Burkhard Pleger_____________________
Burkhard Pleger, MD
neurologist
medical computer scientist
date of
birth: 15.07.70
place of birth: Münster (Westfalen), Germany
Max Planck Institute for Human
Cognitive and Brain Sciences
Stephanstraße 1a; 04103 Leipzig, Germany
P.O. box 500355; 04303 Leipzig, Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 341-9940-135
Fax: +49 (0) 341-9940-2221
List of
publications:
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2000
1. Ossege LM, Postler E, Pleger B, Muller KM, Malin JP (2000) Neoplastic cells in the cerebrospinal fluid in intravascular lymphomatosis. J. Neurol. 247: 656-658
2001
2. Pleger B, Dinse HR, Ragert P, Schwenkreis P, Malin JP, Tegenthoff M (2001) Shifts in cortical representations predict human discrimination improvement. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U S A 98: 12255-12260
3. Pleger B, Beyer HK, Laufer U (2001) Detection of liver
lesions: magnetic resonance tomography using superparamagnetic iron particles (AMI-25,
endorem) as a contrast medium in comparison with ultrasound diagnosis, computerized tomography and CT
portography. Röntgenpraxis 53: 245-249
4. Schwenkreis P, Pleger B, Höffken O, Malin JP, Tegenthoff M (2001) Repetitive training of a synchronised movement induces short-term plastic changes in the human primary somatosensory cortex. Neurosci. Lett. 312: 99-102
5. Schwenkreis P, Witscher K, Janssen F, Pleger B, Dertwinkel R, Zenz M, Malin JP, Tegenthoff M (2001) Assessment of reorganization in the sensorimotor cortex after upper limb amputation. Clin. Neurophysiol. 112: 627-635
2003
6. Pleger B, Schwenkreis P, Dinse HR, Ragert P, Höffken O, Malin JP, Tegenthoff M (2003) Pharmacological suppression of plastic changes in human primary somatosensory cortex after motor learning. Exp. Brain. Res. 148: 525-532
7. Pleger B, Förster AF, Widdig W, Henschel M, Nicolas V, Jansen A, Frank A, Knecht S, Schwenkreis P, Tegenthoff M (2003) Functional magnetic resonance imaging mirrors recovery of visual perception after repetitive tachistoscopic stimulation in patients with partial cortical blindness. Neurosci. Lett. 335: 192-196
8. Dinse HR, Ragert P, Pleger B, Schwenkreis P, Tegenthoff M (2003) Pharmacological modulation of perceptual learning and associated cortical reorganization. Science 301: 91-94
9. Ragert P, Dinse HR, Pleger B, Wilimzig C, Frombach E, Schwenkreis P, Tegenthoff M (2003) Combination of 5 Hz repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) and tactile coactivation boosts tactile discrimination in humans. Neurosci. Lett. 348: 105-108
10. Schwenkreis P, Pleger B, Cornelius B, Weyen U, Dertwinkel R, Zenz M, Malin JP, Tegenthoff M (2003) Reorganization in the ipsilateral motor cortex of patients with lower limb amputation. Neurosci. Lett. 349: 187-190
11. Schwenkreis P, Janssen F, Rommel O, Pleger B, Völker B, Hosbach I, Dertwinkel R, Maier C, Tegenthoff M (2003) Bilateral motor cortex disinhibition in complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) type I of the hand. Neurology 61: 515-519
12. Schwenkreis P, Maier C, Pleger B, Mansourian N, Dertwinkel R, Malin JP, Tegenthoff M, Zenz M (2003) NMDA-mediated mechanisms in cortical excitability changes after limb amputation. Acta. Neurol. Scand. 108: 179-184
13. Pleger B, Foerster A-F, Ragert P, Dinse HR, Schwenkreis P, Malin JP, Nicolas V, Tegenthoff M (2003) Functional imaging of perceptual learning in human primary and secondary somatosensory cortex. Neuron 40: 643-653
14. Dinse HR, Ragert P, Pleger B, Schwenkreis P, Tegenthoff M (2003) GABAergic mechanisms gate tactile discrimination learning. Neuroreport 14: 1747-1751
15. Widdig W, Pleger B, Rommel O, Malin, JP, Tegenthoff M (2003) Repetitive visual stimulation: a neurophysiological approach to the treatment of cortical blindness. NeuroRehabilitation 18: 227-237
2004
16. Ragert P, Becker M, Tegenthoff M, Pleger B, Dinse HR (2004) Sustained increase of somatosensory cortex excitability by 5 Hz repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation studied by paired madian nerve stimulation in
humans. Neurosci. Lett. 356(2): 91-94, pdf
17. Pleger B, Janssen F, Schwenkreis P, Völker B, Maier C, Tegenthoff M (2004) Repetitive transcranial stimulation of the motor cortex attenuates pain perception in complex regional pain syndrome type I.
Neurosci. Lett. 356(2): 87-90, pdf
18. Pleger B, Tegenthoff M, Schwenkreis P, Janssen F, Ragert P, Dinse HR, Völker B, Zenz M, Maier C (2004) Mean sustained pain levels are linked to hemispherical side-to-side differences of primary somatosensory cortex in the complex regional pain syndrome I. Exp. Brain Res. 155: 115-119,
pdf
19. Pleger B, Foerster A-F, Schwenkreis P, Nicolas V, Malin JP, Frettloeh J, Maier C, Tegenthoff M (2004) Untersuchung von Visusstörungen beim Tolosa-Hunt-Syndrom mittels der funktionellen Magnetresonanztomographie zur Abgrenzung psychogener Störungen - ein Fallbericht [Functional imaging of the visual cortex in the tolosa-hunt-syndrome for the detection of a psychogenic disorder - a case-report]. Schmerz 18 (3):211-217
20. Tegenthoff M, Cornelius B, Pleger B, Malin
JP, Schwenkreis P (2004) Amphetamine enhances training-induced motor cortex
plasticity. Acta Neurol. Scand. 109 (5):330-336, pdf
21. Pleger B, Schwenkreis P, Grünberg C, Malin JP, Tegenthoff M (2004) Fluoxetine facilitates use-dependent excitability of human primary motor cortex. Clin. Neurophysiol. 115:2157-2163, pdf
22.
Drager B, Jansen A, Bruchmann S, Forster AF, Pleger B, Zwitserlood P, Knecht S
(2004) How does the brain accommodate to increased task difficulty in word
finding? A functional MRI study. NeuroImage.
23(3):1152-60, pdf
2005
23. Pleger B, Tegenthoff M, Ragert P, Förster AF, Dinse H, Schwenkreis P, Nicolas V, Maier C (2005) Sensorimotor retuning in compex regional pain syndrome parallels pain reduction. Ann Neurol. 57:425-429, pdf
24. Pleger B, Tegenthoff M, Dinse HR, Ragert P, Schwenkreis P (2005) Pharmacology of motor and somatosensory skills in humans. Curr. Neuropharmacology. 3:145-156, Review
25. Dinse HR, Kalisch T, Ragert P, Pleger B, Schwenkreis P, Tegenthoff M (2005) Improving human haptic performance in normal and impaired human populations through unattended activation-based learning. Transactions on Applied Perception. 2:71-88, Review
26. Schwenkreis P, Witscher K, Pleger B, Malin JP, Tegenthoff M (2005) The NMDA antagonist memantine affects training induced motor cortex plasticity - a study using transcranial magnetic stimulation. BMC Neurosci. 6(1):35, pdf
27. Tegenthoff M, Ragert P, Pleger B, Schwenkreis P, Förster AF, Nicolas V, Dinse HR (2005) Improvement of tactile performance and enlargement of cortical somatosensory maps after 5 Hz rTMS. PLoS Biol. 3(11):e362, pdf
28. Pleger B, Ragert P (2006) Pharmacological support of Neurorehabilitation. Curr. Drug Therapy. 1:17-22, Review
29. Pleger B, Blankenburg F, Bestmann S, Ruff C, Wiech K, Stephan KE, Friston K, Dolan R (2006) Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation-induced changes in sensorimotor coupling parallel improvements of somatosensation in humans. J. Neurosci. 26(7):1945-52, pdf
30. Pleger B, Ragert P, Schwenkreis P, Forster A-F, Wilimzig C, Dinse H, Nicolas V, Maier C, Tegenthoff M (2006) Patterns of cortical reorganization parallel impaired tactile discrimination and pain intensity in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome. NeuroImage. 32(2): 502-510, pdf
31.Pleger B, Ruff C, Blankenburg F, Bestmann S, Wiech K, Stephan KE, Capilla A, Friston K, Dolan R (2006) Neural encoding of tactile decisions in human prefrontal cortex. J. Neurosci. 26(48):12596-12601, pdf
32. Wiech K, Kalisch R, Weiskopf N, Pleger B, Stephan KE, Dolan RJ (2006) Anterolateral prefrontal cortex mediates the analgesic effect of expected and perceived control over pain. J. Neurosci. 26(44):11501-11509, pdf
33. Schwenkreis P, El Tom S, Ragert P, Pleger B, Tegenthoff M, Dinse HR (2007) Assessment of sensorimotor cortical representation asymmetries and motor skills in violoine players. Eur. J. Neurosci. 26(11):3291-3302, pdf
34. Pleger B, Blankenburg F, Ruff C, Driver J, Dolan R (2008) Reward facilitates tactile judgments and modulates hemodynamic responses in human primary somatosensory cortex. J. Neurosci. 28(33):8161-8168-12601, pdf
35. Petrovic P, Pleger B, Seymour B, Klöppel S, De Martino B, Critchley H, Dolan R (2008) Blocking central opiate function modulates hedonic impact and anterior cingulate response to rewards and losses. J. Neurosci. 28(42):10509-10516, pdf
36. Lissek S, Wilimzig C, Stude P, Pleger B, Kalisch T, Maier C, Peters SA, Nicolas V, Tegenthoff M, Dinse HR (2009) Immobilization Impairs Tactile Perception and Shrinks Somatosensory Cortical Maps. Curr. Biol. 19(10):837-42, pdf
37. Obermann M, Pleger B, de Greiff A, Stude P, Kaube H, Diener HC, Katsarava Z (2009) Temporal summation of trigeminal pain in human anterior cingulate cortex.. NeuroImage 46(1):193-200, pdf
38. Pleger B, Ruff CC, Blankenburg F, Klöppel S, Driver J, Dolan R (2009) Influence of Dopaminergically Mediated Reward on Somatosensory Decision-Making. PLoS. Biol. 7(7): e1000164, pdf
39. Schneider SA, Pleger B, Draganski B, Cordivari C, Rothwell JC, Bhatia KP, Dolan RJ (2010) Modulatory effects of 5Hz rTMS over the primary somatosensory cortex in focal dystonia-An fMRI-TMS study. Mov. Disord., pdf
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