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Overview

Roland Sparing is affiliated with the University of Cologne in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Medicine and Health Professions. Within these broader domains, their work covers subfields such as Speech and Hearing, Surgery, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The scientist's research topics include Dysphagia Assessment and Management, Esophageal and Gastrointestinal Pathology, and Tracheal and Airway Disorders. These areas reflect a specialized interest in disorders related to swallowing and the respiratory and digestive tracts.

Sparing has contributed to the academic literature with publications in notable venues including Neurological Research and Practice. One of their recent papers is titled Diagnosis and treatment of neurogenic dysphagia - S1 guideline of the German Society of Neurology, published in 2021 in Neurological Research and Practice. This publication has been cited by other researchers 91 times.

Their research collaborations include working with frequent co-authors such as Rainer Dziewas, Hans-Dieter Allescher, Ilia Aroyo, Gudrun Bartolome, and Ulrike Beilenhoff.

Best Publications

  • Bidirectional alterations of interhemispheric parietal balance by non-invasive cortical stimulation

    R. Sparing;M. Thimm;M. D. Hesse;J. Küst

  • Transcranial magnetic stimulation and the challenge of coil placement: a comparison of conventional and stereotaxic neuronavigational strategies.

    Roland Sparing;Dorothee Buelte;Ingo G. Meister;Tomás Pauš

  • Cortical activation patterns during complex motor tasks in piano players and control subjects. A functional magnetic resonance imaging study

    Timo Krings;Rudolf Töpper;Henrik Foltys;Stephan Erberich

  • Enhancing language performance with non-invasive brain stimulation-A transcranial direct current stimulation study in healthy humans

    Roland Sparing;Manuel Dafotakis;Ingo G. Meister;Nivethida Thirugnanasambandam

  • Subthreshold low frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation selectively decreases facilitation in the motor cortex.

    Jose Rafael Romero;David Anschel;Roland Sparing;Massimo Gangitano

  • Motor cortex hand area and speech: implications for the development of language.

    Ingo Gerrit Meister;Babak Boroojerdi;Henrik Foltys;Roland Sparing

  • Facilitation of picture naming after repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation

    F.M. Mottaghy;M. Hungs;M. Brügmann;R. Sparing

  • Segregation of Areas Related to Visual Working Memory in the Prefrontal Cortex Revealed by rTMS

    F.M. Mottaghy;M. Gangitano;R. Sparing;B.J. Krause

  • Noninvasive brain stimulation with transcranial magnetic or direct current stimulation (TMS/tDCS)-From insights into human memory to therapy of its dysfunction

    Roland Sparing;Felix M. Mottaghy

  • Action verbs and the primary motor cortex: a comparative TMS study of silent reading, frequency judgments, and motor imagery.

    Barbara Tomasino;Gereon R. Fink;Roland Sparing;Manuel Dafotakis

  • Visual cortex excitability increases during visual mental imagery--a TMS study in healthy human subjects.

    Roland Sparing;Felix M. Mottaghy;Giorgio Ganis;William L. Thompson

  • Interhemispheric imbalance during visuospatial attention investigated by unilateral and bilateral TMS over human parietal cortices.

    Nina Dambeck;Roland Sparing;Ingo G. Meister;Michael Wienemann

  • Visual and motor cortex excitability: a transcranial magnetic stimulation study

    Babak Boroojerdi;Ingo G Meister;Henrik Foltys;Roland Sparing

  • Multi-Session Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) Elicits Inflammatory and Regenerative Processes in the Rat Brain

    Maria Adele Rueger;Meike Hedwig Keuters;Maureen Walberer;Ramona Braun

  • Motor representation in patients rapidly recovering after stroke: a functional magnetic resonance imaging and transcranial magnetic stimulation study.

    Henrik Foltys;Timo Krings;Ingo G Meister;Roland Sparing

  • Isometric contraction interferes with transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) induced plasticity: evidence of state-dependent neuromodulation in human motor cortex.

    Nivethida Thirugnanasambandam;Roland Sparing;Manuel Dafotakis;Ingo G Meister

  • Modulation of attention functions by anodal tDCS on right PPC

    Lucia B. Roy;Lucia B. Roy;Roland Sparing;Gereon R. Fink;Gereon R. Fink;Maike D. Hesse;Maike D. Hesse

  • Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation effects on language function depend on the stimulation parameters.

    Roland Sparing;Felix M. Mottaghy;Marcel Hungs;Marc Brügmann

  • Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the parietal cortex transiently ameliorates phantom limb pain-like syndrome.

    Rudolf Töpper;Henrik Foltys;Ingo G Meister;Roland Sparing

  • Modulation of top-down control of visual attention by cathodal tDCS over right IPS.

    Katharina Moos;Simone Vossel;Simone Vossel;Ralph Weidner;Roland Sparing

Frequent Co-Authors

Gereon R. Fink
Gereon R. Fink University of Cologne
Rudolf Töpper
Rudolf Töpper RWTH Aachen University
Johannes Noth
Johannes Noth RWTH Aachen University
Christian Grefkes
Christian Grefkes University of Cologne
Babak Boroojerdi
Babak Boroojerdi UCB Pharma (Belgium)
Walter Huber
Walter Huber RWTH Aachen University
Alvaro Pascual-Leone
Alvaro Pascual-Leone Harvard University
Marc Tittgemeyer
Marc Tittgemeyer Max Planck Society
Simon B. Eickhoff
Simon B. Eickhoff Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Klaus Willmes
Klaus Willmes RWTH Aachen University

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