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Name Dr. Frank Steigerwald
Position Senior Consultant
Affiliation Department of Neurology
CV Frank Steigerwald
University of Würzburg
Josef-Schneider-Str.11
D-97080 Würzburg
Tel. +49 (0)931-20124621
Steigerwal_F@klinik.uni-wuerzburg.de
Born 30.10.1970, Aschaffenburg, Germany
Academic
career
Research
Fields
Clinical
Interests
since Jun
2010
May 2010 –
Jul 2009
Jun 2009 –
Dez 2008
Sep – Apr
2008
Dez 2008 –
Feb 2002
Feb 2002 –
Feb 2000
Feb 2000 –
Jan1998
Dez – Jul
1997
Senior consultant neurologist at the Dept. of Neurology,
Julius-Maximilians-University, Würzburg
Senior consultant neurologist at the Dept. of Neurology,
Clinical Center, Herford
Junior consultant neurologist at the Dept. of Neurology,
Christian-Albrechts-University. Kiel
Senior house officier in Psychiatry at the Dept. of Psychiatry,
Clinical Center. Rendsburg
Senior house officer in Neurology at the Dept. of Neurology,
Christian-Albrechts-University, Kiel
Postdoc fellowship at the Institute of Physiology, Christian-
Albrechts-University, Kiel
Research fellowship at the Max Planck Institute for Medical
Research, Department of Molecular Neurobiology,
Heidelberg
Resident in Psychiatry at the Max Planck Institute of
Psychiatry, Munich
1997 –1990 Medical study at Julius-Maximilians-University, Würzburg
- Microelectrode recording and pathophysiology of basal ganglia disorders
- Neurophysiological therapies of central nervous system disorders
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Diagnostic investigation in Parkinson’s Disease
- Movement Disorders
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES)
Ten Publications
Zheng F, Lammert K, Nixdorf-Bergweiler BE, Steigerwald F, Volkmann J, Alzheimer C
Axonal failure during high frequency stimulation of rat subthalamic nucleus.
J Physiol. 2011 Apr 11. [Epub ahead of print]
Reese R, Leblois A, Steigerwald F, Pötter-Nerger M, Herzog J, Mehdorn HM, Deuschl G,
Meissner WG, Volkmann J

CV Frank Steigerwald
Subthalamic deep brain stimulation increases pallidal firing rate and regularity.
Exp Neurol. 2011 Feb 15. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed
Pinsker MO, Volkmann J, Falk D, Herzog J, Steigerwald F, Deuschl G, Mehdorn HM.
Deep brain stimulation of the internal globus pallidus in dystonia: target localisation under
general anaesthesia.
Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2009 Jul;151(7):751-8.
Steigerwald F, Pötter M, Herzog J, Pinsker M, Kopper F, Mehdorn H, Deuschl G, Volkmann
J.
Neuronal activity of the human subthalamic nucleus in the parkinsonian and nonparkinsonian
state.
J Neurophysiol. 2008 Nov;100(5):2515-24.
Herzog J, Hamel W, Wenzelburger R, Pötter M, Pinsker MO, Bartussek J, Morsnowski A,
Steigerwald F, Deuschl G, Volkmann J.
Kinematic analysis of thalamic versus subthalamic neurostimulation in postural and intention
tremor.
Brain. 2007 Jun;130(Pt 6):1608-25.
Herzog J, Pinsker M, Wasner M, Steigerwald F, Wailke S, Deuschl G, Volkmann J.
Stimulation of subthalamic fibre tracts reduces dyskinesias in STN-DBS.
Mov Disord. 2007 Apr 15;22(5):679-84.
Steigerwald F, Hinz L, Pinsker MO, Herzog J, Stiller RU, Kopper F, Mehdorn HM, Deuschl
G, Volkmann J. Effect of propofol anesthesia on pallidal neuronal discharges in generalized
dystonia.
Neurosci Lett. 2005 Oct 7;386(3):156-9.
Herzog J, Fietzek U, Hamel W, Morsnowski A, Steigerwald F, Schrader B, Weinert
D, Pfister G, Müller D, Mehdorn HM, Deuschl G, Volkmann J.
Most effective stimulation site in subthalamic deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease.
Mov Disord. 2004 Sep;19(9):1050-4.
Rossi P, Sola E, Taglietti V, Borchardt T, Steigerwald F, Utvik JK, Ottersen OP, Köhr G,
D'Angelo E.
NMDA receptor 2 (NR2) C-terminal control of NR open probability regulates synaptic
transmission and plasticity at a cerebellarsynapse.
J Neurosci. 2002 Nov 15;22(22):9687-97.
Steigerwald F, Schulz TW, Schenker LT, Kennedy MB, Seeburg PH, Köhr G.
C-Terminal truncation of NR2A subunits impairs synaptic but not extrasynaptic localization of
NMDA receptors.
J Neurosci. 2000 Jun 15;20(12):4573-81.