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Patrick Ragert

Patrick Ragert

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Neuroscience

D-Index
42
Citations
8522
World Ranking
7581
National Ranking
636

Overview

Patrick Ragert is affiliated with Leipzig University in Germany and has an extensive research portfolio in neuroscience and medicine, with a focus on cognitive neuroscience and neurology. Their work spans several subfields including biomedical engineering, orthopedics and sports medicine, as well as radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging.

The scientist has contributed to topics such as transcranial magnetic stimulation studies, motor control and adaptation, muscle activation and electromyography studies, vestibular and auditory disorders, EEG and brain-computer interfaces, sports performance and training, and optical imaging and spectroscopy techniques.

Frequent publication venues for their work include Scientific Reports, Brain Stimulation, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, and PLoS ONE.

  • Scientific Reports
  • Brain Stimulation
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
  • PLoS ONE

Some of the recent publications by Patrick Ragert include:

  • Single-session anodal transcranial direct current stimulation to enhance sport-specific performance in athletes: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2022), Brain Stimulation
  • A checklist for assessing the methodological quality of concurrent tES-fMRI studies (ContES checklist): a consensus study and statement (2022), Nature Protocols
  • Neurodiagnostics in Sports: Investigating the Athlete's Brain to Augment Performance and Sport-Specific Skills (2020), Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
  • Corticomuscular interactions during different movement periods in a multi-joint compound movement (2020), Scientific Reports
  • Reduction of somatosensory functional connectivity by transcranial alternating current stimulation at endogenous mu-frequency (2020), NeuroImage

Patrick Ragert often collaborates with other researchers. Their frequent co-authors include Tom Maudrich, Rouven Kenville, Elisabeth Kaminski, Arno Villringer, and Daniel Carius.

  • Tom Maudrich
  • Rouven Kenville
  • Elisabeth Kaminski
  • Arno Villringer
  • Daniel Carius

Best Publications

  • Contribution of transcranial magnetic stimulation to the understanding of cortical mechanisms involved in motor control

    Janine Reis;Orlando B. Swayne;Yves Vandermeeren;Mickael Camus

  • Dynamic Properties of Human Brain Structure: Learning-Related Changes in Cortical Areas and Associated Fiber Connections

    Marco Taubert;Bogdan Draganski;Alfred Anwander;Karsten Müller

  • Sensorimotor Returning in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Parallels Pain Reduction

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

  • 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

  • Long-term effects of motor training on resting-state networks and underlying brain structure.

    Marco Taubert;Gabriele Lohmann;Daniel S. Margulies;Arno Villringer

  • 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

  • Superior tactile performance and learning in professional pianists: evidence for meta-plasticity in musicians.

    Patrick Ragert;Alexander Schmidt;Eckart Altenmüller;Hubert R. Dinse

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

    Martin Tegenthoff;Patrick Ragert;Burkhard Pleger;Peter Schwenkreis

  • Structural brain plasticity in Parkinson's disease induced by balance training

    Bernhard Sehm;Bernhard Sehm;Marco Taubert;Virginia Conde;David Weise

  • 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

  • A Comparison between Uni- and Bilateral tDCS Effects on Functional Connectivity of the Human Motor Cortex

    Bernhard Sehm;Bernhard Sehm;Judy Kipping;Alexander Schäfer;Arno Villringer;Arno Villringer

  • Tactile coactivation resets age‐related decline of human tactile discrimination

    Hubert R. Dinse;Nadine Kleibel;Tobias Kalisch;Patrick Ragert

  • Dynamic modulation of intrinsic functional connectivity by transcranial direct current stimulation.

    Bernhard Sehm;Alexander Schäfer;Judy Kipping;Daniel S. Margulies

  • Improvement of spatial tactile acuity by transcranial direct current stimulation.

    Patrick Ragert;Yves Vandermeeren;Mickael Camus;Leonardo G. Cohen

  • Impaired Tactile Acuity in Old Age Is Accompanied by Enlarged Hand Representations in Somatosensory Cortex

    Tobias Kalisch;Patrick Ragert;Peter Schwenkreis;Hubert R. Dinse

  • Improvement of tactile perception and enhancement of cortical excitability through intermittent theta burst rTMS over human primary somatosensory cortex

    Patrick Ragert;Stephanie Franzkowiak;Peter Schwenkreis;Martin Tegenthoff

  • Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) over primary motor cortex leg area promotes dynamic balance task performance

    Elisabeth Kaminski;Christopher J. Steele;Christopher J. Steele;Maike Hoff;Maike Hoff;Christopher Gundlach;Christopher Gundlach

  • Assessment of sensorimotor cortical representation asymmetries and motor skills in violin players

    Peter Schwenkreis;Susan El Tom;Patrick Ragert;Burkhard Pleger

  • Sustained increase of somatosensory cortex excitability by 5 Hz repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation studied by paired median nerve stimulation in humans.

    Patrick Ragert;Michael Becker;Martin Tegenthoff;Burkhard Pleger

Frequent Co-Authors

Arno Villringer
Arno Villringer Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences
Hubert R. Dinse
Hubert R. Dinse Ruhr University Bochum
Martin Tegenthoff
Martin Tegenthoff Ruhr University Bochum
Burkhard Pleger
Burkhard Pleger Ruhr University Bochum
Peter Schwenkreis
Peter Schwenkreis Ruhr University Bochum
Leonardo G. Cohen
Leonardo G. Cohen National Institutes of Health
Bogdan Draganski
Bogdan Draganski University Hospital of Bern
Christoph Maier
Christoph Maier Ruhr University Bochum
Daniel S. Margulies
Daniel S. Margulies Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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