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Christoph Helmchen

Christoph Helmchen

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Neuroscience

D-Index
40
Citations
5269
World Ranking
8169
National Ranking
689

Overview

Christoph Helmchen is affiliated with the University of Lübeck in Germany and has a research portfolio predominantly in neuroscience and medicine. Their work spans various subfields including neurology, cognitive neuroscience, pathology and forensic medicine, ophthalmology, and molecular biology.

The main topics in Helmchen's research include vestibular and auditory disorders, ophthalmology and eye disorders, glaucoma and retinal disorders, cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, genetic neurodegenerative diseases, visual perception and processing mechanisms, and spatial neglect and hemispheric dysfunction.

Frequent publication venues for Helmchen's research are:

  • Journal of Neurology
  • Frontiers in Neurology
  • European Journal of Neurology
  • Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
  • Klinische Monatsblätter für Augenheilkunde

Helmchen has collaborated extensively with several coauthors, most notably:

  • Andreas Sprenger
  • Björn Machner
  • Dominik Straumann
  • Michael Strupp
  • Norbert Brüggemann

Representative recent papers authored or coauthored by Helmchen include:

  • "Usability of the head impulse test in routine clinical practice in the emergency department to differentiate vestibular neuritis from stroke," 2020, European Journal of Neurology
  • "Clinical spectrum of the pentanucleotide repeat expansion in the RFC1 gene in ataxia syndromes," 2020, Neurology
  • "Risk of acute brain lesions in dizzy patients presenting to the emergency room: who needs imaging and who does not?", 2020, Journal of Neurology
  • "Acute bilateral optic/chiasm neuritis with longitudinal extensive transverse myelitis in longstanding stable multiple sclerosis following vector-based vaccination against the SARS-CoV-2," 2021, Journal of Neurology
  • "Consensus on Virtual Management of Vestibular Disorders: Urgent Versus Expedited Care," 2020, The Cerebellum

Best Publications

  • Vestibular compensation: the neuro-otologist’s best friend

    Michel Lacour;Christoph Helmchen;Pierre-Paul Vidal

  • Diagnostic Criteria for Central versus Peripheral Positioning Nystagmus and Vertigo: a Review

    U. Büttner;Ch. Helmchen;Th. Brandt

  • Eye movement abnormalities in essential tremor may indicate cerebellar dysfunction

    C. Helmchen;A. Hagenow;J. Miesner;A. Sprenger

  • Deficits in vertical and torsional eye movements after uni- and bilateral muscimol inactivation of the interstitial nucleus of Cajal of the alert monkey.

    C. Helmchen;H. Rambold;L. Fuhry;U. Büttner

  • Spinal somatostatin superfusion in vivo affects activity of cat nociceptive dorsal horn neurons: comparison with spinal morphine.

    J. Sandkühler;Q.-G. Fu;C. Helmchen

  • Saccade-related activity in the fastigial oculomotor region of the macaque monkey during spontaneous eye movements in light and darkness

    C. Helmchen;A. Straube;U. Büttner

  • Slow vertical saccades in motor neuron disease: correlation of structure and function.

    Lea Averbuch‐Heller;Christoph Helmchen;Anja K. E. Horn;R. John Leigh

  • Differential cerebellar activation related to perceived pain intensity during noxious thermal stimulation in humans: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study

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  • Cerebellar activation in opsoclonus An fMRI study

    C. Helmchen;H. Rambold;A. Sprenger;C. Erdmann

  • Effects of voluntary blinks on saccades, vergence eye movements, and saccade-vergence interactions in humans

    H. Rambold;A. Sprenger;C. Helmchen

  • Structural Changes in the Human Brain following Vestibular Neuritis Indicate Central Vestibular Compensation

    Christoph Helmchen;Jan Klinkenstein;Björn Machner;Holger Rambold

  • Eye–hand coordination in essential tremor

    Peter Trillenberg;Julia Führer;Andreas Sprenger;Ania Hagenow

  • Localizing value of torsional nystagmus in small midbrain lesions.

    C. Helmchen;H. Rambold;U. Kempermann;J.A. Büttner-Ennever

  • Vergence Deficits in Patients with Cerebellar Lesions.

    T. Sander;A. Sprenger;G. Neumann;B. Machner

  • Age-related changes of vergence under natural viewing conditions

    Holger Rambold;Gunnar Neumann;Thurid Sander;Christoph Helmchen

  • GABAergic neurons in the rostral mesencephalon of the macaque monkey that control vertical eye movements.

    Anja K.E. Horn;Christoph Helmchen;Petra Wahle

  • Saccade-related Purkinje cell activity in the oculomotor vermis during spontaneous eye movements in light and darkness

    C. Helmchen;U. Büttner

  • Structural brain changes following peripheral vestibulo-cochlear lesion may indicate multisensory compensation

    Christoph Helmchen;Jan C Klinkenstein;Alexandra Krüger;Jan Gliemroth

  • Cogan's syndrome: clinical significance of antibodies against the inner ear and cornea.

    C Helmchen;V Arbusow;L Jäger;M Strupp

  • Diverse effects of Purkinje cell loss on deep cerebellar and vestibular nuclei neurons in Purkinje cell degeneration mutant mice: A possible compensatory mechanism

    Unknown

  • Saccade-related burst neurons with torsional and vertical on-directions in the interstitial nucleus of Cajal of the alert monkey

    C. Helmchen;H. Rambold;U. Büttner

  • Hippocampal gray matter volume in bilateral vestibular failure.

    Martin Göttlich;Nico M. Jandl;Andreas Sprenger;Jann F. Wojak

Frequent Co-Authors

Andreas Sprenger
Andreas Sprenger University of Lübeck
Christine Klein
Christine Klein University of Lübeck
Wolfgang Heide
Wolfgang Heide Allgemeines Krankenhaus Celle
Detlef Kömpf
Detlef Kömpf University of Lübeck
Dominik Straumann
Dominik Straumann University of Zurich
Ulrich Büttner
Ulrich Büttner Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Christian Büchel
Christian Büchel University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
Thomas F. Münte
Thomas F. Münte University of Lübeck
Ferdinand Binkofski
Ferdinand Binkofski RWTH Aachen University
Steffen Gais
Steffen Gais University of Tübingen

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