

Björn Machner, MBA
Chief physician - Hospital for Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology
Chief physician - Parkinson’s Specialised Clinic
Specialist in Neurology
Additional qualification in Neurological Intensive Care
DGKN Certificates for EEG, EP, EMG
Certificate "Special Neurological Ultrasound Diagnostics" (DEGUM Level II, Instructor)
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Engagement
Membership
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2015 -
Project funding "Spatial Neglect and Attention Networks in the Human Brain" by the German Research Foundation (DFG)
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2008 -
- Principal/Sub-Investigator in various uni-/multicentre studies on vestibular disorders and cognitive deficits following stroke (neglect)
Scientific award
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2013 -
Renate Maaß Prize for Brain Research
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2007 -
State University Prize for the best dissertation at the Medical Faculty of Lübeck
Publications
Usability of the head impulse test in routine clinical practice in the emergency department to differentiate vestibular neuritis from stroke
Machner B, Erber K, Choi JH, Trillenberg P, Sprenger A, Helmchen C Eur J Neurol 28(5):1737-1744.
Resting-state functional connectivity in the attention networks is not altered by offline theta-burst stimulation of the posterior parietal cortex or the temporo-parietal junction as compare
Machner B, Imholz J, Braun L, Koch PJ, Bäumer T, Münte TF, Helmchen C, Sprenger A Neuroimage Reports. DOI: 10.1016/j.ynirp.2021.100013
Randomized controlled trial on hemifield eye patching and optokinetic stimulation in acute spatial neglect
Machner B, Könemund I, Sprenger A, von der Gablentz J, Helmchen C Stroke 45 (8):2465-8
The effects of the dopamine agonist rotigotine on hemispatial neglect following stroke
Gorgoraptis N, Mah Y, Machner B, Singh-Curry V, Malhotra P, Hadji-Michael M, Cohen D, Simister R, Nair A, Kulinskaya E, Ward N, Greenwood R, Husain M Brain 135 (8):2478-91
Eye movement disorders are different in Parkin-linked and idiopathic early-onset PD
Machner B, Klein C, Sprenger A, Baumbach P, Pramstaller PP, Helmchen C, and Heide W Neurology 75 (2):125-128