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Friedhelm C. Hummel is affiliated with the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland. Their research spans multiple areas within neuroscience and medicine, focusing primarily on neurological function and recovery mechanisms.

The main fields of study for this scientist include Neuroscience and Medicine. Within these, key subfields of work encompass Cognitive Neuroscience, Neurology, Rehabilitation, Biomedical Engineering, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine, and Imaging.

Their research topics cover a range of areas, notably:

  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
  • Muscle activation and electromyography studies
  • Neurological disorders and treatments
  • Motor Control and Adaptation

Recent publications by Friedhelm C. Hummel include the following:

  • "Evidence-based guidelines on the therapeutic use of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS): An update (2014-2018)" (2020) published in Clinical Neurophysiology
  • "Corrigendum to "Evidence-based guidelines on the therapeutic use of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS): An update (2014-2018)" [Clin. Neurophysiol. 131 (2020) 474-528]" (2020) published in Clinical Neurophysiology
  • "Advanced Neurotechnologies for the Restoration of Motor Function" (2020) published in Neuron
  • "Noninvasive theta-burst stimulation of the human striatum enhances striatal activity and motor skill learning" (2023) published in Nature Neuroscience
  • "The structural connectome and motor recovery after stroke: predicting natural recovery" (2021) published in Brain

Friedhelm C. Hummel has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Maximilian J. Wessel
  • Takuya Morishita
  • Elena Beanato
  • Traian Popa
  • Estelle Raffin

Their publications have appeared in a variety of scientific venues, with a notable concentration in:

  • Brain Stimulation
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Clinical Neurophysiology
  • Journal of Neural Engineering
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Best Publications

  • Transcranial direct current stimulation: State of the art 2008

    Michael A. Nitsche;Leonardo G. Cohen;Eric M. Wassermann;Alberto Priori

  • Evidence-based guidelines on the therapeutic use of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS)

    Jean Pascal Lefaucheur;Nathalie André-Obadia;Andrea Antal;Samar S. Ayache

  • Evidence-based guidelines on the therapeutic use of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS): An update (2014–2018)

    Jean Pascal Lefaucheur;André Aleman;Chris Baeken;David H. Benninger

  • Transcranial DC stimulation (tDCS): a tool for double-blind sham-controlled clinical studies in brain stimulation.

    Prateek C. Gandiga;Friedhelm C. Hummel;Leonardo G. Cohen

  • Effects of non-invasive cortical stimulation on skilled motor function in chronic stroke

    Friedhelm Hummel;Pablo Celnik;Pascal Giraux;Agnes Floel

  • Low intensity transcranial electric stimulation: Safety, ethical, legal regulatory and application guidelines

    A. Antal;Ivan Alekseichuk;M. Bikson;J. Brockmöller

  • Non-invasive brain stimulation: a new strategy to improve neurorehabilitation after stroke?

    Friedhelm C Hummel;Leonardo G Cohen

  • Brain oscillatory substrates of visual short-term memory capacity.

    Paul Sauseng;Paul Sauseng;Wolfgang Klimesch;Kirstin F. Heise;Walter R. Gruber

  • Walking or talking? Behavioral and neurophysiological correlates of action verb processing.

    Friedemann Pulvermüller;Markus Härle;Friedhelm Hummel

  • Reorganization of the human ipsilesional premotor cortex after stroke

    Esteban A. Fridman;Takashi Hanakawa;Melissa Chung;Friedhelm Hummel

  • Dissociation of sustained attention from central executive functions: local activity and interregional connectivity in the theta range

    P. Sauseng;J. Hoppe;W. Klimesch;C. Gerloff

  • Transcallosal inhibition in chronic subcortical stroke

    Julie Duque;Friedhelm Hummel;Pablo Celnik;Nagako Murase;Nagako Murase

  • Spontaneous locally restricted EEG alpha activity determines cortical excitability in the motor cortex.

    P. Sauseng;W. Klimesch;C. Gerloff;F.C. Hummel

  • Effects of tDCS on motor learning and memory formation: A consensus and critical position paper

    Ethan R. Buch;Emiliano Santarnecchi;Andrea Antal;Jan Born

  • Improvement of motor function with noninvasive cortical stimulation in a patient with chronic stroke.

    Friedhelm Hummel;Leonardo G. Cohen

  • Inhibitory control of acquired motor programmes in the human brain

    Friedhelm C. Hummel;Frank Andres;Eckart Altenmüller;Johannes Dichgans

  • Somatosensory stimulation enhances the effects of training functional hand tasks in patients with chronic stroke

    Pablo Celnik;Friedhelm Hummel;Friedhelm Hummel;Michelle Harris-Love;Rebecca Wolk

  • Effects of brain polarization on reaction times and pinch force in chronic stroke

    Friedhelm C Hummel;Friedhelm C Hummel;Bernhard Voller;Pablo Celnik;Agnes Floel

  • Intermanual Differences in Movement-related Interhemispheric Inhibition

    Julie Duque;Nagako Murase;Pablo Celnik;Friedhelm Hummel

  • Larger Interregional Synchrony is Associated with Greater Behavioral Success in a Complex Sensory Integration Task in Humans

    Friedhelm Hummel;Christian Gerloff

  • Consensus: Can transcranial direct current stimulation and transcranial magnetic stimulation enhance motor learning and memory formation?

    Janine Reis;Edwin M. Robertson;John W. Krakauer;John Rothwell

  • Report Brain Oscillatory Substrates of Visual Short-Term Memory Capacity

    Paul Sauseng;Wolfgang Klimesch;Kirstin F. Heise;Walter R. Gruber

Frequent Co-Authors

Christian Gerloff
Christian Gerloff University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
Leonardo G. Cohen
Leonardo G. Cohen National Institutes of Health
Pablo Celnik
Pablo Celnik Johns Hopkins University
Niels Birbaumer
Niels Birbaumer University of Tübingen
Alexander Münchau
Alexander Münchau University of Lübeck
Agnes Flöel
Agnes Flöel Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Paul Sauseng
Paul Sauseng Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Kirsten R. Müller-Vahl
Kirsten R. Müller-Vahl Hannover Medical School
Walter Paulus
Walter Paulus University of Göttingen
Wolfgang Klimesch
Wolfgang Klimesch University of Salzburg

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