Rudiger J Seitz

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Affiliation: Heinrich Heine University
Country: Germany

Publications

  1. ncbi Processes of believing - a review and conceptual account
    Rudiger J Seitz
    Department of Neurology and Biomedical Research Center, Heinrich Heine Univeristy Düsseldorf, D 40225 Dusseldorf, Germany
    Rev Neurosci 23:303-9. 2012
  2. ncbi Neural networks engaged in tactile object manipulation: patterns of expression among healthy individuals
    Georg Kägi
    Department of Neurology, Kantonsspital St, Gallen, St, Gallen, Switzerland
    Behav Brain Funct 6:71. 2010
  3. ncbi Concepts on neurological disease evolution
    R J Seitz
    Department of Neurology, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225 Dusseldorf, Germany
    Pharmacopsychiatry 37:S120-5. 2004
  4. ncbi Reorganization of cerebral circuits in human brain lesion
    R J Seitz
    Department of Neurology, Biomedical Research Center, Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf, Germany
    Acta Neurochir Suppl 93:65-70. 2005
  5. ncbi Valuating other people's emotional face expression: a combined functional magnetic resonance imaging and electroencephalography study
    R J Seitz
    Department of Neurology, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Germany
    Neuroscience 152:713-22. 2008
  6. ncbi Platelet GPIIb/IIIa receptor antagonists in human ischemic brain disease
    Rudiger J Seitz
    Department of Neurology, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Moorenstrasse 5, D 40225 Dusseldorf, Germany
    Curr Vasc Pharmacol 6:29-36. 2008
  7. ncbi Thrombolysis with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator and tirofiban in stroke: preliminary observations
    Rudiger J Seitz
    Department of Neurology, Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
    Stroke 34:1932-5. 2003
  8. ncbi Functional modularity of the medial prefrontal cortex: involvement in human empathy
    Rudiger J Seitz
    Biomedical Research Center, Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
    Neuropsychology 20:743-51. 2006
  9. ncbi Initial ischemic event: perfusion-weighted MR imaging and apparent diffusion coefficient for stroke evolution
    Rudiger J Seitz
    Department of Neurology, Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf, Moorenstrasse 5, D 40225 Dusseldorf, Germany
    Radiology 237:1020-8. 2005
  10. ncbi Bimanual recoupling by visual cueing in callosal disconnection
    Rudiger J Seitz
    Department of Neurology, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
    Neurocase 10:316-25. 2004

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Publications84

  1. ncbi Processes of believing - a review and conceptual account
    Rudiger J Seitz
    Department of Neurology and Biomedical Research Center, Heinrich Heine Univeristy Düsseldorf, D 40225 Dusseldorf, Germany
    Rev Neurosci 23:303-9. 2012
    ..Also, we will describe a model of processes of believing that integrates the divergent neurophysiological and conceptual aspects as a starting point for further interdisciplinary research questions...
  2. ncbi Neural networks engaged in tactile object manipulation: patterns of expression among healthy individuals
    Georg Kägi
    Department of Neurology, Kantonsspital St, Gallen, St, Gallen, Switzerland
    Behav Brain Funct 6:71. 2010
    ..In this study we aimed to identify the networks involved in tactile object manipulation by principal component analysis (PCA) of individual subjects. We expected to find more than one network...
  3. ncbi Concepts on neurological disease evolution
    R J Seitz
    Department of Neurology, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225 Dusseldorf, Germany
    Pharmacopsychiatry 37:S120-5. 2004
    ..Recent research on aetiopathogenesis and pathophysiology providing new perspectives for selective therapeutic interventions and relapse prevention is discussed...
  4. ncbi Reorganization of cerebral circuits in human brain lesion
    R J Seitz
    Department of Neurology, Biomedical Research Center, Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf, Germany
    Acta Neurochir Suppl 93:65-70. 2005
    ....
  5. ncbi Valuating other people's emotional face expression: a combined functional magnetic resonance imaging and electroencephalography study
    R J Seitz
    Department of Neurology, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Germany
    Neuroscience 152:713-22. 2008
    ..Our observation substantiates recently emerging evidence suggesting that the subjective perception of an experiential emotional state-empathy-is mediated by the involvement of the dorsal medial frontal cortex...
  6. ncbi Platelet GPIIb/IIIa receptor antagonists in human ischemic brain disease
    Rudiger J Seitz
    Department of Neurology, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Moorenstrasse 5, D 40225 Dusseldorf, Germany
    Curr Vasc Pharmacol 6:29-36. 2008
    ..Thus, GPIIb/IIIa-receptor antagonists have a great potential for the treatment of acute stroke...
  7. ncbi Thrombolysis with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator and tirofiban in stroke: preliminary observations
    Rudiger J Seitz
    Department of Neurology, Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
    Stroke 34:1932-5. 2003
    ..We sought to investigate the feasibility of the combined use of low-dose recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rtPA) and tirofiban, a glycoprotein IIb/IIIa (GPIIb/IIIa) receptor antagonist, for systemic thrombolysis in acute stroke...
  8. ncbi Functional modularity of the medial prefrontal cortex: involvement in human empathy
    Rudiger J Seitz
    Biomedical Research Center, Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
    Neuropsychology 20:743-51. 2006
    ..In this way, the authors' findings suggest differentiated aspects of self-control of behavior...
  9. ncbi Initial ischemic event: perfusion-weighted MR imaging and apparent diffusion coefficient for stroke evolution
    Rudiger J Seitz
    Department of Neurology, Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf, Moorenstrasse 5, D 40225 Dusseldorf, Germany
    Radiology 237:1020-8. 2005
    ..To prospectively determine if the degree of acute perfusion or diffusion abnormalities measured prior to treatment onset help predict the evolution of brain infarction on magnetic resonance (MR) images...
  10. ncbi Bimanual recoupling by visual cueing in callosal disconnection
    Rudiger J Seitz
    Department of Neurology, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
    Neurocase 10:316-25. 2004
    ..The data suggest that the visually cued movements of both hands were recoupled by action of a bihemispheric motor network...
  11. ncbi The effect of combined thrombolysis with rtPA and tirofiban on ischemic brain lesions
    R J Seitz
    Department of Neurology, Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf, Germany
    Neurology 62:2110-2. 2004
    ..Treatment with rtPA and tirofiban (n = 13) resulted in a 50% lesion reduction (p < 0.03), while lesion reduction was less in rtPA treatment (n = 16) and absent in nontreated patients (n = 18)...
  12. ncbi Partial rescue of the perfusion deficit area by thrombolysis
    Rudiger J Seitz
    Department of Neurology, Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf, University Hospital, Moorenstrasse 5, D 40225 Dusseldorf, Germany
    J Magn Reson Imaging 22:199-205. 2005
    ..To investigate the evolution of the perfusion deficit area following systemic thrombolysis with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rtPA) in a clinical study on acute cerebral ischemia...
  13. ncbi Reorganisation of cerebral circuits in human ischemic brain disease
    Rudiger J Seitz
    Department of Neurology, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225 Dusseldorf, Germany
    Restor Neurol Neurosci 22:207-29. 2004
    ..Evolution of altered local perilesional and large-scale bihemispheric circuits appears to allow for post-lesional deficit compensation...
  14. ncbi On the neural networks of empathy: A principal component analysis of an fMRI study
    Jason S Nomi
    Department of Neurology, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225, Dusseldorf, Germany
    Behav Brain Funct 4:41. 2008
    ..abstract:..
  15. ncbi Failed recovery from thrombolysis is predicted by the initial diffusion weighted imaging lesion
    Rudiger J Seitz
    Department of Neurology, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Germany
    Cerebrovasc Dis 31:580-7. 2011
    ..We sought to investigate the effect of early recanalization on stroke lesion development as assessed with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)...
  16. ncbi Spontaneous arm movement activity assessed by accelerometry is a marker for early recovery after stroke
    Rudiger J Seitz
    Department of Neurology, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225 Dusseldorf, Germany
    J Neurol 258:457-63. 2011
    ..This impairment was related to elevated C-reactive protein...
  17. ncbi Control of action as mediated by the human frontal lobe
    R J Seitz
    Department of Neurology, Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf, Germany
    Exp Brain Res 133:71-80. 2000
    ..It is suggested that the initiational aspects of conscious motor activity are implemented in a medial system of information flow and the integrative aspects in a lateral system of the human frontal lobe...
  18. ncbi Role of neuroimaging in promoting long-term recovery from ischemic stroke
    Rudiger J Seitz
    Department of Neurology, University Hospital Dusseldorf, and Biomedical Research Centre, Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf, Germany
    J Magn Reson Imaging 32:756-72. 2010
    ..By combining neuroimaging with electrophysiological measures, opportunities exist to develop neuroscience-based strategies in rehabilitation...
  19. ncbi How imaging will guide rehabilitation
    Rudiger J Seitz
    Department of Neurology, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
    Curr Opin Neurol 23:79-86. 2010
    ..Human ischemic stroke is a multistage disorder with different options for recovery. Imaging has opened a window to explore the pathophysiology and recovery mechanisms of ischemic stroke in vivo...
  20. ncbi Cerebral networks in sensorimotor disturbances
    R J Seitz
    Department of Neurology, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
    Brain Res Bull 54:299-305. 2001
    ....
  21. ncbi Lesion patterns in successful and failed thrombolysis in middle cerebral artery stroke
    Rudiger J Seitz
    Department of Neurology, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225, Dusseldorf, Germany
    Neuroradiology 51:865-71. 2009
    ..We sought to investigate this variability by analyzing the lesion patterns following systemic thrombolysis with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rtPA) and tirofiban in middle cerebral artery (MCA) stroke...
  22. ncbi Modular networks involving the medial frontal cortex: towards the development of neuropsychiatry
    Rudiger J Seitz
    Department of Neurology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf, Germany
    World J Biol Psychiatry 12:249-59. 2011
    ..The pathophysiology of mental disorders is largely unresolved. We propose that the identification of abnormalities in brain modular networks will provide a promising approach for the understanding of mental disorders...
  23. ncbi The role of diaschisis in stroke recovery
    R J Seitz
    Department of Neurology, Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf, Germany
    Stroke 30:1844-50. 1999
    ..To address this question, we studied regional cerebral blood flow in 7 patients (mean+/-SD age, 54+/-8 years) after their first hemiparetic stroke...
  24. ncbi Role of the premotor cortex in recovery from middle cerebral artery infarction
    R J Seitz
    Department of Neurology, Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf, Germany
    Arch Neurol 55:1081-8. 1998
    ..To study the mechanisms underlying recovery from middle cerebral artery infarction in 7 patients with an average age of 53 years who showed marked recovery of hand function after acute severe hemiparesis caused by their first-ever stroke...
  25. ncbi Value judgments and self-control of action: the role of the medial frontal cortex
    Rudiger J Seitz
    Department of Neurology, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225 Dusseldorf, Germany
    Brain Res Rev 60:368-78. 2009
    ..We propose that the medial frontal cortex subserves egocentric "value" judgments (both implicit and explicit), which are critical for self-control of action...
  26. ncbi Neural mechanisms underlying reaching for remembered targets cued kinesthetically or visually in left or right hemispace
    Andrew J Butler
    Department of Neurology, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Germany
    Hum Brain Mapp 21:165-77. 2004
    ..The data support an important role for the right temporo-parietal area in visuospatial processing and suggest a specific role of the right hemisphere in kinesthetic spatial processing...
  27. ncbi Relationship between interhemispheric inhibition and motor cortex excitability in subacute stroke patients
    Cathrin M Butefisch
    Neurological Therapeutic Center, Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf, Germany
    Neurorehabil Neural Repair 22:4-21. 2008
    ....
  28. ncbi MR imaging in acute stroke: diffusion-weighted and perfusion imaging parameters for predicting infarct size
    Hans Jörg Wittsack
    Department of Neurology, Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf, MNR Klinik MRT 2, Moorenstrasse 5, D 40225 Dusseldorf, Germany wittsackuni duesseldorf de
    Radiology 222:397-403. 2002
    ....
  29. ncbi Alexithymia-like disorder in right anterior cingulate infarction
    Ralf Schafer
    Institute of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
    Neurocase 13:201-8. 2007
    ....
  30. ncbi Reduced somatosensory hand representation in thalidomide-induced dysmelia as revealed by fMRI
    M Cornelia Stoeckel
    Department of Neurology, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Moorenstr 5, 40225 Dusseldorf, Germany
    Eur J Neurosci 21:556-62. 2005
    ..We suggest that the unproportional reduction of the hand area together with the observed shift may reflect use-dependent rather than malformation-induced reorganization of the somatosensory hand area...
  31. ncbi Involvement of area MT in bimanual finger movements in left-handers: an fMRI study
    Katharina Müller
    Department of Neurology, Heinrich Heine University, Duesseldorf, Germany
    Eur J Neurosci 34:1301-9. 2011
    ..These results suggest that left-handers use visual motion imagery in guiding incongruous bimanual finger movements...
  32. ncbi Systemic thrombolysis based on CT or MRI stroke imaging
    Dimitro Veronel
    Department of Neurology, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
    J Neuroimaging 18:381-7. 2008
    ..We wondered if the additional information offered by MRI outweighs the disadvantage of its longer scanning duration for systemic thrombolysis...
  33. ncbi Modular organization of parietal lobe functions as revealed by functional activation studies
    Rudiger J Seitz
    Department of Neurology, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
    Adv Neurol 93:281-92. 2003
  34. ncbi Modulation of the BOLD-response in early recovery from sensorimotor stroke
    Ferdinand Binkofski
    Department of Neurology, University Hospital Schleswig Holstein, Campus Lubeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23539 Lübeck, Germany
    Neurology 63:1223-9. 2004
    ..The BOLD signal in functional MRI (fMRI) is closely related to neural activity...
  35. ncbi Mirror apraxia affects the peripersonal mirror space. A combined lesion and cerebral activation study
    Ferdinand Binkofski
    Department of Neurology, University Hospital Lubeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538 Lubeck, Germany
    Exp Brain Res 153:210-9. 2003
    ..The results demonstrate that acting through a mirror is processed in a number of cortical areas of the dorsal stream...
  36. ncbi Pattern of cortex and white matter involvement in severe middle cerebral artery ischemia
    Maria Cornelia Stoeckel
    Department of Neurology, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
    J Neuroimaging 17:131-40. 2007
    ..In middle cerebral artery (MCA) stroke, ischemia usually is unevenly distributed within the MCA territory. We sought to investigate which brain structures are critical for the acute neurological deficit in severe MCA stroke...
  37. ncbi Mental practice improves hand function after hemiparetic stroke
    Katharina Müller
    Neurological Therapy Center, Department of Neurology, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
    Restor Neurol Neurosci 25:501-11. 2007
    ..In a multiple baseline design, we tested the hypothesis that imagery of finger movements is a specific strategy to improve hand function...
  38. ncbi Word deafness as a cortical auditory processing deficit: a case report with MEG
    Silke Jörgens
    Department of Neurology, University Hospital, Dusseldorf, Germany
    Neurocase 14:307-16. 2008
    ..We conclude that auditory processing is disturbed at long latency ranges following the N100, which may result in the clinical presentation of pure word deafness...
  39. ncbi Perceptual influence on bimanual coordination: an fMRI study
    Katharina Müller
    Department of Neurology, Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf, Moorenstrasse 5, D 40225, Dusseldorf, Germany
    Eur J Neurosci 30:116-24. 2009
    ..These results accord with the notion that perceptual cues play an important role in the control of bilateral hand movements...
  40. ncbi Activation of cerebellar hemispheres in spatial memorization of saccadic eye movements: an fMRI study
    Matthias F Nitschke
    Department of Neurology, University Hospital Schleswig Holstein, Campus Lubeck, Lubeck, Germany
    Hum Brain Mapp 22:155-64. 2004
    ....
  41. ncbi Congenitally altered motor experience alters somatotopic organization of human primary motor cortex
    M Cornelia Stoeckel
    Department of Neurology, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225 Dusseldorf, Germany
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 106:2395-400. 2009
    ..Our results imply that during early motor development experience may play a more critical role in the shaping of genetically determined neural networks than previously assumed...
  42. ncbi Remote changes in cortical excitability after stroke
    Cathrin M Butefisch
    Neurological Therapeutic Center, Department of Neurology, Heinrich Heine University, Dusseldorf, Germany
    Brain 126:470-81. 2003
    ..The absence of changes in cortical excitability in patients with poor recovery supports the relevance of our findings for recovery...
  43. ncbi Ultrasound turbulence index during thromboendarterectomy predicts postoperative cerebral microembolism
    Torge Brosig
    Department of Neurology, Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
    Cerebrovasc Dis 26:87-92. 2008
    ..We investigated the relationship of an intraoperatively recorded ultrasound turbulence index (TI) during CEA and the occurrence of MES...
  44. ncbi Handedness and functional MRI-activation patterns in sentence processing
    Silke Jörgens
    Department of Neurology, Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf, Germany
    Neuroreport 18:1339-43. 2007
    ..Thus, our results show that sentence-processing induced enhanced activation involving a bilateral network in left-handed participants...
  45. ncbi Safety of Tirofiban in acute Ischemic Stroke: the SaTIS trial
    Mario Siebler
    Department of Neurology, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Moorenstr 5, 40225 Dusseldorf, Germany
    Stroke 42:2388-92. 2011
    ..Safety and efficacy in patients with ischemic stroke are uncertain. This was addressed in the Safety of Tirofiban in acute Ischemic Stroke (SaTIS) trial...
  46. ncbi Shrinkage of somatosensory hand area in subjects with upper extremity dysmelia revealed by magnetoencephalography
    M Cornelia Stoeckel
    Department of Neurology, University Hospital, Dusseldorf, Germany
    J Neurophysiol 93:813-8. 2005
    ....
  47. ncbi Representational cortical plasticity associated with brain tumours: evidence from laser-induced interstitial thermotherapy
    E Kunesch
    Department of Neurology, University of Rostock, Germany
    Acta Neurol Scand 108:201-8. 2003
    ..To test the hypothesis that cortical plasticity related to destructive tumour growth is functionally relevant. This hypothesis predicts that function is dependent on the intactness of tissue surrounding the tumour...
  48. ncbi Pathological crying induced by deep brain stimulation
    Lars Wojtecki
    Department of Neurology, Heinrich Heine University, Dusseldorf, Germany
    Mov Disord 22:1314-6. 2007
    ..These findings indicate that the STN and possibly also ponto-cerebellar pathways are involved in psychomotor control and in the modulation of PLC...
  49. ncbi Delayed shrinkage of the brain after ischemic stroke: preliminary observations with voxel-guided morphometry
    Matthias Kraemer
    Department of Neurology, Universitatsklinikum Dusseldorf, Germany
    J Neuroimaging 14:265-72. 2004
    ..The most important effect of cerebral ischemia is brain infarction. In this magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study, the authors aimed at assessing postischemic brain atrophy...
  50. ncbi Restoring neuronal function after stroke by cell replacement: anatomic and functional considerations
    Marcel Dihné
    Heinrich Heine University, Duesseldorf, Germany
    Stroke 42:2342-50. 2011
    ....
  51. ncbi Diffusion- and perfusion-weighted MRI: influence of severe carotid artery stenosis on the DWI/PWI mismatch in acute stroke
    T Neumann-Haefelin
    Department of Neurology, Heinrich Heine University, Dusseldorf, Germany
    Stroke 31:1311-7. 2000
    ..In the present study, we compared DWI and PWI findings in acute stroke patients with and without severe extracranial internal carotid artery (ICA) disease...
  52. ncbi Diffusion- and perfusion-weighted MRI. The DWI/PWI mismatch region in acute stroke
    T Neumann-Haefelin
    Department of Neurology, Institute of Diagnostic Radiology, Heinrich Heine University, Dusseldorf, Germany
    Stroke 30:1591-7. 1999
    ..quot; The aim of this study was to evaluate the PWI/DWI mismatch region in acute stroke patients and find parameters indicative of both infarct progression and functional impairment...
  53. ncbi [Reversible multifocal encephalopathy in fulminant eclampsia]
    H Koller
    Neurologische Klinik der Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf, Postfach 101007, 40001 Dusseldorf
    Nervenarzt 72:312-6. 2001
    ..The patients normalised within 14 days. Our data show that fulminant eclampsia can induce a severe multifocal encephalopathy that can be reversible when treatment and termination of pregnancy are initiated immediately...
  54. ncbi Recovery of motor functions following hemiparetic stroke: a clinical and magnetic resonance-morphometric study
    F Binkofski
    Department of Neurology, Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf, Germany
    Cerebrovasc Dis 11:273-81. 2001
    ..Since lesion size was not correlated with outcome the amount of spared residual function appeared as major determinant for the capacity for motor recovery...
  55. ncbi Tactile apraxia: unimodal apractic disorder of tactile object exploration associated with parietal lobe lesions
    F Binkofski
    Department of Neurology, Heinrich-Heine-University, , Germany
    Brain 124:132-44. 2001
    ....
  56. ncbi Asymptomatic motor cortex displacement due to a giant arachnoid cyst
    J Nickel
    Department of Neurology, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
    Neurocase 13:328-33. 2007
    ..Thus, the chronically compressed brain is capable of sustaining normal brain function without utilizing the potential of cortical plasticity...
  57. ncbi Potential time course of human immunodeficiency virus type 1-associated minor motor deficits: electrophysiologic and positron emission tomography findings
    H J von Giesen
    Department of Neurology, Heinrich Heine University, Dusseldorf, Germany
    Arch Neurol 57:1601-7. 2000
    ....
  58. ncbi Visual hallucinations in recovery from cortical blindness: imaging correlates
    G Wunderlich
    Neurologische Klinik, Heinrich Heine Universitat, Dusseldorf, Germany
    Arch Neurol 57:561-5. 2000
    ..To investigate the cerebral metabolic and functional patterns during recovery from cortical blindness...
  59. ncbi A fronto-parietal circuit for object manipulation in man: evidence from an fMRI-study
    F Binkofski
    Department of Neurology, Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf, Germany
    Eur J Neurosci 11:3276-86. 1999
    ..It is proposed that area SII analyses the intrinsic object characteristics whilst the superior parietal lobule is related to kinaesthesia...
  60. ncbi Clinical impact of MRI perfusion disturbances and normal diffusion in acute stroke patients
    D Blondin
    Institute of Diagnostic Radiology, University Hospital Duesseldorf, Moorenstr 5, D 40225 Germany
    Eur J Radiol 71:1-10. 2009
    ..But is there an indication for thrombolytic treatment, if there is no diffusion abnormality but pathologic perfusion combined with acute stroke symptoms?...
  61. ncbi Use-dependent cortical plasticity in thalidomide-induced upper extremity dysplasia: evidence from somaesthesia and neuroimaging
    M C Stoeckel
    Department of Neurology, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
    Exp Brain Res 156:333-41. 2004
    ....
  62. ncbi Reorganization of motor representation in a patient with epilepsia partialis continua as shown by [O15]-labeled butanol positron emission tomography and functional magnetic resonance imaging
    M C Stoeckel
    Department of Neurology, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Moorenstr 5, 40225 Dusseldorf, Germany
    J Neuroimaging 12:276-81. 2002
    ..Both methods revealed an abnormal bilateral activation of motor cortex during left-hand finger movements. The results suggest that the so-called eloquent but nevertheless pathological dysplastic cortex accommodates motor representations...
  63. ncbi Recruitment of contralesional motor cortex in stroke patients with recovery of hand function
    C M Bütefisch
    Neurologic Therapeutic Center, Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf, Hohensandweg 37, 40591 Düsseldorf, Germany
    Neurology 64:1067-9. 2005
    ..Because patients had excellent motor recovery, this increased recruitment suggests an adaptive response to the infarct...
  64. ncbi CT-perfusion imaging of the human brain: advanced deconvolution analysis using circulant singular value decomposition
    H J Wittsack
    Institute of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Duesseldorf, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225 Duesseldorf, Germany
    Comput Med Imaging Graph 32:67-77. 2008
    ..The application of a block-circulant matrix approach for singular value decomposition renders the analysis independent of tracer arrival time to improve the results...
  65. ncbi Post-lesional cerebral reorganisation: evidence from functional neuroimaging and transcranial magnetic stimulation
    Cathrin M Butefisch
    Neurological Therapy Center, Dusseldorf, Germany
    J Physiol Paris 99:437-54. 2006
    ..Training strategies can employ post-lesional brain plasticity resulting in enhanced perilesional activations and modulation of large-scale bihemispheric circuits...
  66. ncbi The facilitating effect of clinical hypnosis on motor imagery: an fMRI study
    Katharina Müller
    Department of Neurology, Heinrich Heine University, Moorenstr 5, 40225 Duesseldorf, Germany
    Behav Brain Res 231:164-9. 2012
    ..These areas represent central nodes of the salience network linking primary and higher motor areas. Therefore, our data substantiate the notion that hypnosis enhances motor imagery...
  67. ncbi Secondary progressive chronic manganism associated with markedly decreased striatal D2 receptor density
    Kirn R Kessler
    Department of Neurology, J W Goethe University, Frankfurt Main, Germany
    Mov Disord 18:217-8. 2003
    ....
  68. ncbi A fronto-parietal circuit for tactile object discrimination: an event-related fMRI study
    M Cornelia Stoeckel
    Department of Neurology, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
    Neuroimage 19:1103-14. 2003
    ..The results reveal a prominent role of the human prefrontal cortex for somatosensory object discrimination in correspondence with recent models on stimulus discrimination and working memory...
  69. ncbi Left and right superior parietal lobule in tactile object discrimination
    M C Stoeckel
    Department of Neurology, , , Germany
    Eur J Neurosci 19:1067-72. 2004
    ....
  70. ncbi Ischemic brain tissue salvaged from infarction by the GP IIb/IIIa platelet antagonist tirofiban
    U Junghans
    Department of Neurology, , Moorenstrasse 5, 40225 Dusseldorf, Germany
    Neurology 58:474-6. 2002
    ..029) with similar initial perfusion deficit (TTP-maps). The authors conclude that GP IIb/IIIa antagonists have therapeutic potential in acute stroke therapy...
  71. ncbi Neural correlates of religious experience
    N P Azari
    Department of Neurology, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Germany
    Eur J Neurosci 13:1649-52. 2001
    ..Prior studies indicate that these areas play a profound role in sustaining reflexive evaluation of thought. Thus, religious experience may be a cognitive process which, nonetheless, feels immediate...
  72. ncbi Conscious and subconscious sensorimotor synchronization--prefrontal cortex and the influence of awareness
    K M Stephan
    Department of Neurology, Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf, 40225 Dusseldorf, Germany
    Neuroimage 15:345-52. 2002
    ..These results demonstrate that while ventral prefrontal areas may be engaged in motor adaptations performed subconsciously, only fully conscious motor control which includes motor planning will involve dorsolateral prefrontal cortex...
  73. ncbi Quantitative assessment of recovery from motor hemineglect in acute stroke patients
    E M Siekierka-Kleiser
    Department of Neurology, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf, Germany
    Cerebrovasc Dis 21:307-14. 2006
    ..A rapid and near complete recovery was observed in about one fourth of the motor hemineglect patients and may be related to involvement of the left hemisphere or to therapy with thrombolysis...
  74. ncbi In vitro neuronal network activity in NMDA receptor encephalitis
    Sabine U Jantzen
    Department of Neurology, LVR Klinikum Duesseldorf, Bergische Landstrasse 2, 40629, Duesseldorf, Germany
    BMC Neurosci 14:17. 2013
    ..abstract:..
  75. ncbi "Broca's area" as a collective term?
    Robert Lindenberg
    Department of Neurology, Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
    Brain Lang 102:22-9. 2007
    ..We conclude that bridging the gap between the anatomically based term "Broca's area" and the increasing amount of its supposed subfunctions is arbitrary...
  76. ncbi Functional activation within the PI-DWI mismatch region in recovery from ischemic stroke: preliminary observations
    R Kleiser
    Department of Neurology, , Germany
    Neuroimage 24:515-23. 2005
    ..The data in these two stroke patients provide evidence that brain tissue at risk of infarction as shown by the PI-DWI mismatch can survive and, thereby, constitute the major site underlying post-ischemic recovery...
  77. ncbi Unified inflectional processing of regular and irregular verbs: a PET study
    M Sach
    University Hospital Dusseldorf, Department of Neurology, Moorenstr 5, 40225 Dusseldorf, Germany
    Neuroreport 15:533-7. 2004
    ..Our results support common processing components for regular and irregular verb inflection...
  78. ncbi Treatment of acute basilar artery thrombosis with a combination of systemic alteplase and tirofiban, a nonpeptide platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor: report of four cases
    U Junghans
    Department of Neurology, , Moorenstrasse 5, , Germany
    Radiology 221:795-801. 2001
    ..In no cases were cerebral or extracerebral hemorrhagic complications observed. Combined fibrinolytic agents and glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors may have high potential in the treatment of acute cerebrovascular thrombosis...
  79. ncbi Activation of frontoparietal cortices during memorized triple-step sequences of saccadic eye movements: an fMRI study
    W Heide
    Department of Neurology, Medical University at Lubeck, D 23538 Lubeck, Germany
    Eur J Neurosci 13:1177-89. 2001
    ....
  80. ncbi Outcome after systemic thrombolysis is predicted by age and stroke severity: an open label experience with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator and tirofiban
    Rudiger J Seitz
    Department of Neurology, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Biomedical Research Centre, Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf, Germany Florey Neuroscience Institutes, Melbourne, Australia
    Neurol Int 4:e9. 2012
    ..Half of the surviving patients improved to no or minimal impairment...
  81. ncbi I know where you'll look: an fMRI study of oculomotor intention and a change of motor plan
    Raimund Kleiser
    Department of Neurology, Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf, Moorenstr, 5, 40225 Dusseldorf, Germany
    Behav Brain Funct 5:27. 2009
    ..abstract:..
  82. ncbi Assessment of gadolinium leakage into traumatic spinal cord lesion using magnet resonance imaging
    Raimund Kleiser
    Neurologische Klinik, Heinrich Heine Universitat Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
    Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 35:E1604-9. 2010
    ..Exploratory study in patients with acute spinal cord trauma using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)...
  83. ncbi Neural activity in human primary motor cortex areas 4a and 4p is modulated differentially by attention to action
    F Binkofski
    Department of Neurology, University Hospital Dusseldorf, 40225 Dusseldorf, Germany
    J Neurophysiol 88:514-9. 2002
    ..The data provide the direct evidence for differential neural mechanisms during attended and unattended action in human primary motor cortex...
  84. ncbi Bleeding risk of tirofiban, a nonpeptide GPIIb/IIIa platelet receptor antagonist in progressive stroke: an open pilot study
    U Junghans
    Department of Neurology, , Germany
    Cerebrovasc Dis 12:308-12. 2001
    ..Randomized multicenter studies are needed to further evaluate the safety and efficacy of tirofiban in the treatment of acute stroke...