Department of Neurology -
Prof. Dr. H. Steinmetz

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Expertise

• cerebrovascular diseases and stroke
• cognitive neurology, neuropsychology
• functional neuroanatomy
• genetics of intracranial aneurysms
  
  

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Resources and Abilities

• Brain Imaging Center in collaboration with the
  Institute for Neuroradiology and others
• clinical neurophysiology
• specialized ambulatory care unit
• ultrasound laboratory
  
  

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Publications

• Steinmetz H, Volkmann J, Jäncke L, Freund H-J (1991) Anatomical left-right asymmetry of language-related temporal cortex is different in left- and right-handers. Annals of Neurology 29, 315-319.
  
  
• Steinmetz H, Herzog A, Schlaug G, Huang Y, Jäncke L (1995) Brain (a)symmetry in monozygotic twins. Cerebral Cortex 5, 296-300.
  
  
• Schlaug G, Jäncke L, Huang Y, Steinmetz H (1995) In vivo evidence of structural brain asymmetry in musicians. Science 267, 699-701.
  
  
• Jäncke L, Staiger JF, Schlaug G, Huang Y, Steinmetz H (1997) The relationship between corpus callosum size and forebrain volume. Cerebral Cortex 7, 48-56.
  
  
• Lohmann G, von Cramon Y, Steinmetz,H (1999) Sulcal variability of twins. Cerebral Cortex 9, 754-763.
  
  
• Sterzer P, Meintzschel F, Rösler A, Lanfermann H, Steinmetz H, Sitzer M (2001) Pravastatin improves cerebral vasomotor reactivity in patients with subcortical small-vessel disease. Stroke 32, 2817-2820.
  
  
• Lüders E, Narr KL, Thompson PM, Rex DE, Jäncke L, Steinmetz H, Toga AW (2004) Gender differences in cortical complexity. Nature Neuroscience 7, 799-800.
  
  
• Foerch C, Singer OC, Neumann-Haefelin T, du Mesnil de Rochemont R, Steinmetz H, Sitzer M (2005) Evaluation of serum S100B as a surrogate marker for long-term outcome and infarct volume in acute middle cerebral artery infarction. Archives of Neurology 62, 1130-1134.
  
  
• Foerch C, Misselwitz B, Sitzer M, Berger K, Steinmetz H, Neumann-Haefelin T, Arbeitsgruppe Schlaganfall Hessen (2005) Difference in recognition of right and left hemispheric stroke. Lancet 366, 392-393.
  
  
• Foerch C, Curdt I, Yan B, Dvorak F, Hermans M, Berkefeld J, Raabe A, Neumann-Haefelin T, Steinmetz H, Sitzer M (2006) Serum glial fibrillary acidic protein as a biomarker for intracerebral haemorrhage in patients with acute stroke. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry 77, 181-184.