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Overview

Volker Hömberg is affiliated with Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf in Germany. Their primary fields of study include Medicine and Neuroscience, with a particular focus on Neurology, Rehabilitation, Epidemiology, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Psychiatry and Mental health.

The researcher's work centers on key topics such as:

  • Neurological Disorders and Treatments
  • Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
  • Acute Ischemic Stroke Management
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances
  • Spinal Cord Injury Research
  • Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments

Frequent publication venues for Volker Hömberg include:

  • Neurological Sciences
  • European Journal of Neurology
  • Frontiers in Neurology
  • Stroke
  • Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation

Their recent papers illustrate ongoing contributions to neurorehabilitation and neurological research, including:

  • "European Academy of Neurology and European Federation of Neurorehabilitation Societies guideline on pharmacological support in early motor rehabilitation after acute ischaemic stroke" (2021), published in European Journal of Neurology
  • "Efficacy and safety of cerebrolysin in neurorecovery after moderate-severe traumatic brain injury: results from the CAPTAIN II trial" (2020), published in Neurological Sciences
  • "Post-stroke Rehabilitation of Severe Upper Limb Paresis in Germany - Toward Long-Term Treatment With Brain-Computer Interfaces" (2021), published in Frontiers in Neurology
  • "Cerebrolysin after moderate to severe traumatic brain injury: prospective meta-analysis of the CAPTAIN trial series" (2021), published in Neurological Sciences
  • "The Berlin Bimanual Test for Tetraplegia (BeBiTT): development, psychometric properties, and sensitivity to change in assistive hand exoskeleton application" (2023), published in Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Volker Hömberg include:

  • Ștefan Strilciuc
  • Dafin F. Mureșanu
  • Johannes Vester
  • Cornelius Angerhöfer
  • Annalisa Colucci

Best Publications

  • Loss of disgust. Perception of faces and emotions in Huntington's disease.

    Reiner Sprengelmeyer;Andrew W. Young;Andrew J. Calder;Anke Karnat

  • Reorganization of motor output in the non-affected hemisphere after stroke.

    J Netz;T Lammers;V Hömberg

  • Remote changes in cortical excitability after stroke

    Cathrin M. Bütefisch;Johannes Netz;Marion Weßling;Rüdiger J. Seitz

  • Hemispheric asymmetry of transcallosal inhibition in man

    J Netz;U Ziemann;V Hömberg

  • Relationship Between Interhemispheric Inhibition and Motor Cortex Excitability in Subacute Stroke Patients

    Cathrin M. Bütefisch;Marion Weβling;Johannes Netz;Rüdiger J. Seitz

  • Spinal and supraspinal mechanisms contribute to the silent period in the contracting soleus muscle after transcranial magnetic stimulation of human motor cortex

    Ulf Ziemann;Johannes Netz;Andrea Szelényi;Volker Hömberg

  • Auditory sustained attention is a marker of unilateral spatial neglect

    Ian H Robertson;Tom Manly;Nicoletta Beschin;Roberta Daini

  • Cerebral visual motion blindness: transitory akinetopsia induced by transcranial magnetic stimulation of human area V5

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  • Magnetic stimulation of motor cortex and nerve roots in children. Maturation of cortico-motoneuronal projections.

    K. Müller;V. Hömberg;H.-G. Lenard

  • IMPAIRMENT OF RAPID MOVEMENT IN HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE

    Harald Hefter;Volker Hömberg;Herwig W. Lange;Hans-Joachim Freund

  • A mental route to motor learning: Improving trajectorial kinematics through imagery training

    L Yágüez;D Nagel;H Hoffman;A.G.M Canavan

  • Differential effects of changes in mechanical limb properties on physiological and pathological tremor.

    V Hömberg;H Hefter;K Reiners;H J Freund

  • Successive roles of the cerebellum and premotor cortices in trajectorial learning

    R. J. Seitz;A. G. M. Canavan;L. Yagüez;H. Herzog

  • Conscious and subconscious sensorimotor synchronization--prefrontal cortex and the influence of awareness.

    K. M. Stephan;M. H. Thaut;G. Wunderlich;W. Schicks

  • Representations of Graphomotor Trajectories in the Human Parietal Cortex: Evidence for Controlled Processing and Automatic Performance

    Rüdiger J. Seitz;Anthony G. M. Canavan;Lidia Yágüez;Hans Herzog

  • Distinct cortico-cerebellar activations in rhythmic auditory motor synchronization

    Michael H. Thaut;Klaus M. Stephan;Klaus M. Stephan;Gilbert Wunderlich;Gilbert Wunderlich;Wilfried Schicks

  • The pattern of attentional deficits in Huntington's disease

    R. Sprengelmeyer;H. Lange;V. Hömberg

  • Recruitment of contralesional motor cortex in stroke patients with recovery of hand function

    Unknown

  • Recognition of facial expressions : Selective impairment of specific emotions in Huntington's disease

    Reiner Sprengelmeyer;Andrew W. Young;Anke Sprengelmeyer;Andrew J. Calder

  • Delay in simple reaction time after focal transcranial magnetic stimulation of the human brain occurs at the final motor output stage

    Ulf Ziemann;Frithjof Tergau;Johannes Netz;Volker Hömberg

  • Event-related potentials in patients with Huntington's disease and relatives at risk in relation to detailed psychometry

    V Hömberg;H Hefter;G Granseyer;W Strauss

  • Development of speed of repetitive movements in children is determined by structural changes in corticospinal efferents.

    K. Müller;V. Hömberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Rüdiger J. Seitz
Rüdiger J. Seitz Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Boris Suchan
Boris Suchan Ruhr University Bochum
Lutz Tellmann
Lutz Tellmann Forschungszentrum Jülich
Ian H. Robertson
Ian H. Robertson Trinity College Dublin
Michael H. Thaut
Michael H. Thaut University of Toronto
Peter W. Halligan
Peter W. Halligan Cardiff University
Andrew W. Young
Andrew W. Young University of York
David I. Perrett
David I. Perrett University of St Andrews
Barbara A. Wilson
Barbara A. Wilson St George's, University of London
Andrew J. Calder
Andrew J. Calder University of Cambridge

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