From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Michele Zappella
Michele Zappella
Michele Zappella Tourette-like, quite different from stable Autistic Disor-
ders. He introduced a form of rehabilitative therapy,
Born March 4, 1936 (1936-03-04) known as Emotional Activation through Body Reciproci-
Viareggio, Italy
ty (AERC).
Nationality Italian In 1981, in recognition of his studies on Autism, Zap-
pella received the Gold Medal and the Honorary Citizen-
Michele Zappella (born March 4, 1936) is an Italian psy- ship of the town of Sesto San Giovanni, Italy.
chiatrist and scholar of Child Neuropsychiatry. He is a na-
tive of Viareggio, Italy.
Published works
Professional background Zappella is the author of over 300 scientific publications,
101 indexed on PubMed - U.S. National Library of
Zappella graduated in 1960 in Medicine and Surgery in Medicine of National Institutes of Health. In 1980, he won
Rome, Italy. He initially relocated to London, where he the Glaxo Award for Science diffusion (Verona - Italy). He
worked with the Fountain Hospital of London from 1961 is currently Scientific Director of the magazine Autismo
to 1963. He then moved back to Rome, where he worked e Disturbi dello Sviluppo.[14]
in the medical field and specialized in Pediatrics. As win- Italian
ner of a Fulbright grant for the United States, he became • Zappella, Michele. Le encefalopatie congenite del
a Fellow of Neurology in the Department of Child Neu- neonato e del lattante, Infanzia Anormale, 11, 1967.
rology at Children’s Hospital in Washington D.C., serving • Zappella, Michele. Il Pesce Bambino, Milano: Feltrinelli,
there from 1964 to 1965. In 1966, he moved to Pisa, Italy, 1976. ISBN 978-88-077-9101-7; translated in French,
where he specialized first in Child Neuropsychiatry and l’Enfant Poisson, Paris: Payot, 1979. ISBN 2-228-33510-X.
then, in 1968, in Nervous and Mental Diseases. In 1970 he • Zappella, Michele. Il Bambino nella Luna, Milano:
became Lecturer in Mental Health. Feltrinelli, 1979. ISBN 978-88-078-1108-1.
He was head of the Department of Child Neuropsychi- • Zappella, Michele. Non vedo, non sento, non parlo,
atry of Siena Hospital from 1973 to 2006. As of 2011, he is Milano: Mondadori, 1984; translated in Spanish, No veo,
teaching Child Neuropsychiatry in the Schools of Special- no oigo, no ablo, Paidos Terapia Familial, 1992. ISBN
ization of the University of Siena and serves as a consul- 84-7509-829-0.
tant in the Rett Center of Versilia Hospital in Italy. • Zappella, Michele. I bambini autistici, l’holding e la
Zappella is an honorary member of the Society for the famiglia, Roma: Nuova Italia Scientifica, 1987. ISBN
Study of Behavioural Phenotypes in London and of the 978-88-430-0996-1.
Italian Society of Pedagogy. He was the President of the • A.A.V.V. Metodo Portage, ed. italiana a cura di Michele
Italian Society of Tourette’s Syndrome from 1999 to 2003, Zappella, Torino: Omega, 1989. ISBN 978-88-724-1087-5.
and Vice President of the Italian Society of Child Neu- • Zappella, Michele. Autismo Infantile, Roma: Carocci,
ropsychiatry from 1976 to 1978. 1996. ISBN 978-88-430-3518-5; translated in Spanish,
He has been involved in social integration and educa- Autismo Infantìl, Instituto de Cultura Economica: Mexico,
tion of disabled children. From 1969 through 1970, he was 1998. ISBN 84-750-9829-0.
focused on publishing the first papers on this subject. • Zappella, Michele; with Dario Ianes. Facciamo il punto
In the 1960s, Zappella studied the Placing Reflex [1][2] su l’autismo, Trento: Erickson, 2009. ISBN
and its connections with the early diagnosis of severe 978-88-613-7399-0.
mental retardation. His studies on Rett Syndrome have English
shown that there is a milder variant of this syndrome in • Zappella, Michele; with Alberto Oliverio. The behavior
which children acquire late some manual skills and spo- of human infants, New York: Plenum Press, 1983. ISBN
ken language. This variant is known as the Zappella Vari- 03-064-1470-8.
ant of Rett Syndrome [3][4][5][6][7][8] (OMIM[9]) in the sci- • Zappella, Michele; cooperated to Mary Coleman’s The
entific community.[10][11][12] Neurology of Autism, New York: Oxford University
Zappella has extensively studied Autistic Disorders, Press, 2005. ISBN 978-0-19-518222-4.[15]
discovering the Dysmaturational Syndrome,[13] which
manifests as a transitional autistic behavior, associated
with motor and vocal tics, which has a genetic cause
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Michele Zappella
References Disorders 39 (6): 958–61. doi:10.1007/
s10803-009-0703-x. PMC 3085750. PMID 19224352.
[1] Zappella, M; Foley, J; Cookson, M (1964). "The http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/
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mental retardation". Journal of mental deficiency [12] Renieri, A; Hayek, G; Zappella, M; Zannolli, R; De
research 8: 1–16. PMID 14171291. Felice, C; De Nicola, A; Guerri, V; Buoni, S et al.
[2] Zappella, M (1967). "Placing and grasping of the (2010). "EEG features and epilepsy in
feet at various temperatures in early infancy". MECP2-mutated patients with the Zappella variant
Pediatrics 39 (1): 93–6. PMID 6016234. of Rett syndrome". Clinical neurophysiology: official
[3] Zappella, M (1992). "The Rett girls with preserved journal of the International Federation of Clinical
speech". Brain & development 14 (2): 98–101. Neurophysiology 121 (5): 652–657. doi:10.1016/
PMID 1621933. j.clinph.2010.01.003. PMID 20153689.
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L; Heiberg, A (1995). "Rett syndrome--distribution without EEG abnormalities followed by favourable
of phenotypes with special attention to the outcome". Brain & development 32 (9): 739–45.
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115 (5): 588–90. PMID 7900110.
[6] Zappella, M; Gillberg, C; Ehlers, S (1998). "The
preserved speech variant: a subgroup of the Rett
Biographical notes sources
complex: a clinical report of 30 cases". Journal of • Anagrafe - Università di Roma La Sapienza - Roma,
autism and developmental disorders 28 (6): 519–26. Italy
doi:10.1023/A:1026052128305. PMID 9932238. • Albo Ufficiale di Ateneo - Università di Pisa - Pisa,
[7] Yamashita, Y; Kondo, I; Fukuda, T; Morishima, R; Italy
Kusaga, A; Matsuishi, R; Matsuishi, T (2001). • Anagrafe della Ricerca - Università degli Studi di
"Mutation analysis of the methyl-CpG-binding Siena - Siena, Italy
protein 2 gene (MECP2) in Rett patients with • Sede A.I.S.T. - Associazione Italiana Sindrome di
preserved speech". Brain & development 23 (1): Tourette – Milano, Italy
157–160. doi:10.1016/S0387-7604(01)00378-3. • Direttivo SINPIA - Società Italiana di
PMID 11738864. Neuropsichiatria Infantile - Milano, Italy
[8] Umansky, R; Watson, JS; Hoffbuhr, K; Painter, KM; • Comune di Sesto San Giovanni - Sesto San Giovanni,
Devaney, J; Hoffman, E (2001). "Social facilitation of (MI) Italy
object-oriented hand use in a Rett syndrome
variant girl: implications for partial preservation of
an hypothesized specialized cerebral network".
External links
Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : • Michele Zappella homepage
JDBP 22 (2): 119–22. doi:10.1097/ Persondata
00004703-200104000-00006. PMID 11332781. Name Zappella, Michele
[9] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/omim/312750
Alternative names
[10] Renieri, A; Mari, F; Mencarelli, MA; Scala, E; Ariani,
F; Longo, I; Meloni, I; Cevenini, G et al. (2009). Short description psychiatrist; medical scientist
"Diagnostic criteria for the Zappella variant of Rett Date of birth March 4, 1936
syndrome (the preserved speech variant)". Brain &
Place of birth Viareggio, Italy
development 31 (3): 208–16. doi:10.1016/
j.braindev.2008.04.007. PMID 18562141. Date of death
[11] Marschik, Peter B.; Einspieler, Christa; Oberle, Place of death
Andreas; Laccone, Franco; Prechtl, Heinz F. R.
(2009). "Case Report: Retracing Atypical
Development: A Preserved Speech Variant of Rett
Syndrome". Journal of Autism and Developmental
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