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Iris-Katharina Penner is affiliated with Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with a strong emphasis on pathology, neurology, psychiatry, molecular biology, and immunology. The scientist's work includes a notable concentration on multiple sclerosis and related neurological and immunological conditions.

The main topics of their research encompass multiple sclerosis research studies, fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome research, long-term effects of COVID-19, functional brain connectivity studies, neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, and advanced neuroimaging techniques and applications.

Penner has contributed articles to frequent publication venues including Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders, Neurology, Frontiers in Neurology, European Journal of Neurology, and the Journal of Neurology.

The scientist has collaborated extensively with several co-authors, among whom are Melanie Filser, Matthias Grothe, Alina Renner, Carolin Balloff, and Ludwig Kappos.

Some of Iris-Katharina Penner's recent papers include:

  • The transitional phase of multiple sclerosis: Characterization and conceptual framework, 2020, Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders
  • Vitamin D, smoking, EBV, and long-term cognitive performance in MS, 2020, Neurology
  • Brain age as a surrogate marker for cognitive performance in multiple sclerosis, 2022, European Journal of Neurology
  • Levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in patients with multiple sclerosis, 2020, Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology
  • Serum neurofilament light chain, 2020, Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation

Best Publications

  • Recommendations for a Brief International Cognitive Assessment for Multiple Sclerosis (BICAMS)

    Dawn Langdon;M P Amato;J Boringa;B Brochet

  • The fatigue scale for motor and cognitive functions (FSMC) : validation of a new instrument to assess multiple sclerosis-related fatigue

    IK Penner;C. Raselli;M. Stöcklin;K. Opwis

  • Clinical and imaging assessment of cognitive dysfunction in multiple sclerosis

    Maria A Rocca;Maria Pia Amato;Nicola De Stefano;Christian Enzinger

  • MS quality of life, depression, and fatigue improve after mindfulness training: A randomized trial

    P. Grossman;L. Kappos;H. Gensicke;M. D'Souza

  • Brief International Cognitive Assessment for MS (BICAMS): international standards for validation

    Ralph H B Benedict;Maria Pia Amato;Jan Boringa;Bruno Brochet

  • Fatigue as a symptom or comorbidity of neurological diseases

    Iris-Katharina Penner;Friedemann Paul

  • Analysis of impairment related functional architecture in MS patients during performance of different attention tasks.

    Iris-Katharina Penner;Martin Rausch;Ludwig Kappos;Klaus Opwis

  • Towards the implementation of ‘no evidence of disease activity’ in multiple sclerosis treatment: the multiple sclerosis decision model

    Martin Stangel;Iris Katharina Penner;Boris A. Kallmann;Carsten Lukas

  • Working memory training in patients with multiple sclerosis - comparison of two different training schedules.

    Annamarie Vogt;Ludwig Kappos;Pasquale Calabrese;Pasquale Calabrese;Markus Stöcklin

  • Structural and functional imaging approaches in attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder: does the temporal lobe play a key role?

    Maja Kobel;Nina Bechtel;Nina Bechtel;Karsten Specht;Markus Klarhöfer

  • Multiple sclerosis and fatigue: A review on the contribution of inflammation and immune-mediated neurodegeneration.

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  • Fatigue in multiple sclerosis: relation to depression, physical impairment, personality and action control.

    I.-K. Penner;N. Bechtel;C. Raselli;M. Stöcklin

  • Contribution of cortical and white matter lesions to cognitive impairment in multiple sclerosis.

    Athina Papadopoulou;Nicole Müller-Lenke;Yvonne Naegelin;Gabriela Kalt

  • Effects of methylphenidate on working memory functioning in children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

    Maja Kobel;Nina Bechtel;Peter Weber;Karsten Specht

  • Cognitive impairment and cortical reorganization in children with benign epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes.

    Alexandre N. Datta;Nadine Oser;Nadine Oser;Florian Bauder;Oliver Maier

  • The relationship between total and regional corpus callosum atrophy, cognitive impairment and fatigue in multiple sclerosis patients:

    Özgür Yaldizli;Iris-Katharina Penner;Iris-Katharina Penner;Karl Frontzek;Yvonne Naegelin

  • Natalizumab Treatment Reduces Fatigue in Multiple Sclerosis. Results from the TYNERGY Trial; A Study in the Real Life Setting

    Anders Svenningsson;Eva Falk;Elisabeth G. Celius;Siegrid Fuchs

  • Fluctuations of spontaneous EEG topographies predict disease state in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis.

    Markus Gschwind;Martin Hardmeier;Dimitri Van De Ville;Miralena I. Tomescu

  • Pediatric multiple sclerosis: Cognition and mood

    Maria Pia Amato;Lauren B. Krupp;Leigh E. Charvet;Iris Penner

  • Randomised controlled trial of a self-guided online fatigue intervention in multiple sclerosis.

    Jana Pöttgen;Rona Moss-Morris;Janina-Maria Wendebourg;Lena Feddersen

  • Cognitive dysfunctions in multiple sclerosis--a "multiple disconnection syndrome"?

    Pasquale Calabrese;Iris Katharina Penner

  • Cerebellar Abnormalities Contribute to Disability Including Cognitive Impairment in Multiple Sclerosis

    Katrin Weier;Iris K. Penner;Stefano Magon;Michael Amann

  • Therapy-induced plasticity of cognitive functions in MS patients : insights from fMRI

    Iris-Katharina Penner;Ludwig Kappos;Martin Rausch;Klaus Opwis

Frequent Co-Authors

Klaus Opwis
Klaus Opwis University of Basel
Achim Gass
Achim Gass Heidelberg University
Till Sprenger
Till Sprenger University Hospital of Basel
Karsten Specht
Karsten Specht University of Bergen
Klaus Scheffler
Klaus Scheffler Max Planck Society
Frederik Barkhof
Frederik Barkhof University College London
Andreas K. Engel
Andreas K. Engel Universität Hamburg
Carsten Finke
Carsten Finke Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Claudio L. Bassetti
Claudio L. Bassetti University of Bern
Dawn Langdon
Dawn Langdon Royal Holloway University of London

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