H Boecker

Summary

Affiliation: University of Bonn
Country: Germany

Publications

  1. ncbi GABAergic dysfunction in essential tremor: an 11C-flumazenil PET study
    Henning Boecker
    Nuklearmedizinische Klinik, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universitat Munchen, Munich, Germany
    J Nucl Med 51:1030-5. 2010
  2. ncbi Positron emission tomography ligand activation studies in the sports sciences: measuring neurochemistry in vivo
    Henning Boecker
    Nuklearmedizinische Klinik, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universitat Munchen, Germany
    Methods 45:307-18. 2008
  3. ncbi [Current stage of fMRI applications in newborns and children during the first year of life]
    H Boecker
    Radiologische Universitätsklinik Bonn, FE Klinische Funktionelle Neurobildgebung
    Rofo 180:707-14. 2008
  4. ncbi A role of the basal ganglia and midbrain nuclei for initiation of motor sequences
    H Boecker
    FE Funktionelle Neurobildgebung, Experimentelle Radiologie, Radiologische Universitatsklinik, Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms Universitat Bonn, Sigmund Freud Str 25, 53127 Bonn, Germany
    Neuroimage 39:1356-69. 2008
  5. ncbi The runner's high: opioidergic mechanisms in the human brain
    Henning Boecker
    Nuklearmedizinische Klinik, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universitat Munchen, 81675 Munchen, Germany
    Cereb Cortex 18:2523-31. 2008
  6. ncbi Thalamic stimulation for essential tremor activates motor and deactivates vestibular cortex
    A O Ceballos-Baumann
    Department of Neurology, Technische Universitat Munchen, Munich, Germany
    Neurology 56:1347-54. 2001
  7. ncbi Event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging in Parkinson's disease before and after levodopa
    B Haslinger
    Neurologische Klinik, Neurozentrum Funktionelle Bildgebung, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universitat Munchen, Mohlstrasse 28, D 81675 Munchen, Germany
    Brain 124:558-70. 2001
  8. ncbi A positron emission tomographic study of subthalamic nucleus stimulation in Parkinson disease: enhanced movement-related activity of motor-association cortex and decreased motor cortex resting activity
    A O Ceballos-Baumann
    Department of Neurology, Technische Universitat Munchen, Munich, Germany
    Arch Neurol 56:997-1003. 1999
  9. ncbi Right lateralized motor cortex activation during volitional blinking
    T van Eimeren
    Department of Neurology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, , Munich, Germany
    Ann Neurol 49:813-6. 2001
  10. ncbi Transmodal sensorimotor networks during action observation in professional pianists
    B Haslinger
    Neurologische Klinik und Poliklinik, TU Munchen, Munich, Germany
    J Cogn Neurosci 17:282-93. 2005

Detail Information

Publications23

  1. ncbi GABAergic dysfunction in essential tremor: an 11C-flumazenil PET study
    Henning Boecker
    Nuklearmedizinische Klinik, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universitat Munchen, Munich, Germany
    J Nucl Med 51:1030-5. 2010
    ..It has been argued that this overactivity may be due to impaired central inhibition, and converging evidence points toward a potential role of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) dysfunction in tremor generation...
  2. ncbi Positron emission tomography ligand activation studies in the sports sciences: measuring neurochemistry in vivo
    Henning Boecker
    Nuklearmedizinische Klinik, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universitat Munchen, Germany
    Methods 45:307-18. 2008
    ..Understanding the basic principles of exercise-induced transmitter release in the brain will potentially aid clinical applications of endurance training, both as a preventative or therapeutic intervention...
  3. ncbi [Current stage of fMRI applications in newborns and children during the first year of life]
    H Boecker
    Radiologische Universitätsklinik Bonn, FE Klinische Funktionelle Neurobildgebung
    Rofo 180:707-14. 2008
    ..This article provides a comprehensive review of current fMRI applications in neonates and infants during the first year of life and focuses on the associated methodological issues (e. g. signal physiology, sedation, safety aspects)...
  4. ncbi A role of the basal ganglia and midbrain nuclei for initiation of motor sequences
    H Boecker
    FE Funktionelle Neurobildgebung, Experimentelle Radiologie, Radiologische Universitatsklinik, Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms Universitat Bonn, Sigmund Freud Str 25, 53127 Bonn, Germany
    Neuroimage 39:1356-69. 2008
    ..Involvement of the substantia nigra during planning, as shown here, indicates dopaminergic gating of motor sequences...
  5. ncbi The runner's high: opioidergic mechanisms in the human brain
    Henning Boecker
    Nuklearmedizinische Klinik, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universitat Munchen, 81675 Munchen, Germany
    Cereb Cortex 18:2523-31. 2008
    ..These findings support the "opioid theory" of the runner's high and suggest region-specific effects in frontolimbic brain areas that are involved in the processing of affective states and mood...
  6. ncbi Thalamic stimulation for essential tremor activates motor and deactivates vestibular cortex
    A O Ceballos-Baumann
    Department of Neurology, Technische Universitat Munchen, Munich, Germany
    Neurology 56:1347-54. 2001
    ..The connectivity of the VIM has so far not been studied functionally. It was hypothesized that VIM stimulation would exert an effect primarily on VIM projection areas, namely motor and parietoinsular vestibular cortex...
  7. ncbi Event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging in Parkinson's disease before and after levodopa
    B Haslinger
    Neurologische Klinik, Neurozentrum Funktionelle Bildgebung, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universitat Munchen, Mohlstrasse 28, D 81675 Munchen, Germany
    Brain 124:558-70. 2001
    ..We conclude that levodopa improves impaired motor initiation in the supplementary motor area and decreases hyperfunction of lateral premotor and M1 associated with Parkinson's disease during simple volitional movements...
  8. ncbi A positron emission tomographic study of subthalamic nucleus stimulation in Parkinson disease: enhanced movement-related activity of motor-association cortex and decreased motor cortex resting activity
    A O Ceballos-Baumann
    Department of Neurology, Technische Universitat Munchen, Munich, Germany
    Arch Neurol 56:997-1003. 1999
    ..The neural correlates of STN stimulation are not well understood. Positron emission tomography can be applied to the in vivo study of the mechanisms of deep brain stimulation...
  9. ncbi Right lateralized motor cortex activation during volitional blinking
    T van Eimeren
    Department of Neurology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, , Munich, Germany
    Ann Neurol 49:813-6. 2001
    ..Furthermore, it underscores the role of DLPFC and rostral SMA in self-initiated movements, which has been found in similar experiments with hand movements...
  10. ncbi Transmodal sensorimotor networks during action observation in professional pianists
    B Haslinger
    Neurologische Klinik und Poliklinik, TU Munchen, Munich, Germany
    J Cogn Neurosci 17:282-93. 2005
    ..Musical ''language,'' which is acquired by observation and imitation, seems to be tightly coupled to this network in accord with an observation-execution system linking visual and auditory perception to motor performance...
  11. ncbi Force level independent representations of predictive grip force-load force coupling: a PET activation study
    H Boecker
    Neurozentrum Funktionelle Bildgebung NFB, Nuklearmedizinische Klinik und Poliklinik, Technische Universitat Munchen, Munich, Germany
    Neuroimage 25:243-52. 2005
    ..Moreover, the data implicate that the representations for predictive force control are applicable to a range of different environmental affordances...
  12. ncbi Differential modulation of subcortical target and cortex during deep brain stimulation
    B Haslinger
    Neurologische Klinik TU München, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Mohlstrasse 28, D 81675 Munich, Germany
    Neuroimage 18:517-24. 2003
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  13. ncbi Altered metabolism in frontal brain circuits in cluster headache
    T Sprenger
    Department of Neurology, Klinikum rechts der Isaar, Technische Universitat Munchen, Munich, Germany
    Cephalalgia 27:1033-42. 2007
    ..We suggest that trigger mechanisms of CH are insufficiently controlled and thus promote the initiation of the bout period and acute attack...
  14. ncbi A H(2)(15)O positron emission tomography study on mental imagery of movement sequences--the effect of modulating sequence length and direction
    H Boecker
    Neurologische Klinik, , Klinikum rechts der Isar, D-81675 Munich, Germany
    Neuroimage 17:999-1009. 2002
    ..In conclusion, our study, by varying the sequence structure of imagined finger movements, identified task-related activity changes in parietopremotor-cerebellar structures, reflecting their role in mediating sequence control...
  15. ncbi Gender dependent rate of metabolism of the opioid receptor-PET ligand [18F]fluoroethyldiprenorphine
    G Henriksen
    Nuklearmedizinische Klinik und Poliklinik, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universitat Munchen, Ismaningerstrasse 22, 81675 Munich, Germany
    Nuklearmedizin 45:197-200. 2006
    ..A study was undertaken to investigate if there are gender dependent differences in the rate of metabolism of [(18)F]FDPN...
  16. ncbi Lasting cortical activation after repetitive TMS of the motor cortex: a glucose metabolic study
    H R Siebner
    Department of Neurology, Technische Universitat Munchen, Munich, Germany
    Neurology 54:956-63. 2000
    ..Cerebral [18F]fluorodeoxy-D-glucose PET ([18F]FDG-PET) was used to visualize the lasting neuronal activation after repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) over the left hand area of the primary motor cortex (M1HAND)...
  17. ncbi [Cerebral MRI of preterm neonates at term equivalent age at 3 Tesla: hints at white matter damage on T2- and diffusion weighted images]
    M Born
    Funktionseinheit Kinderradiologie, Radiologische Klinik, Universitatsklinikum Bonn
    Klin Padiatr 222:443-8. 2010
    ..MRI of the brain is reported to be very sensitive in the detection of diffuse white matter damage in preterm neonates...
  18. ncbi [Methodological aspects of functional neuroimaging at high field strength: a critical review]
    L Scheef
    Experimentelle Radiologie, Radiologische Klinik, Universitatsklinikum Bonn
    Rofo 179:925-31. 2007
    ..Finally, the importance of high field strengths for functional neuroimaging is explained by selected publications...
  19. ncbi Distinct striatal regions for planning and executing novel and automated movement sequences
    J Jankowski
    FE Funktionelle Neurobildgebung, Experimentelle Radiologie, Radiologische Universitatsklinik, Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms Universitat Bonn, Bonn, Germany
    Neuroimage 44:1369-79. 2009
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  20. ncbi Subthalamic nucleus stimulation affects striato-anterior cingulate cortex circuit in a response conflict task: a PET study
    U Schroeder
    Department of Neurology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, , , D-81675 Munich, Germany
    Brain 125:1995-2004. 2002
    ..Impairment in ACC circuit function could account for the subtle negative effects on cognition induced by STN stimulation...
  21. ncbi Time-resolved fMRI of activation patterns in M1 and SMA during complex voluntary movement
    F Weilke
    Department of Neurology, , 81675 Munich, Germany
    J Neurophysiol 85:1858-63. 2001
    ..By applying a paradigm that exerts a differential influence on temporal activation, we could ensure that the observed timing differences were not the result of differences in hemodynamic response function...
  22. ncbi Motor imagery in normal subjects and Parkinson's disease patients: an H215O PET study
    M Samuel
    MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Imperial College School of Science, Technology and Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK
    Neuroreport 12:821-8. 2001
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  23. ncbi Cortical correlates of gesture processing: clues to the cerebral mechanisms underlying apraxia during the imitation of meaningless gestures
    J Hermsdorfer
    Department of Neuropsychology, Krankenhaus Munchen Bogenhausen, Germany
    Neuroimage 14:149-61. 2001
    ..Pre-SMA activity during the perception of hand gestures may reflect engagement of a network that is intimately related to gesture execution...