clinical Neurophysiology Research Unit, Oasi Research Institute-IRCCS, Troina, Italy

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• Rita Bella,

  Roles Data curation, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

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• Giovanni Pennisi,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision

  Affiliation Clinical Neurophysiology Research Unit, Oasi Research Institute-IRCCS, Troina, Italy

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• Giuseppe Lanza ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: giuseppe.lanza1@unict.it

  ¶‡ GL and MP also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Clinical Neurophysiology Research Unit, Oasi Research Institute-IRCCS, Troina, Italy, Department of Surgery and Medical-Surgical Specialties, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5659-662X

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• Manuela Pennisi

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ GL and MP also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

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