Alfons Schnitzler
Alfons Schnitzler (born May 11, 1960 in Hillesheim (Eifel) ) is a German neurologist and neuroscientist and was Vice Rector at Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf from 2012 to 2014 .
Life
Alfons Schnitzler was born in Hillesheim (Eifel). He studied human medicine at RWTH Aachen University , Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel and at the University of Cambridge in Great Britain. After his license to practice medicine (1986) and his doctorate as Dr. med. (1992) followed scientific activities as well as clinical training in psychiatry and neurology at the Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf. After research stays in Vancouver and Helsinki , he completed his habilitation in neurology and neurophysiology in 1998in Düsseldorf. He then worked there as a senior physician at the neurological clinic and until 2005 headed the research group “Dysfunction of cooperating neuronal associations” funded by the Volkswagen Foundation. In 2006 he followed the call to a W2 professorship for neurology at Heinrich Heine University. In 2007 Schnitzler moved to the Chair for Neuroscience and Neurology at the Wales Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience in Bangor , Great Britain. In 2008 he was appointed to the W3 Chair for Clinical Neurosciences and Medical Psychology at Heinrich Heine University. Since then, Schnitzler has been both director of the institute of the same name and medical director of the movement disorders and neuromodulation department of the neurological clinic. As Vice Rector for Structural Development, he was a member of the Rectorate of Heinrich Heine University from June 2012 to October 2014.
His clinical focus is on pathophysiology , diagnostics , pharmacological therapy as well as the mechanisms, evaluation and further development of so-called deep brain stimulation (brain pacemaker) in Parkinson's disease and other basal ganglia movement disorders.
research
Schnitzler's research focuses on the functioning of the healthy and the sick human brain. He uses invasive (intraoperative) and non-invasive magnetoencephalography , electroencephalography , neurophysiological methods and functional MRI imaging . He is particularly interested in the role of neural oscillations and oscillatory networks for motor skills and cognition .
His scientific activities focus on basic research on the characterization and therapeutic modulation (through deep brain stimulation ) of pathological oscillatory networks in patients with basal ganglia disorders such as Parkinson's, dystonia or Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome . He is the author of over 200 peer-reviewed articles published internationally .
Memberships and functions
Schnitzler is a member of various scientific societies, including the German Society for Neurology , the German Society for Clinical Neurophysiology and Functional Imaging and the Society for Neuroscience . He is a member of the editorial boards of various specialist journals and regularly takes on review work for the DFG and other national and international research funding institutions and foundations .
Awards
- 2006: Pette Prize of the German Society for Neurology
- 2006: "Reinhard Heynen and Emmi Heynen Prize" from the Society of Friends and Supporters of Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf eV
- 2003: Hans-Jörg Weitbrecht Prize for Clinical Neuroscience from Bayer Health Care GmbH
Web links
- Official website of the Heinrich Heine University, Institute for Clinical Neurosciences and Medical Psychology
- Official website of the Rectorate of Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
- Neuroscience Network Düsseldorf (NND)
Individual evidence
- ↑ dgn.org
- ↑ Gesundheit.bayer.de (PDF file; 1.93 MB)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schnitzler, Alfons |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German neurologist, university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 11, 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hillesheim (Eifel) |