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Dennis Nowak

Institute and Clinic for Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, LMU Munich …
Verified email at med.lmu.de
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Consensus paper: roles of the cerebellum in motor control—the diversity of ideas on cerebellar involvement in movement

M Manto, JM Bower, AB Conforto, JM Delgado-García… - The Cerebellum, 2012 - Springer
Considerable progress has been made in developing models of cerebellar function in
sensorimotor control, as well as in identifying key problems that are the focus of current …

Interhemispheric competition after stroke: brain stimulation to enhance recovery of function of the affected hand

DA Nowak, C Grefkes, M Ameli… - … and neural repair, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
Background and purpose. Within the concept of interhemispheric competition, technical
modulation of the excitability of motor areas in the contralesional and ipsilesional …

Neurosarcoidosis: a review of its intracranial manifestation

DA Nowak, DC Widenka - Journal of neurology, 2001 - Springer
Sarcoidosis is a multisystem disease of unknown cause and with a worldwide distribution.
Involvement of the central nervous system occurs in a relatively small number of patients …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental exposure to endotoxin and its relation to asthma in school-age children

C Braun-Fahrländer, J Riedler, U Herz… - … England Journal of …, 2002 - Mass Medical Soc
Background In early life, the innate immune system can recognize both viable and nonviable
parts of microorganisms. Immune activation may direct the immune response, thus …

Exposure to farming in early life and development of asthma and allergy: a cross-sectional survey

J Riedler, C Braun-Fahrländer, W Eder, M Schreuer… - The Lancet, 2001 - thelancet.com
Background A farming environment protects against development of asthma, hay fever, and
atopic sensitisation in children. We aimed to establish whether increased exposure to …

Cortical connectivity after subcortical stroke assessed with functional magnetic resonance imaging

C Grefkes, DA Nowak, SB Eickhoff… - Annals of …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Objective This study aimed at identifying the impact of subcortical stroke on the interaction of
cortical motor areas within and across hemispheres during the generation of voluntary hand …

Toll-like receptor 2 as a major gene for asthma in children of European farmers

W Eder, W Klimecki, L Yu, E von Mutius… - Journal of allergy and …, 2004 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: The finding that the prevalence of asthma and allergies is less frequent in
children raised on animal farms has led to the conjecture that exposure to microbial products …

Dissociating cognitive from affective theory of mind: a TMS study

E Kalbe, M Schlegel, AT Sack, DA Nowak, M Dafotakis… - cortex, 2010 - Elsevier
INTRODUCTION:“Theory of Mind”(ToM), ie, the ability to infer other persons' mental states, is
a key function of social cognition. It is increasingly recognized to form a multidimensional …

Dynamic intra-and interhemispheric interactions during unilateral and bilateral hand movements assessed with fMRI and DCM

C Grefkes, SB Eickhoff, DA Nowak, M Dafotakis… - Neuroimage, 2008 - Elsevier
Any motor action results from a dynamic interplay of various brain regions involved in
different aspects of movement preparation and execution. Establishing a reliable model of …

Modulating cortical connectivity in stroke patients by rTMS assessed with fMRI and dynamic causal modeling

C Grefkes, DA Nowak, LE Wang, M Dafotakis… - Neuroimage, 2010 - Elsevier
Data derived from transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) studies suggest that transcallosal
inhibition mechanisms between the primary motor cortex of both hemispheres may …