Prof. Dr. Andreas Straube

Research focus: 

• Oculo-motor function in subjects with focal cerebellar or brain lesions: eye movements are measured with 3-D-video oculography or search coil technic, headad movements or associated limb movements are measured with ultra-Sound System. Target can be presented with a 3-D visual reallity googles or on a video Screen. Beside the oculomotor function also psychopysical examniations (e.g. discrimination tasks) can be measured.

• Pain Inhibition: spinal nociceptice Reflexes are used as read out for the function of descending antinociceptive System activity.

• A mice model of Primary CNS lymphoma is established in the lab and the interaction of host lymphocytes with the Tumor lymphocytes can be measured continously in vivo by dual photon microscopy. Beside that the influence of cytocines on the survival of the tumor cells is investigated in cell preparations (in vitro).

Key words: Clinical neuroscience, functional imaging, sensorimotor research

GSN students

• Graduated: Dr. Melanie Krüger, Dr. Stefanie Krafft

Selected publications:

Schankin CJ, Kästele F, Gerdes LA, Winkler T, Csanadi E, Högen T, Pellkofer H, Paulus W, Kümpfel T, Straube A. (2016) New-Onset Headache in Patients With Autoimmune Encephalitis Is Associated With anti-NMDA-Receptor Antibodies. Headache. 56(6):995-1003

Eggert T, Robinson FR, Straube A. (2016) Modeling Inter-trial Variability of Saccade Trajectories: Effects of Lesions of the Oculomotor Part of the Fastigial Nucleus. PLoS Comput Biol. 12(6):e1004866

Gaul C, Diener HC, Silver N, Magis D, Reuter U, Andersson A, Liebler EJ, Straube A; PREVA Study Group. (2016) Non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation for PREVention and Acute treatment of chronic cluster headache (PREVA): A randomised controlled study. Cephalalgia. 36(6):534-46

Ruscheweyh R, Bäumler M, Feller M, Krafft S, Sommer J, Straube A. (2015) Learned control over spinal nociception reduces supraspinal nociception as quantified by late somatosensory evoked potentials. Pain. 156(12):2505-13

Zhang L, Straube A, Eggert T. (2014) Torque response to external perturbation during unconstrained goal-directed arm movements. Exp Brain Res. 232(4):1173-84