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Stephan Bohlhalter

Stephan Bohlhalter

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Neuroscience

D-Index
40
Citations
6632
World Ranking
8079
National Ranking
187

Overview

Stephan Bohlhalter is affiliated with the University of Bern in Switzerland. Their research spans multiple areas within medicine and neuroscience, focusing on neurology, cognitive neuroscience, psychiatry and mental health, social psychology, and rehabilitation.

Bohlhalter's recent publications illustrate a focus on neurological disorders and treatment approaches. Notable works include:

  • "Eyetracking during free visual exploration detects neglect more reliably than paper-pencil tests" (2020, Cortex)
  • "Gesture deficits and apraxia in schizophrenia" (2020, Cortex)
  • "An Overview of Wearable Haptic Technologies and Their Performance in Virtual Object Exploration" (2023, Sensors)
  • "Altered diffusion in motor white matter tracts in psychosis patients with catatonia" (2020, Schizophrenia Research)
  • "Diagnosis and Management of Pain in Parkinson's Disease: A New Approach" (2021, Drugs & Aging)

The main topics covered by Bohlhalter's work include:

  • Psychosomatic disorders and their treatments
  • Parkinson's disease mechanisms and treatments
  • Transcranial magnetic stimulation studies
  • Action observation and synchronization
  • Neurological disorders and treatments
  • Stroke rehabilitation and recovery
  • Muscle activation and electromyography studies

They have published extensively in several journals and platforms, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • Cortex
  • Swiss Medical Weekly
  • Bern Open Repository and Information System (University of Bern)
  • Sensors
  • Schizophrenia Research

Bohlhalter collaborates regularly with a group of co-authors, including:

  • Tim Vanbellingen
  • Sebastian Walther
  • Katharina Stegmayer
  • Tobias Nef
  • Thomas Nyffeler

The primary fields of study evident in Bohlhalter's work are medicine and neuroscience, with 54 publications in medicine and 23 in neuroscience. Their subfields of focus include neurology, cognitive neuroscience, psychiatry and mental health, social psychology, and rehabilitation, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to understanding brain function and disorders.

Best Publications

  • Graph theoretical analysis of magnetoencephalographic functional connectivity in Alzheimer's disease.

    C. J. Stam;W. de Haan;A. Daffertshofer;B. F. Jones

  • Neural correlates of tic generation in Tourette syndrome: an event-related functional MRI study.

    Stephan Bohlhalter;Andrew Goldfine;S. Matteson;Gaëtan Garraux

  • Theta burst stimulation reduces disability during the activities of daily living in spatial neglect

    Dario Cazzoli;Dario Cazzoli;René Martin Müri;Rahel Schumacher;Sebastian von Arx

  • Levodopa-carbidopa intestinal gel in advanced Parkinson's: Final results of the GLORIA registry.

    Angelo Antonini;Werner Poewe;K. Ray Chaudhuri;Robert Jech

  • Inhibitory neurotransmission in rat spinal cord: co-localization of glycine- and GABAA-receptors at GABAergic synaptic contacts demonstrated by triple immunofluorescence staining.

    Stephan Bohlhalter;Hanns Mohler;Jean-Marc Fritschy

  • Comprehensive assessment of gesture production: a new test of upper limb apraxia (TULIA).

    T. Vanbellingen;B. Kersten;B. Van Hemelrijk;A. Van de Winckel

  • Dopamine and performance in a reinforcement learning task: evidence from Parkinson's disease.

    Tamara Shiner;Ben Seymour;Klaus Wunderlich;Ciaran Hill

  • Neuropeptide Y promotes sleep and inhibits ACTH and cortisol release in young men.

    Irina A Antonijevic;Harald Murck;Stephan Bohlhalter;Ralf-Michael Frieboes

  • The role of the dorsal stream for gesture production.

    Esteban A. Fridman;Ilka Immisch;Takashi Hanakawa;Stephan Bohlhalter

  • A new bedside test of gestures in stroke: the apraxia screen of TULIA (AST)

    T. Vanbellingen;B. Kersten;A. Van de Winckel;M. Bellion

  • Aberrant Hyperconnectivity in the Motor System at Rest Is Linked to Motor Abnormalities in Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders.

    Sebastian Walther;Katharina Stegmayer;Andrea Federspiel;Stephan Bohlhalter

  • Nonverbal Social Communication and Gesture Control in Schizophrenia

    Sebastian Walther;Katharina Stegmayer;Jeanne Sulzbacher;Tim Vanbellingen

  • Resting-State Hyperperfusion of the Supplementary Motor Area in Catatonia.

    Sebastian Walther;Lea Schäppi;Andrea Federspiel;Stephan Bohlhalter

  • Gesture Subtype–Dependent Left Lateralization of Praxis Planning: An Event-Related fMRI Study

    Stephan Bohlhalter;Nori Hattori;Lewis Wheaton;Esteban Fridman

  • Poor dopaminergic response of impaired dexterity in Parkinson's disease: Bradykinesia or limb kinetic apraxia?

    Andreas Gebhardt;Tim Vanbellingen;Fabio Baronti;Bernd Kersten

  • Synchronization of parietal and premotor areas during preparation and execution of praxis hand movements.

    Lewis A. Wheaton;Guido Nolte;Stephan Bohlhalter;Esteban Fridman

  • Effects of Hormones on Sleep

    A. Steiger;I. A. Antonijevic;S. Bohlhalter;R. M. Frieboes

  • Theta burst stimulation in neglect after stroke: functional outcome and response variability origins

    Thomas Nyffeler;Tim Vanbellingen;Brigitte C Kaufmann;Tobias Pflugshaupt

  • Impaired pantomime in schizophrenia: association with frontal lobe function.

    Sebastian Walther;Tim Vanbellingen;René Müri;Werner Strik

  • Hierarchical versus parallel processing in tactile object recognition: a behavioural-neuroanatomical study of aperceptive tactile agnosia.

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  • Cortisol Enhances non-REM Sleep and Growth Hormone Secretion in Elderly Subjects

    S Bohlhalter;H Murck;F Holsboer;A Steiger

  • Left parietal activation related to planning, executing and suppressing praxis hand movements.

    Lewis Wheaton;Esteban Fridman;Stephan Bohlhalter;Sherry Vorbach

Frequent Co-Authors

Sebastian Walther
Sebastian Walther University of Bern
René M. Müri
René M. Müri University of Bern
Thomas Nyffeler
Thomas Nyffeler University of Bern
Werner Strik
Werner Strik University of Bern
Andrea Federspiel
Andrea Federspiel University of Bern
Mark Hallett
Mark Hallett National Institutes of Health
Claudio L. Bassetti
Claudio L. Bassetti University of Bern
Jean-Marie Annoni
Jean-Marie Annoni University of Fribourg
Hiroshi Shibasaki
Hiroshi Shibasaki Kyoto University
Marek Kubicki
Marek Kubicki Brigham and Women's Hospital

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