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Overview

Michael Scherg is affiliated with Heidelberg University in Germany. Their research work primarily spans the fields of neuroscience and medicine, with a particular focus on cognitive neuroscience, psychiatry and mental health, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and signal processing.

Their scholarly output includes several papers published in notable scientific venues. Recent publications include:

  • "Criteria for defining interictal epileptiform discharges in EEG," 2020, published in Neurology
  • "Learn to interpret voltage maps: an atlas of topographies," 2022, published in Epileptic Disorders
  • "Relative Source Power: A novel method for localizing epileptiform EEG discharges," 2021, published in Clinical Neurophysiology
  • "EEG-fMRI: Ballistocardiogram Artifact Reduction by Surrogate Method for Improved Source Localization," 2022, published in Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • "Issue Information," 2022, published in Epileptic Disorders

Michael Scherg's frequent coauthors include:

  • Sándor Beniczky
  • Mustafa Aykut Kural
  • Reinhard Schulz
  • Martin Fabricius
  • Patrick Berg

The scientist has contributed to journals such as Epileptic Disorders, Neurology, Clinical Neurophysiology, and Frontiers in Neuroscience, with multiple publications in each of these venues.

Among the central themes in Michael Scherg's research are topics related to EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces, epilepsy research and treatment, heart rate variability and autonomic control, neuroscience and neural engineering, blind source separation techniques, and functional brain connectivity studies.

This profile demonstrates an interdisciplinary approach, emphasizing both clinical and technological aspects of neuroscience and medicine, reflected in their research on epileptiform EEG discharges and advanced signal processing methods relevant to brain imaging and neurophysiological data analysis.

Best Publications

  • Combined spatial and temporal imaging of brain activity during visual selective attention in humans.

    H. J. Heinze;George R Mangun;W. Burchert;H. Hinrichs

  • Artifact correction of the ongoing EEG using spatial filters based on artifact and brain signal topographies.

    Nicole Ille;Patrick Berg;Michael Scherg

  • Evoked dipole source potentials of the human auditory cortex

    M Scherg;D Von Cramon

  • A multiple source approach to the correction of eye artifacts.

    Patrick Berg;Michael Scherg

  • Two bilateral sources of the late AEP as identified by a spatio-temporal dipole model.

    M Scherg;D Von Cramon

  • Morphology of Heschl's gyrus reflects enhanced activation in the auditory cortex of musicians

    Peter Schneider;Peter Schneider;Michael Scherg;H. Günter Dosch;Hans J. Specht

  • A source analysis of the late human auditory evoked potentials

    Michael Scherg;Jiri Vajsar;Terence W. Picton

  • Localizing P300 Generators in Visual Target and Distractor Processing: A Combined Event-Related Potential and Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study

    Christoph Bledowski;David Prvulovic;Karsten Hoechstetter;Michael Scherg

  • Intracerebral sources of human auditory steady-state responses.

    Anthony T. Herdman;Otavio Lins;Patricia Van Roon;David R. Stapells

  • BESA source coherence: a new method to study cortical oscillatory coupling.

    Karsten Hoechstetter;Harald Bornfleth;Dieter Weckesser;Nicole Ille

  • Structural and functional asymmetry of lateral Heschl's gyrus reflects pitch perception preference

    Peter Schneider;Vanessa Sluming;Vanessa Sluming;Neil Roberts;Michael Scherg

  • A new interpretation of the generators of BAEP waves I-V: results of a spatio-temporal dipole model.

    Michael Scherg;Detlev Von Cramon

  • Ocular artifacts in EEG and event-related potentials. I: Scalp topography.

    Otavio G. Lins;Terence W. Picton;Patrick Berg;Michael Scherg

  • Intracerebral sources of human auditory-evoked potentials.

    Terence Picton;C. Alain;David L Woods;M. S. John

  • The time course of brain activations during response inhibition: evidence from event-related potentials in a go/no go task.

    Markus Kiefer;Frank Marzinzik;Matthias Weisbrod;Michael Scherg

  • Functional imaging and localization of electromagnetic brain activity.

    Michael Scherg

  • Separation and identification of event-related potential components by brain electric source analysis.

    M. Scherg;T. W. Picton

  • A fast method for forward computation of multiple-shell spherical head models

    Patrick Berg;Michael Scherg

  • Advanced tools for digital EEG review: virtual source montages, whole-head mapping, correlation, and phase analysis.

    Michael Scherg;Nicole Ille;Harald Bornfleth;Patrick Berg

  • Use of prior knowledge in brain electromagnetic source analysis.

    Michael Scherg;Michael Scherg;Patrick Berg

Frequent Co-Authors

André Rupp
André Rupp Heidelberg University
Patrick Berg
Patrick Berg University of Konstanz
Terence W. Picton
Terence W. Picton University of Toronto
Christoph Stippich
Christoph Stippich University of Zurich
Sándor Beniczky
Sándor Beniczky Aarhus University Hospital
David Edmund Johannes Linden
David Edmund Johannes Linden Maastricht University
Helmut Buchner
Helmut Buchner RWTH Aachen University
Arnaud Delorme
Arnaud Delorme University of California, San Diego
Walter Paulus
Walter Paulus University of Göttingen
Gerard J. Byrne
Gerard J. Byrne University of Queensland

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