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Friedrich G. Woermann

Friedrich G. Woermann

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Neuroscience

D-Index
57
Citations
10488
World Ranking
4381
National Ranking
1983

Overview

Friedrich G. Woermann is affiliated with Bethel University in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of medicine, neuroscience, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research primarily addresses topics related to epilepsy, neurological disorders, and brain function, with significant publications spanning several specialized subfields.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Medicine
  • Neuroscience
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these broader disciplines, Woermann has focused on subfields such as psychiatry and mental health, cognitive neuroscience, neurology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and pediatrics, perinatology, and child health.

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

Woermann's body of work covers various scientific topics, particularly:

  • Epilepsy research and treatment
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Autoimmune Neurological Disorders and Treatments
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
  • Fetal and Pediatric Neurological Disorders
  • Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus

The scientist's recent publications reflect contributions to understanding epilepsy and neurological conditions, including:

  • External validation of automated focal cortical dysplasia detection using morphometric analysis, 2021, published in Epilepsia
  • Temporal lobe epilepsy with GAD antibodies: neurons killed by T cells not by complement membrane attack complex, 2022, published in Brain
  • Clinical Features, Neuropathology, and Surgical Outcome in Patients With Refractory Epilepsy and Brain Somatic Variants in the SLC35A2 Gene, 2022, published in Neurology
  • Mosaic trisomy of chromosome 1q in human brain tissue associates with unilateral polymicrogyria, very early-onset focal epilepsy, and severe developmental delay, 2020, published in Acta Neuropathologica
  • Negative content enhances stimulus-specific cerebral activity during free viewing of pictures, faces, and words, 2020, published in Human Brain Mapping

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Woermann include:

  • Christian G. Bien
  • Thilo Kalbhenn
  • Tilman Polster
  • Thomas Cloppenborg
  • Johanna Kißler

Woermann's research is frequently published in venues such as:

  • Epilepsia
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Clinical Epileptology
  • Human Brain Mapping
  • Frontiers in Neurology

Best Publications

  • Language lateralization by Wada test and fMRI in 100 patients with epilepsy

    F. G. Woermann;H. Jokeit;R. Luerding;H. Freitag

  • Abnormal cerebral structure in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy demonstrated with voxel-based analysis of MRI

    F. G. Woermann;S. L. Free;M. J. Koepp;S. M. Sisodiya

  • EEG-triggered functional MRI of interictal epileptiform activity in patients with partial seizures

    K. Krakow;F. G. Woermann;M. R. Symms;P. J. Allen

  • Affective aggression in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy: a quantitative MRI study of the amygdala.

    L. Tebartz van Elst;F. G. Woermann;L. Lemieux;P. J. Thompson

  • Fast, accurate, and reproducible automatic segmentation of the brain in T1‐weighted volume MRI data

    Louis Lemieux;Georg Hagemann;Georg Hagemann;Karsten Krakow;Friedrich G. Woermann

  • Posttraumatic stress disorder and fMRI activation patterns of traumatic memory in patients with borderline personality disorder

    Martin Driessen;Thomas Beblo;Markus Mertens;Martina Piefke

  • Memory fMRI lateralizes temporal lobe epilepsy

    Hennric Jokeit;Michael Okujava;Friedrich G. Woermann

  • Voxel-by-voxel comparison of automatically segmented cerebral gray matter--A rater-independent comparison of structural MRI in patients with epilepsy.

    Friedrich G. Woermann;Samantha L. Free;Matthias J. Koepp;John Ashburner

  • The contribution of 18F-FDG PET in preoperative epilepsy surgery evaluation for patients with temporal lobe epilepsy: A meta-analysis

    O. Willmann;R. Wennberg;T. May;F.G. Woermann

  • Neuropathological abnormalities in schizophrenia: evidence from magnetization transfer imaging.

    J Foong;M R Symms;G J Barker;M Maier

  • Quantitative MRI in patients with idiopathic generalized epilepsy. Evidence of widespread cerebral structural changes.

    F G Woermann;S M Sisodiya;S L Free;J S Duncan

  • Regional changes in hippocampal T2 relaxation and volume: a quantitative magnetic resonance imaging study of hippocampal sclerosis

    Friedrich G Woermann;Gareth J Barker;Kim D Birnie;Heinz J Meencke

  • Epileptic activity influences the speech organization in medial temporal lobe epilepsy

    J. Janszky;H. Jokeit;D. Heinemann;R. Schulz

  • Short echo time single-voxel 1H magnetic resonance spectroscopy in magnetic resonance imaging-negative temporal lobe epilepsy: different biochemical profile compared with hippocampal sclerosis.

    Friedrich G. Woermann;Mary A. McLean;Philippa A. Bartlett;Geoffrey J. Parker

  • Quantitative analysis of short echo time 1H-MRSI of cerebral gray and white matter

    Mary A. McLean;Friedrich G. Woermann;Gareth J. Barker;John S. Duncan

  • Functional organization of the brain with malformations of cortical development.

    Jozsef Janszky;Alois Ebner;Bernd Kruse;Markus Mertens

  • Amygdala enlargement in dysthymia--a volumetric study of patients with temporal lobe epilepsy.

    Ludger Tebartz van Elst;Friedrich G Woermann;Louis Lemieux;Michael R Trimble

  • Functional MRI Predicts Memory Performance after Right Mesiotemporal Epilepsy Surgery

    Jozsef Janszky;Hennric Jokeit;Konstantina Kontopoulou;Markus Mertens

  • Consensus on diagnosis and management of JME: From founder's observations to current trends.

    Dorothée G.A. Kasteleijn Nolst Trenité;Bettina Schmitz;Bettina Schmitz;Dieter Janz;Dieter Janz;Antonio V. Delgado-Escueta;Antonio V. Delgado-Escueta

  • Amygdala pathology in psychosis of epilepsy: A magnetic resonance imaging study in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy.

    L. Tebartz van Elst;D. Baeumer;L. Lemieux;F. G. Woermann

  • Development of Hippocampal Atrophy: A Serial Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study in a Patient Who Developed Epilepsy After Generalized Status Epilepticus

    U. C. Wieshmann;F. G. Woermann;L. Lemieux;S. L. Free

Frequent Co-Authors

John S. Duncan
John S. Duncan University College London
Alois Ebner
Alois Ebner Bethel University
Christian G. Bien
Christian G. Bien Bielefeld University
Matthias J. Koepp
Matthias J. Koepp University College London
Samantha L. Free
Samantha L. Free University College London
Martin Driessen
Martin Driessen Bielefeld University
Hans J. Markowitsch
Hans J. Markowitsch Bielefeld University
Louis Lemieux
Louis Lemieux University College London
Ingrid Tuxhorn
Ingrid Tuxhorn Bethel University
Pamela J. Thompson
Pamela J. Thompson University College London

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