Department of Neurology-
Prof. Dr. med. H. Steinmetz

Expertise

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

Resources and Abilities

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

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.