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  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in Germany Leader Award
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Overview

Walter Paulus is affiliated with the University of Göttingen in Germany, where their research primarily focuses on medicine with a specialization in cardiology and cardiovascular medicine. Their work spans across several subfields including neurology, surgery, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
  • Heart Failure Treatment and Management
  • Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies
  • Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair
  • Diabetes Treatment and Management
  • Cardiac Fibrosis and Remodeling
  • Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics

Walter Paulus has published extensively in various scientific journals. The most frequent publication venues for their work are:

  • ESC Heart Failure (9 publications)
  • European Journal of Heart Failure (3 publications)
  • Clinical Neurophysiology (2 publications)
  • Circulation (2 publications)
  • Circulation Research (1 publication)

Some recent notable papers by Walter Paulus include:

  • "From Systemic Inflammation to Myocardial Fibrosis," 2021, Circulation Research
  • "Unfolding Discoveries in Heart Failure," 2020, New England Journal of Medicine

They have also contributed as a co-author to papers such as:

  • "A proposal for new diagnostic criteria for ALS," 2020, Clinical Neurophysiology
  • "How to diagnose heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: the HFA-PEFF diagnostic algorithm: a consensus recommendation from the Heart Failure Association (HFA) of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)," 2020, European Journal of Heart Failure

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Piotr Ponikowski
  • Douglas L. Mann
  • Daniela Forcella
  • Abdelhamid Magdy
  • Philip Cairo

Best Publications

  • Excitability changes induced in the human motor cortex by weak transcranial direct current stimulation.

    M. A. Nitsche;W. Paulus

  • Transcranial direct current stimulation: State of the art 2008

    Michael A. Nitsche;Leonardo G. Cohen;Eric M. Wassermann;Alberto Priori

  • Non-invasive electrical and magnetic stimulation of the brain, spinal cord, roots and peripheral nerves: Basic principles and procedures for routine clinical and research …

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  • Sustained excitability elevations induced by transcranial DC motor cortex stimulation in humans

    Michael A. Nitsche;Walter Paulus

  • Evidence-based guidelines on the therapeutic use of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS)

    Jean Pascal Lefaucheur;Nathalie André-Obadia;Andrea Antal;Samar S. Ayache

  • Evidence-based guidelines on the therapeutic use of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS): An update (2014–2018)

    Jean Pascal Lefaucheur;André Aleman;Chris Baeken;David H. Benninger

  • Evidence-based guidelines on the therapeutic use of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)

    Jean Pascal Lefaucheur;Andrea Antal;Samar S. Ayache;David H. Benninger

  • Pharmacological Modulation of Cortical Excitability Shifts Induced by Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Humans

    M. A. Nitsche;K. Fricke;U. Henschke;A. Schlitterlau

  • Pharmacological approach to the mechanisms of transcranial DC‐stimulation‐induced after‐effects of human motor cortex excitability

    David Liebetanz;Michael A. Nitsche;Frithjof Tergau;Walter Paulus

  • Anodal transcranial direct current stimulation of prefrontal cortex enhances working memory.

    Felipe Fregni;Paulo S. Boggio;Michael Nitsche;Felix Bermpohl

  • A technical guide to tDCS, and related non-invasive brain stimulation tools

    A.J. Woods;A. Antal;M. Bikson;P.S. Boggio

  • Bevformer: learning bird's-eye-view representation from lidar-camera via spatiotemporal transformers

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  • Safety aspects of transcranial direct current stimulation concerning healthy subjects and patients

    Csaba Poreisz;Klára Boros;Andrea Antal;Walter Paulus

  • Effects of antiepileptic drugs on motor cortex excitability in humans: A transcranial magnetic stimulation study

    U. Ziemann;S. Lönnecker;B. J. Steinhoff;W. Paulus

  • Safety and recommendations for TMS use in healthy subjects and patient populations, with updates on training, ethical and regulatory issues: Expert Guidelines

    Simone Rossi;Andrea Antal;Sven Bestmann;Marom Bikson

  • Low intensity transcranial electric stimulation: Safety, ethical, legal regulatory and application guidelines

    A. Antal;Ivan Alekseichuk;M. Bikson;J. Brockmöller

  • Facilitation of Implicit Motor Learning by Weak Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation of the Primary Motor Cortex in the Human

    Michael A. Nitsche;Astrid Schauenburg;Nicolas Lang;David Liebetanz

  • Partially non‐linear stimulation intensity‐dependent effects of direct current stimulation on motor cortex excitability in humans

    G. Batsikadze;V. Moliadze;V. Moliadze;W. Paulus;M.-F. Kuo

  • Induction of late LTP-like plasticity in the human motor cortex by repeated non-invasive brain stimulation.

    Katia Monte-Silva;Min-Fang Kuo;Silvia Hessenthaler;Shane Fresnoza

  • How does transcranial DC stimulation of the primary motor cortex alter regional neuronal activity in the human brain

    Nicolas Lang;Hartwig R. Siebner;Hartwig R. Siebner;Nick S. Ward;Lucy Lee

  • Level of action of cathodal DC polarisation induced inhibition of the human motor cortex

    Michael A. Nitsche;Maren S. Nitsche;Maren S. Nitsche;Cornelia C. Klein;Cornelia C. Klein;Frithjof Tergau

  • Visual stabilization of posture. Physiological stimulus characteristics and clinical aspects.

    W. M. Paulus;A. Straube;Th. Brandt

  • The effect of lorazepam on the motor cortical excitability in man

    Ulf Ziemann;Silke Lönnecker;Bernhard J. Steinhoff;Walter Paulus

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael A. Nitsche
Michael A. Nitsche TU Dortmund University
Andrea Antal
Andrea Antal University of Göttingen
Nicolas Lang
Nicolas Lang Kiel University
Martin Sommer
Martin Sommer University of Göttingen
Frithjof Tergau
Frithjof Tergau University of Göttingen
David Liebetanz
David Liebetanz University of Göttingen
Min-Fang Kuo
Min-Fang Kuo Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors
Ulf Ziemann
Ulf Ziemann University of Tübingen
Claudia Trenkwalder
Claudia Trenkwalder University of Göttingen
Bernhard J. Steinhoff
Bernhard J. Steinhoff University of Göttingen

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