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Christoph Helmstaedter

Christoph Helmstaedter

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Neuroscience

D-Index
83
Citations
21248
World Ranking
1473
National Ranking
128

Medicine

D-Index
83
Citations
21248
World Ranking
15771
National Ranking
829

Overview

Christoph Helmstaedter is affiliated with the University Hospital Bonn in Germany and has a significant profile in the fields of medicine and neuroscience. Their research emphasizes epilepsy, encompassing both clinical and pharmacological aspects.

The scientist has contributed extensively to epilepsy research and treatment as a central theme in their work. Other main topics include pharmacological effects and toxicity studies, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, autoimmune neurological disorders and treatments, EEG and brain-computer interfaces, RNA regulation and disease, and genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders.

Helmstaedter's frequent publication venues reflect a focus on epilepsy and neurological disorders. These include:

  • Seizure
  • Epilepsy & Behavior
  • Epilepsia
  • Journal of Neurology
  • Neurology

Key recent papers by Christoph Helmstaedter include:

  • "Cannabidiol in the Treatment of Epilepsy," 2021, Clinical Drug Investigation
  • "Cognitive disorders in epilepsy I: Clinical experience, real-world evidence and recommendations," 2020, Seizure
  • "Counseling of people with epilepsy via telemedicine: Experiences at a German tertiary epilepsy center during the COVID-19 pandemic," 2020, Epilepsy & Behavior
  • "Teleneuropsychology in the time of COVID-19: The experience of The Australian Epilepsy Project," 2020, Seizure
  • "Resection of piriform cortex predicts seizure freedom in temporal lobe epilepsy," 2020, Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology

Collaborations have been an integral part of their output, with frequent coauthors including:

  • Juri-Alexander Witt
  • Rainer Surges
  • Randi von Wrede
  • Albert J. Becker
  • Christian E. Elger

Their body of work predominantly resides within several subfields that intersect with epilepsy and neurology:

  • Psychiatry and Mental Health
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Neurology

Best Publications

  • Chronic epilepsy and cognition

    Christian E Elger;Christoph Helmstaedter;Martin Kurthen

  • Chronic epilepsy and cognition: a longitudinal study in temporal lobe epilepsy.

    Christoph Helmstaedter;Martin Kurthen;Silke Lux;Markus Reuber

  • Diagnostic delay in psychogenic nonepileptic seizures.

    M. Reuber;G.S.E. Fernandez;J. Bauer;C. Helmstaedter

  • Antibodies to glutamic acid decarboxylase define a form of limbic encephalitis

    Michael P. Malter;Christoph Helmstaedter;Horst Urbach;Angela Vincent

  • Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma: Results of a Pilot and Phase II Study of Systemic and Intraventricular Chemotherapy With Deferred Radiotherapy

    Hendrik Pels;Ingo G.H. Schmidt-Wolf;Axel Glasmacher;Holger Schulz

  • Prognostic factors and outcome after different types of resection for temporal lobe epilepsy.

    Hans Clusmann;Johannes Schramm;Thomas Kral;Christoph Helmstaedter

  • Outcome in psychogenic nonepileptic seizures: 1 to 10-year follow-up in 164 patients.

    Markus Reuber;Ralf Pukrop;Jürgen Bauer;Christoph Helmstaedter

  • Verbaler Lern- und Merkfähigkeitstest

    Christoph A. Helmstaedter;Michael Lendt;Silke Lux

  • Depression in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy is related to mesial temporal sclerosis.

    Ansgar Quiske;Christoph Helmstaedter;Silke Lux;Christian E Elger

  • Differential involvement of left temporolateral and temporomesial structures in verbal declarative learning and memory: evidence from temporal lobe epilepsy.

    C. Helmstaedter;Th. Grunwald;K. Lehnertz;U. Gleißner

  • Effects of chronic epilepsy on declarative memory systems.

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  • Memory Outcome after Selective Amygdalohippocampectomy: A Study in 140 Patients with Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

    Ulrike Gleissner;Christoph Helmstaedter;Johannes Schramm;Christian E. Elger

  • Epilepsy and cognition - A bidirectional relationship?

    Christoph Helmstaedter;Juri-Alexander Witt

  • Synaptic Plasticity in the Human Dentate Gyrus

    Heinz Beck;Ivan V. Goussakov;Ailing Lie;Christoph Helmstaedter

  • Visual learning deficits in nonresected patients with right temporal lobe epilepsy.

    C. Helmstaedter;C. Pohl;A. Hufnagel;C.E. Elger

  • Neuropsychological aspects of epilepsy surgery.

    Christoph Helmstaedter

  • Verbal novelty detection within the human hippocampus proper

    Thomas Grunwald;Klaus Lehnertz;Hans J. Heinze;Christoph Helmstaedter

  • Cognitive outcomes in patients with chronic temporal lobe epilepsy.

    Christoph Helmstaedter;Edgar Kockelmann

  • Indications and expectations for neuropsychological assessment in routine epilepsy care: Report of the ILAE Neuropsychology Task Force, Diagnostic Methods Commission, 2013-2017.

    Sarah J. Wilson;Sallie Baxendale;William Barr;Sherifa Hamed

  • Cognitive outcomes of different surgical approaches in temporal lobe epilepsy

    Christoph Helmstaedter

  • Human temporal lobe potentials in verbal learning and memory processes.

    Christian E Elger;Thomas Grunwald;Klaus Lehnertz;Marta Kutas

  • Differential effects of temporal pole resection with amygdalohippocampectomy versus selective amygdalohippocampectomy on material-specific memory in patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy.

    Christoph Helmstaedter;Sabine Richter;Sandra Röske;Frank Oltmanns

Frequent Co-Authors

Christian E. Elger
Christian E. Elger University Hospital Bonn
Rainer Surges
Rainer Surges University Hospital Bonn
Johannes Schramm
Johannes Schramm University of Bonn
Albert J. Becker
Albert J. Becker University Hospital Bonn
Bernd Weber
Bernd Weber University of Bonn
Martin Kurthen
Martin Kurthen University of Bonn
Christian G. Bien
Christian G. Bien Bielefeld University
Horst Urbach
Horst Urbach University of Freiburg
Markus Reuber
Markus Reuber University of Sheffield
Nikolai Axmacher
Nikolai Axmacher Ruhr University Bochum

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