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Overview

Claus-W. Wallesch is affiliated with Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg in Germany. Their research spans multiple areas within neuroscience and medicine, with a focus on clinical neurology and neurorehabilitation. Wallesch's body of work reflects an interdisciplinary approach that integrates neurology, psychiatry, cognitive neuroscience, and critical care medicine.

The main fields of study addressed by Wallesch's research include:

  • Medicine
  • Neuroscience

Their work further delves into several subfields, such as:

  • Neurology
  • Psychiatry and Mental health
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine
  • Epidemiology

Wallesch's research focuses primarily on clinical and rehabilitative topics related to brain injury and neurological disorders. These include:

  • Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances
  • Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
  • Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
  • Traumatic Brain Injury Research
  • Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Spatial Neglect and Hemispheric Dysfunction

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Wallesch highlight their engagement with clinical neurorehabilitation and brain injury outcomes. Notable papers include:

  • The influence of the CRS-R score on functional outcome in patients with severe brain injury receiving early rehabilitation, 2021, BMC Neurology
  • Treatment of upper limb spasticity with inhibitory repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation: A randomized placebo-controlled trial, 2021, Neurorehabilitation
  • Auditory Stimulation Modulates Resting-State Functional Connectivity in Unresponsive Wakefulness Syndrome Patients, 2021, Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • Kurzfassung der S2e-Leitlinie "Diagnostik und Therapie von exekutiven Dysfunktionen bei neurologischen Erkrankungen" (AWMF-030/125), 2020, Zeitschrift für Neuropsychologie
  • Kurzfassung der S2e-Leitlinie "Diagnostik und Therapie von Gedächtnisstörungen bei neurologischen Erkrankungen" (AWMF-030/124), 2020, Zeitschrift für Neuropsychologie

Wallesch frequently publishes in venues that include:

  • Zeitschrift für Neuropsychologie
  • Fortschritte der Neurologie · Psychiatrie
  • BMC Neurology
  • Neurorehabilitation
  • Frontiers in Neuroscience

They have collaborated extensively with several co-authors, reflecting a network of interdisciplinary research partnerships. Frequent collaborators are:

  • Thomas Benke
  • Helmut Hildebrandt
  • Melanie Boltzmann
  • Simone Schmidt
  • Christoph Gutenbrünner

Best Publications

  • Leitlinien für Diagnostik und Therapie in der Neurologie

    H. C. Diener;C. Weimar;P. Berlit;G. Deuschl

  • Poststroke Depression Is There a Pathoanatomic Correlate for Depression in the Postacute Stage of Stroke

    Manfred Herrmann;Claudius Bartels;Martin Schumacher;Claus-W. Wallesch

  • Subcortical aphasia. Commentaries. Reply

    S. E. Nadeau;B. Crosson;C.-W. Wallesch;H. Johannsen-Horbach

  • Neuropsychological sequelae of diffuse traumatic brain injury.

    Maike Fork;Claudius Bartels;Anne D Ebert;Claudia Grubich

  • Neuron-specific enolase and tau protein as neurobiochemical markers of neuronal damage are related to early clinical course and long-term outcome in acute ischemic stroke

    Michael T. Wunderlich;Hartmut Lins;Martin Skalej;Claus-W. Wallesch

  • Elevated Serum S100B Levels Indicate a Higher Risk of Hemorrhagic Transformation After Thrombolytic Therapy in Acute Stroke

    Christian Foerch;Michael T. Wunderlich;Florian Dvorak;Marek Humpich

  • Release of neurobiochemical markers of brain damage is related to the neurovascular status on admission and the site of arterial occlusion in acute ischemic stroke

    Michael T. Wunderlich;Claus-W. Wallesch;Michael Goertler

  • Basal ganglia participation in language pathology

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  • Linguistic Disorders ^ .- 'Â¥ and Pathologies

    Gerhard Blanken;Jürgen Dittmann;Hannelore Grimm;Claus-W. Wallesch

  • Depression in acute and chronic aphasia: symptoms, pathoanatomical-clinical correlations and functional implications.

    M Herrmann;C Bartels;C W Wallesch

  • Outcome after mild-to-moderate blunt head injury: effects of focal lesions and diffuse axonal injury.

    Claus-W. Wallesch;Noreen Curio;Susanne Kutz;Stefan Jost

  • Protein S-100B and neuron specific enolase as early neurobiochemical markers of the severity of traumatic brain injury.

    Manfred Herrmann;Noreen Curio;Stefan Jost;Michael T. Wunderlich

  • Long-term effects of cerebellar pathology on cognitive functions.

    Claus-W Wallesch;Andreas Horn

  • Spontaneous speech in senile dementia and aphasia: implications for a neurolinguistic model of language production

    Gerhard Blanken;Jürgen Dittmann;J.-Christian Haas;Claus-W. Wallesch

  • The neuropsychology of blunt head injury in the early postacute stage: effects of focal lesions and diffuse axonal injury.

    Claus-W. Wallesch;Noreen Curio;Imke Galazky;Stefan Jost

  • Release of brain-type and heart-type fatty acid-binding proteins in serum after acute ischaemic stroke.

    Michael T Wunderlich;Thorsten Hanhoff;Michael Goertler;Friedrich Spener

  • Depressive changes in stroke patients

    Manfred Herrmann;Claus-W. Wallesch

  • Release of glial fibrillary acidic protein is related to the neurovascular status in acute ischemic stroke.

    M. T. Wunderlich;C. W. Wallesch;M. Goertler

  • The crucial role of frontostriatal circuits for depressive disorders in the postacute stage after stroke.

    Beblo T;Wallesch Cw;Herrmann M

  • Nonverbal communication as a compensative strategy for severely nonfluent aphasics?—A quantitative approach☆

    Manfred Herrmann;Thomas Reichle;Gabriele Lucius-Hoene;Claus-W. Wallesch

  • Coping with illness after brain diseases--a comparison between patients with malignant brain tumors, stroke, Parkinson's disease and traumatic brain injury.

    Manfred Herrmann;Noreen Curio;Tobias Petz;Hans Synowitz

Frequent Co-Authors

Manfred Herrmann
Manfred Herrmann University of Bremen
Hans-Otto Karnath
Hans-Otto Karnath University of Tübingen
Hermann Ackermann
Hermann Ackermann University of Tübingen
Gereon R. Fink
Gereon R. Fink University of Cologne
Christian E. Elger
Christian E. Elger University Hospital Bonn
Martin Tegenthoff
Martin Tegenthoff Ruhr University Bochum
Thomas Benke
Thomas Benke Innsbruck Medical University
Josef Zihl
Josef Zihl Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Thomas H. Bak
Thomas H. Bak University of Edinburgh
Ludger Schöls
Ludger Schöls University of Tübingen

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