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Bernhard J. Steinhoff

Bernhard J. Steinhoff

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Neuroscience

D-Index
73
Citations
20603
World Ranking
2190
National Ranking
196

Overview

Bernhard J. Steinhoff is affiliated with the University of Göttingen in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a total of 197 publications in the field. Within medicine, their key subfields of study include psychiatry and mental health, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, cellular and molecular neuroscience, public health, environmental and occupational health, as well as molecular biology.

The main topics of their research work emphasize epilepsy research and treatment, pharmacological effects and toxicity studies, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, pharmaceutical studies and practices, EEG and brain-computer interfaces, pregnancy and medication impact, and ion channel regulation and function.

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Christian Brandt
  • Pavel Klein
  • Tassanai Intravooth
  • Anke M. Staack
  • Vicente Villanueva

Among their recent scholarly papers are:

  • Behavioral adverse events with brivaracetam, levetiracetam, perampanel, and topiramate: A systematic review (2021) published in Epilepsy & Behavior
  • Long-term Efficacy and Safety From an Open-Label Extension of Adjunctive Cenobamate in Patients With Uncontrolled Focal Seizures (2022) published in Neurology
  • Risk of Major Congenital Malformations and Exposure to Antiseizure Medication Monotherapy (2024) published in JAMA Neurology
  • PERMIT study: a global pooled analysis study of the effectiveness and tolerability of perampanel in routine clinical practice (2021) published in Journal of Neurology
  • Long-term individual retention with cenobamate in adults with focal seizures: Pooled data from the clinical development program (2021) published in Epilepsia

Their published work frequently appears in venues such as:

  • InFo Neurologie + Psychiatrie
  • Clinical Epileptology
  • Epilepsia
  • Epilepsia Open
  • Seizure

Best Publications

  • Effects of antiepileptic drugs on motor cortex excitability in humans: A transcranial magnetic stimulation study

    U. Ziemann;S. Lönnecker;B. J. Steinhoff;W. Paulus

  • Histopathological Findings in Brain Tissue Obtained during Epilepsy Surgery.

    Blumcke I;Spreafico R;Haaker G;Coras R

  • The effect of lorazepam on the motor cortical excitability in man

    Ulf Ziemann;Silke Lönnecker;Bernhard J. Steinhoff;Walter Paulus

  • Semiological Seizure Classification

    H. Lüders;Jayant Acharya;C. Baumgartner;S. Benbadis

  • Comparative risk of major congenital malformations with eight different antiepileptic drugs: a prospective cohort study of the EURAP registry

    Torbjörn Tomson;Torbjörn Tomson;Dina Battino;Erminio Bonizzoni;John Craig

  • Evaluation of adjunctive perampanel in patients with refractory partial-onset seizures: results of randomized global phase III study 305.

    Jacqueline A. French;Gregory L. Krauss;Bernhard J. Steinhoff;David Squillacote

  • Genome-wide mega-analysis identifies 16 loci and highlights diverse biological mechanisms in the common epilepsies

    Bassel Abou-Khalil;Pauls Auce;Andreja Avbersek;Melanie Bahlo

  • Low-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation improves intractable epilepsy.

    Frithjof Tergau;Ute Naumann;Walter Paulus;Bernhard J Steinhoff

  • Seizure control and treatment in pregnancy: Observations from the EURAP epilepsy pregnancy registry

    Torbjörn Tomson;D. Battino;E. Bonizzoni;J. Craig

  • Accuracy and Reliability of Periodic Sharp Wave Complexes in Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

    Bernhard J. Steinhoff;Sabine Racker;Gregor Herrendorf;Sigrid Poser

  • Safety and Efficacy of Adjunctive Cenobamate (YKP3089) in Patients With Uncontrolled Focal Seizures: A Multicentre, Double-Blind, Randomised, Placebo-Controlled, Dose-Response Trial

    Gregory L Krauss;Pavel Klein;Christian Brandt;Sang Kun Lee

  • A double-blind controlled clinical trial: oxcarbazepine versus sodium valproate in adults with newly diagnosed epilepsy

    Walter Christe;Günter Krämer;Ulf Vigonius;Harald Pohlmann

  • Epilepsy, Antiepileptic Drugs, and Aggression: An Evidence-Based Review

    Martin J. Brodie;Frank Besag;Frank Besag;Alan B. Ettinger;Marco Mula;Marco Mula

  • Focal cortical dysplasias: surgical outcome in 67 patients in relation to histological subtypes and dual pathology.

    Susanne Fauser;Andreas Schulze-Bonhage;Juergen Honegger;Hans Carmona

  • Rare deletions at 16p13.11 predispose to a diverse spectrum of sporadic epilepsy syndromes.

    Erin L. Heinzen;Rodney A. Radtke;Thomas J. Urban;Gianpiero L. Cavalleri

  • Efficacy and safety of adjunctive perampanel for the treatment of refractory partial seizures: A pooled analysis of three phase III studies

    Bernhard J. Steinhoff;Elinor Ben-Menachem;Philippe Ryvlin;Simon Shorvon

  • Diagnostic value of periodic complexes in Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease

    Bernhard J. Steinhoff;Inga Zerr;Maya Glatting;Walter Schulz-Schaeffer

  • Clinical characteristics in focal cortical dysplasia: a retrospective evaluation in a series of 120 patients.

    Susanne Fauser;Hans-Juergen Huppertz;Thomas Bast;Karl Strobl

  • Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation (tVNS) for Treatment of Drug-Resistant Epilepsy: A Randomized, Double-Blind Clinical Trial (cMPsE02).

    S. Bauer;S. Bauer;H. Baier;C. Baumgartner;K. Bohlmann

  • Current clinical diagnosis in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: identification of uncommon variants.

    Inga Zerr;Walter J. Schulz‐Schaeffer;Armin Giese;Monika Bodemer

  • How to improve the clinical diagnosis of Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease

    S Poser;B Mollenhauer;A Kraubeta;I Zerr

Frequent Co-Authors

Walter Paulus
Walter Paulus University of Göttingen
Andreas Schulze-Bonhage
Andreas Schulze-Bonhage University of Freiburg
Felix Rosenow
Felix Rosenow Goethe University Frankfurt
Hajo M. Hamer
Hajo M. Hamer University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Christian E. Elger
Christian E. Elger University Hospital Bonn
Josef Zentner
Josef Zentner University of Freiburg
Thomas Bast
Thomas Bast Kork Epilepsy Center, Kehl-Kork
Holger Lerche
Holger Lerche University of Tübingen
Eugen Trinka
Eugen Trinka Paracelsus Medical University
Soheyl Noachtar
Soheyl Noachtar Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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