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Martin Tegenthoff

Martin Tegenthoff

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72
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16727
World Ranking
2326
National Ranking
205

Overview

Martin Tegenthoff is affiliated with Ruhr University Bochum in Germany and has a substantial body of research contributions primarily in the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience. Their work encompasses a diverse range of subfields, including Cognitive Neuroscience, Neurology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Physiology, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

Tegenthoff's research addresses several main topics such as Neural dynamics and brain function, Memory and Neural Mechanisms, Pain Mechanisms and Treatments, Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances, Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, Long-Term Effects of COVID-19, and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies.

Among the recently published papers, some notable titles include:

  • Incidence, Time Course and Influence on Quality of Life of Intensive Care Unit-Acquired Weakness Symptoms in Long-Term Intensive Care Survivors (2020) in Journal of Intensive Care Medicine
  • Comparison of Multivendor Single-Voxel MR Spectroscopy Data Acquired in Healthy Brain at 26 Sites (2020) in Radiology
  • Event-related functional MRI of awake behaving pigeons at 7T (2020) in Nature Communications
  • Diffusion tensor imaging reveals changes in non-fat infiltrated muscles in late onset Pompe disease (2020) in Muscle & Nerve
  • Quantitative Muscle-MRI Correlates with Histopathology in Skeletal Muscle Biopsies (2021) in Journal of Neuromuscular Diseases

The scientist frequently collaborates with several colleagues, including Elena Enax-Krumova, Oliver Höffken, Silke Lissek, Lara Schlaffke, and Peter Schwenkreis.

Publication venues with recurrent contributions by Martin Tegenthoff include:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • European Journal of Neurology
  • Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
  • Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

The combination of clinical and imaging techniques is evident in their research, with investigations into brain imaging methods such as functional MRI and MR Spectroscopy, as well as clinical issues like muscle pathology and intensive care outcomes. The research reflects an interdisciplinary approach linking neuroscience, medical imaging, and neuromuscular disease studies.

Best Publications

  • Efficacy of acupuncture for the prophylaxis of migraine: a multicentre randomised controlled clinical trial

    Hans-Christoph Diener;Kai Kronfeld;Gabriele Boewing;Margitta Lungenhausen

  • Changes of cortical motor area size during immobilization

    J. Liepert;M. Tegenthoff;J.-P. Malin

  • Sensorimotor Returning in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Parallels Pain Reduction

    Burkhard Pleger;Martin Tegenthoff;Patrick Ragert;Ann-Freya Förster

  • Six months of dance intervention enhances postural, sensorimotor, and cognitive performance in elderly without affecting cardio-respiratory functions

    Jan-Christoph Kattenstroth;Tobias Kalisch;Stephan Holt;Martin Tegenthoff

  • Bilateral motor cortex disinhibition in complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) type I of the hand.

    P. Schwenkreis;F. Janssen;O. Rommel;B. Pleger

  • The glutamate antagonist Riluzole suppresses intracortical facilitation

    J. Liepert;P. Schwenkreis;M. Tegenthoff;J. P. Malin

  • Patterns of cortical reorganization parallel impaired tactile discrimination and pain intensity in complex regional pain syndrome

    Burkhard Pleger;Patrick Ragert;Peter Schwenkreis;Ann-Freya Förster

  • Pharmacological modulation of perceptual learning and associated cortical reorganization.

    Hubert R. Dinse;Patrick Ragert;Burkhard Pleger;Peter Schwenkreis

  • Functional imaging of perceptual learning in human primary and secondary somatosensory cortex.

    Burkhard Pleger;Ann Freya Foerster;Patrick Ragert;Hubert R Dinse

  • Shifts in cortical representations predict human discrimination improvement.

    Burkhard Pleger;Hubert R. Dinse;Patrick Ragert;Peter Schwenkreis

  • Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the motor cortex attenuates pain perception in complex regional pain syndrome type I.

    Burkhard Pleger;Frank Janssen;Peter Schwenkreis;Birgit Völker

  • Voluntary driven exoskeleton as a new tool for rehabilitation in chronic spinal cord injury: a pilot study.

    Mirko Aach;Oliver Cruciger;Matthias Sczesny-Kaiser;Oliver Höffken

  • Improvement of Tactile Discrimination Performance and Enlargement of Cortical Somatosensory Maps after 5 Hz rTMS

    Martin Tegenthoff;Patrick Ragert;Burkhard Pleger;Peter Schwenkreis

  • Simultaneous Glucocorticoid and Noradrenergic Activity Disrupts the Neural Basis of Goal-Directed Action in the Human Brain

    Lars Schwabe;Martin Tegenthoff;Oliver Höffken;Oliver T Wolf

  • Big GABA: Edited MR spectroscopy at 24 research sites

    Mark Mikkelsen;Mark Mikkelsen;Peter B. Barker;Peter B. Barker;Pallab K. Bhattacharyya;Pallab K. Bhattacharyya;Maiken K. Brix

  • Influence of the N-methyl-D-aspartate antagonist memantine on human motor cortex excitability

    Peter Schwenkreis;Katja Witscher;Frank Janssen;Adjoa Addo

  • An fMRI study of theory of mind in schizophrenic patients with "passivity" symptoms.

    Martin Brüne;Silke Lissek;Nina Fuchs;Henning Witthaus

  • Mean sustained pain levels are linked to hemispherical side-to-side differences of primary somatosensory cortex in the complex regional pain syndrome I.

    Burkhard Pleger;Martin Tegenthoff;Peter Schwenkreis;Frank Janssen

  • Mineralocorticoid Receptor Blockade Prevents Stress-Induced Modulation of Multiple Memory Systems in the Human Brain

    Lars Schwabe;Martin Tegenthoff;Oliver Höffken;Oliver T. Wolf

  • Cortical reorganization in patients with facial palsy

    Michel Rijntjes;Martin Tegenthoff;Joachim Liepert;Georg Leonhardt

  • Creatine therapy in myophosphorylase deficiency (McArdle disease): a placebo-controlled crossover trial.

    M. Vorgerd;T. Grehl;M Jäger;K Müller

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Schwenkreis
Peter Schwenkreis Ruhr University Bochum
Hubert R. Dinse
Hubert R. Dinse Ruhr University Bochum
Burkhard Pleger
Burkhard Pleger Ruhr University Bochum
Christoph Maier
Christoph Maier Ruhr University Bochum
Patrick Ragert
Patrick Ragert Leipzig University
Nicolaas A.J. Puts
Nicolaas A.J. Puts King's College London
Tobias Schmidt-Wilcke
Tobias Schmidt-Wilcke Ruhr University Bochum
Georg Juckel
Georg Juckel Ruhr University Bochum
Onur Güntürkün
Onur Güntürkün Ruhr University Bochum
Oliver T. Wolf
Oliver T. Wolf Ruhr University Bochum

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