 |
University of Bonn Medical Center Department of Epileptology Sigmund-Freud-Straβe 25 FRG -53105 Bonn
|
Academic Career
| 1976 |
M.D., University of Münster | |
| 1976-1982 |
Scientific Assistant, Department of Physiology, University of Münster | |
| 1982 |
Ph.D. in Physiology | |
| 1982-1985 |
Internship as neurologist Münster, Memphis, Zürich | |
| 1985 |
Licensed as neurologist | |
| 1985-1987 |
Senior physician Dept. of Neurology, University of Münster | |
| Since 1987 |
Professor of Epileptology, University of Bonn | |
| Since 1990 |
Head of the Department of Epileptology, University of Bonn |
Awards and Honors
| 1997 |
"Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP)", London | |
| 1997-1999 |
First chairman of the German section of the ILAE | |
| 2000-2001 |
President of the German Society of Clinical Neurophysiology | |
| 2005 |
Ambassador of Epilepsy | |
| 2005 |
Zülch Prize, Max Planck Society |
Memberships, Academic and Professional Duties (Selection)
| Since 2000 |
Member of the North-Rhine-Westphalia Academy of Sciences | |
| 2001 |
Chair Trans-Regional Science Council, DFG | |
| 2003 |
Co-founder and partner of "Life & Brain GmbH" |
|
Past President of the German Society for Clinical Neurophysiology, |
|
Past President of the German Section of the International League against Epilepsy, |
|
Speaker of the transregional research consortium SFB TR/3 "Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy" |
Editorial Board
since 2001 Associate Editor "Epilepsy and Behavior",
since 2004 Associate Editor "Brain"
Research Interests
Clinical Epileptology, Epilepsy Research, Cognitive Neuroscience
Selected Publications
Mormann F, Fell J, Axmacher N, Weber B, Lehnertz K, Elger C, and Fernandez G. Phase/amplitude reset and theta-gamma interaction in the human medial temporal lobe during a continuous word recognition task. Hippocampus 2005, 15: 890-900.
Bien CG, Granata T, Antozzi C, Cross Jh, Dulac O, Kurthen M, Lassmann H, Montegazza R, Villemure JG, Spreafico R, and Elger C. Pathognesis, diagnosis and treatment of Rasmussen encephaliti: a European consensus statement. Brain 2005, 128: 454-71.
Rosburg T, Trautner P, Dietl T, Korzyukov OA, Boutros NN, Schaller C, Elger C, and Kurthen M. Subdural recordings of the mismatch negativity (MMN) in patients with focal epilepsy. Brain 2005, 128: 819-28.
Helmstaedter C, Brosch T, Kurthen M, and Elger CE. The impact of sex and language dominance on material-specific memory before and after left temporal lobe surgery. Brain 2004, 127: 1518-25.
Weis S, Klaver P, Reul J, Elger CE, and Fernandez G. Temporal and cerebellar brain regions that support both declarative memory formation and retrieval. Cereb. Cortex 2004, 14: 256-67.
Bien CG, Gleissner U, Sassen R, Widman G, Urbach H, and Elger C. An open study of tacrolimus therapy in Rasmussen encephalitis. Neurology 2004, 62: 2106-9.
Elger C, Helmstaedter C, and Kurthen M. Chronic epilepsy and cognition. Lancet Neurol. 2004, 3: 663-72.
Helmstaedter C, Kurthen M, Lux S, Reuber M, and Elger C. Chronic epilepsy and cognition: a longitudinal study in temporal lobe epilepsy. Ann. Neurol. 2003, 54: 425-32.
Fernandez G, Weis S, Stoffel-Wagner B, Tendolkar I, Reuber M, Beyenburg S, Klaver P, Fell J, de Greiff A, Ruhlmann J, Reul J, and Elger C. Menstrual cycle-dependent neural plasticity in the adult human brain is hormone, task, and region specific. J. Neurosci. 2003, 23: 3790-5.
