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Wassilios G. Meissner

Wassilios G. Meissner

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Neuroscience
New Zealand
2026

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Neuroscience

D-Index
67
Citations
17597
World Ranking
2871
National Ranking
100

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in New Zealand Leader Award

Overview

Wassilios G. Meissner is affiliated with the University of Otago in New Zealand. Their research primarily focuses on neurological disorders, with an emphasis on Parkinson's disease and related neurodegenerative conditions. The scientist has contributed extensively to fields such as Medicine and Neuroscience, with particular expertise in Neurology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Physiology, and Epidemiology.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Neurological disorders and treatments
  • Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Neurological diseases and metabolism
  • Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders
  • Nuclear Receptors and Signaling
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments

Among recent publications involving Wassilios G. Meissner, notable papers include:

  • Trial of Lixisenatide in Early Parkinson's Disease, 2024, New England Journal of Medicine
  • The Movement Disorder Society Criteria for the Diagnosis of Multiple System Atrophy, 2022, Movement Disorders

The scientist frequently collaborates with several colleagues including Olivier Rascol, Anne Pavy-Le Traon, Margherita Fabbri, Alexandra Foubert-Samier, and Klaus Seppi.

Wassilios G. Meissner publishes predominantly in venues that specialize in movement and neurological disorders. The most common journals include:

  • Movement Disorders
  • Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
  • Movement Disorders Clinical Practice
  • Brain
  • Journal of Parkinson's Disease

The scientist's research contributions are situated within a broad scope of disease mechanisms and treatments in neurological science, with significant representation in clinical and molecular studies. Their work supports ongoing investigations into Parkinson's disease and related neurodegenerative diseases across clinical and laboratory-based environments.

Best Publications

  • Clinical diagnosis of progressive supranuclear palsy: The movement disorder society criteria

    Günter U Höglinger;Gesine Respondek;Maria Stamelou;Carolin Kurz

  • The Movement Disorder Society Criteria for the Diagnosis of Multiple System Atrophy

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  • The natural history of multiple system atrophy: a prospective European cohort study

    Gregor K Wenning;Felix Geser;Felix Geser;Florian Krismer;Klaus Seppi

  • Targeting α-synuclein for treatment of Parkinson's disease: mechanistic and therapeutic considerations

    Benjamin Dehay;Mathieu Bourdenx;Philippe Gorry;Serge Przedborski

  • Priorities in Parkinson's disease research

    Wassilios G Meissner;Wassilios G Meissner;Mark Frasier;Thomas Gasser;Christopher G Goetz

  • Pathophysiology of L-dopa-induced motor and non-motor complications in Parkinson's disease.

    Matthieu F. Bastide;Wassilios G. Meissner;Barbara Picconi;Stefania Fasano

  • Dopamine depletion increases the power and coherence of beta-oscillations in the cerebral cortex and subthalamic nucleus of the awake rat.

    Andrew Sharott;Peter J. Magill;Daniel Harnack;Andreas Kupsch

  • Subthalamic high frequency stimulation resets subthalamic firing and reduces abnormal oscillations.

    Wassilios Meissner;Arthur Leblois;David Hansel;Bernard Bioulac

  • Competition between Feedback Loops Underlies Normal and Pathological Dynamics in the Basal Ganglia

    Arthur Leblois;Thomas Boraud;Wassilios Meissner;Hagai Bergman

  • Prevalence, determinants, and effect on quality of life of freezing of gait in Parkinson disease

    Santiago Perez-Lloret;Laurence Negre-Pages;Philippe Damier;Arnaud Delval

  • Coordinated reset has sustained aftereffects in Parkinsonian monkeys

    Peter A. Tass;Li Qin;Christian Hauptmann;Sandra Dovero

  • Multiple system atrophy

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  • Insulin, IGF-1 and GLP-1 signaling in neurodegenerative disorders: targets for disease modification?

    Fares Bassil;Pierre-Olivier Fernagut;Erwan Bezard;Wassilios G. Meissner

  • Trial of Deferiprone in Parkinson's Disease.

    Unknown

  • Cognitive impairment in multiple system atrophy: A position statement by the neuropsychology task force of the MDS multiple system atrophy (MODIMSA) study group

    Iva Stankovic;Florian Krismer;Aleksandar Jesic;Angelo Antonini

  • Diagnostic value of cerebrospinal fluid alpha-synuclein seed quantification in synucleinopathies

    Unknown

  • Coordinated reset neuromodulation for Parkinson's disease: proof-of-concept study.

    Ilya Adamchic;Christian Hauptmann;Utako Brigit Barnikol;Norbert Pawelczyk

  • Four-repeat tauopathies.

    Thomas W. Rösler;Amir Tayaranian Marvian;Matthias Brendel;Niko-Petteri Nykänen

  • Epidemiology, environmental risk factors and genetics of Parkinson's disease

    Anna Delamarre;Wassilios G. Meissner

  • Which Ante Mortem Clinical Features Predict Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Pathology

    Gesine Respondek;Carolin Kurz;Thomas Arzberger;Yaroslau Compta

  • Late emergence of synchronized oscillatory activity in the pallidum during progressive Parkinsonism.

    Arthur Leblois;Arthur Leblois;Wassilios Meissner;Bernard Bioulac;Christian E. Gross

  • FXTAS New insights and the need for revised diagnostic criteria

    Emmanuelle Apartis;Anne Blancher;Wassilios G. Meissner;Lucie Guyant-Maréchal

  • The effects of electrode material, charge density and stimulation duration on the safety of high-frequency stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus in rats.

    Daniel Harnack;Christine Winter;Wassilios Meissner;Torsten Reum

  • Deep brain stimulation in dystonia

    Andreas Kupsch;Andrea Kuehn;Stefanie Klaffke;Wassilios Meissner

Frequent Co-Authors

François Tison
François Tison University of Bordeaux
Olivier Rascol
Olivier Rascol Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Andreas Kupsch
Andreas Kupsch Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Pierre-Olivier Fernagut
Pierre-Olivier Fernagut University of Poitiers
Christian E. Gross
Christian E. Gross University of Bordeaux
Werner Poewe
Werner Poewe Innsbruck Medical University
Thomas Trottenberg
Thomas Trottenberg Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Dominique Guehl
Dominique Guehl University of Bordeaux
Christine Winter
Christine Winter Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Per Odin
Per Odin Lund University

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