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Helmut Laufs

Helmut Laufs

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Neuroscience

D-Index
63
Citations
16256
World Ranking
3369
National Ranking
293

Overview

Helmut Laufs is affiliated with Kiel University in Germany and specializes in neuroscience, with a focus on cognitive neuroscience. Over the course of their research, they have contributed extensively to the understanding of neural dynamics and brain function.

Their scientific output encompasses multiple core topics, including:

  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Epilepsy research and treatment
  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Neuroscience and Music Perception
  • Stochastic dynamics and bifurcation

Laufs's work has been published in various venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • NeuroImage
  • Brain Topography
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • Communications Biology

Their recent publications include:

  • "Modeling regional changes in dynamic stability during sleep and wakefulness," 2020, NeuroImage
  • "Nonequilibrium brain dynamics as a signature of consciousness," 2021, Physical review. E
  • "Deep Brain Stimulation of the Anterior Nucleus of the Thalamus in Drug-Resistant Epilepsy in the MORE Multicenter Patient Registry," 2023, Neurology
  • "Perturbations in dynamical models of whole-brain activity dissociate between the level and stability of consciousness," 2021, PLoS Computational Biology
  • "Unifying turbulent dynamics framework distinguishes different brain states," 2022, Communications Biology

Throughout their career, Laufs has collaborated extensively with several frequent coauthors, including:

  • Enzo Tagliazucchi
  • Gustavo Deco
  • Morten L. Kringelbach
  • Yonatan Sanz Perl
  • Frederic von Wegner

Their research intersects with multiple subfields such as:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Psychiatry and Mental Health
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health

Laufs's scholarly contributions cover a broad range of studies focused on brain connectivity, neural stability, and dynamic models of brain activity. This body of work reflects a multidisciplinary approach spanning neuroscience, physics, and clinical applications related to epilepsy and consciousness studies.

Best Publications

  • EEG-correlated fMRI of human alpha activity.

    Helmut Laufs;Andreas Kleinschmidt;A. Beyerle;Evelyn Eger

  • Electroencephalographic signatures of attentional and cognitive default modes in spontaneous brain activity fluctuations at rest

    H. Laufs;K. Krakow;P. Sterzer;E. Eger

  • Decoding Wakefulness Levels from Typical fMRI Resting-State Data Reveals Reliable Drifts between Wakefulness and Sleep

    Enzo Tagliazucchi;Helmut Laufs;Helmut Laufs

  • On the Stability of BOLD fMRI Correlations

    Timothy O. Laumann;Abraham Z. Snyder;Anish Mitra;Evan M. Gordon

  • Increased Global Functional Connectivity Correlates with LSD-Induced Ego Dissolution

    Enzo Tagliazucchi;Enzo Tagliazucchi;Leor Roseman;Mendel Kaelen;Csaba Orban

  • Endogenous cortical rhythms determine cerebral specialization for speech perception and production.

    Anne Lise Giraud;Andreas Kleinschmidt;Andreas Kleinschmidt;David Poeppel;Torben E. Lund

  • Where the BOLD signal goes when alpha EEG leaves

    Helmut Laufs;John L. Holt;Robert Elfont;Michael Krams

  • Penumbral imaging and functional outcome in patients with anterior circulation ischaemic stroke treated with endovascular thrombectomy versus medical therapy: a meta-analysis of individual patient-level data

    Bruce C V Campbell;Charles B L M Majoie;Gregory W Albers;Bijoy K Menon

  • Imaging features and safety and efficacy of endovascular stroke treatment: a meta-analysis of individual patient-level data.

    Luis San Roman;Bijoy K. Menon;Jordi Blasco;Maria Hernandez-Perez

  • Temporal lobe interictal epileptic discharges affect cerebral activity in “default mode” brain regions

    Helmut Laufs;Khalid Hamandi;Afraim Salek-Haddadi;Andreas K Kleinschmidt

  • EEG–fMRI of idiopathic and secondarily generalized epilepsies

    Khalid Hamandi;Afraim Salek-Haddadi;Helmut Laufs;Adam D. Liston

  • Dynamic BOLD functional connectivity in humans and its electrophysiological correlates.

    Enzo Tagliazucchi;Frederic von Wegner;Astrid Morzelewski;Verena Brodbeck

  • EEG microstates of wakefulness and NREM sleep.

    Verena Brodbeck;Alena Kuhn;Frederic von Wegner;Astrid Morzelewski

  • Modelling large motion events in fMRI studies of patients with epilepsy.

    Louis Lemieux;Afraim Salek-Haddadi;Torben E. Lund;Helmut Laufs

  • Breakdown of long-range temporal dependence in default mode and attention networks during deep sleep

    Enzo Tagliazucchi;Frederic von Wegner;Astrid Morzelewski;Verena Brodbeck

  • Awakening: Predicting external stimulation to force transitions between different brain states.

    Gustavo Deco;Josephine Cruzat;Joana Cabral;Joana Cabral;Joana Cabral;Enzo Tagliazucchi

  • Discovery of key whole-brain transitions and dynamics during human wakefulness and non-REM sleep.

    A. B. A. Stevner;A. B. A. Stevner;D. Vidaurre;J. Cabral;J. Cabral;K. Rapuano

  • Recent advances in recording electrophysiological data simultaneously with magnetic resonance imaging

    Helmut Laufs;Helmut Laufs;Jean Daunizeau;David W. Carmichael;Andreas Kleinschmidt;Andreas Kleinschmidt;Andreas Kleinschmidt

  • Linking generalized spike-and-wave discharges and resting state brain activity by using EEG/fMRI in a patient with absence seizures.

    Helmut Laufs;Helmut Laufs;Ulrike Lengler;Khalid Hamandi;Andreas Kleinschmidt

  • Endogenous brain oscillations and related networks detected by surface EEG-combined fMRI.

    Helmut Laufs;Helmut Laufs

Frequent Co-Authors

Enzo Tagliazucchi
Enzo Tagliazucchi University of Buenos Aires
Louis Lemieux
Louis Lemieux University College London
John S. Duncan
John S. Duncan University College London
David W. Carmichael
David W. Carmichael King's College London
Morten L. Kringelbach
Morten L. Kringelbach University of Oxford
Khalid Hamandi
Khalid Hamandi Cardiff University
Matthew C. Walker
Matthew C. Walker University College London
Gustavo Deco
Gustavo Deco Pompeu Fabra University
Andreas Kleinschmidt
Andreas Kleinschmidt University of Geneva
Maxime Guye
Maxime Guye Aix-Marseille University

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