Wolf Muellbacher

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Wolf Muellbacher is a scholar working on Neurology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Wolf Muellbacher has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Neurology, 9 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 9 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Wolf Muellbacher's work include Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies (16 papers), Muscle activation and electromyography studies (9 papers) and Motor Control and Adaptation (6 papers). Wolf Muellbacher is often cited by papers focused on Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies (16 papers), Muscle activation and electromyography studies (9 papers) and Motor Control and Adaptation (6 papers). Wolf Muellbacher collaborates with scholars based in United States, Austria and Germany. Wolf Muellbacher's co-authors include Babak Boroojerdi, Ulf Ziemann, Leonardo G. Cohen, Stefano Facchini, Mark Hallett, Fortunato Battaglia, Mark Hallett, Maurice B. Hallett, Mark Hallett and Werner Poewe and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Wolf Muellbacher

22 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

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Early consolidation in human primary motor cortex

2002 615 citations Wolf Muellbacher, Ulf Ziemann et al. Nature profile →

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Claude Tomberg Belgium

L. G. Cohen United States

Katja Stefan Germany

Leonardo Cohen United States

E. Kunesch Germany

Charles Capaday Canada

Karin Rosenkranz United Kingdom

Roland Sparing Germany

Ethan R. Buch United States

Heidi M. Schambra United States

Claude Tomberg Belgium

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wolf Muellbacher

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Muellbacher, Wolf, et al.. (2013). Functional Topography of Cortical Thumb Movement Representations in Human Primary Motor Cortex. Brain Topography. 27(2). 228–239. 10 indexed citations

Muellbacher, Wolf, Ulf Ziemann, Joerg Wissel, et al.. (2002). Early consolidation in human primary motor cortex. Nature. 415(6872). 640–644. 615 indexed citations breakdown →

Muellbacher, Wolf, Ulf Ziemann, George F. Wittenberg, et al.. (2002). Improving Hand Function in Chronic Stroke. Archives of Neurology. 59(8). 1278–1278. 177 indexed citations

Facchini, Stefano, Wolf Muellbacher, Fortunato Battaglia, Babak Boroojerdi, & Mark Hallett. (2002). Focal enhancement of motor cortex excitability during motor imagery: a transcranial magnetic stimulation study. Acta Neurologica Scandinavica. 105(3). 146–151. 142 indexed citations

Muellbacher, Wolf, Babak Boroojerdi, Ulf Ziemann, & Mark Hallett. (2001). Analogous Corticocortical Inhibition and Facilitation in Ipsilateral and Contralateral Human Motor Cortex Representations of the Tongue. Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology. 18(6). 550–558. 38 indexed citations

Muellbacher, Wolf, Ulf Ziemann, Babak Boroojerdi, Leonardo G. Cohen, & Mark Hallett. (2001). Role of the human motor cortex in rapid motor learning. Experimental Brain Research. 136(4). 431–438. 361 indexed citations

Boroojerdi, Babak, Fortunato Battaglia, Wolf Muellbacher, & Leonardo G. Cohen. (2001). Mechanisms influencing stimulus-response properties of the human corticospinal system. Clinical Neurophysiology. 112(5). 931–937. 210 indexed citations

Waldvogel, Daniel, Peter van Gelderen, Wolf Muellbacher, et al.. (2000). The relative metabolic demand of inhibition and excitation. Nature. 406(6799). 995–998. 228 indexed citations

Boroojerdi, Babak, Fortunato Battaglia, Wolf Muellbacher, & Leonardo G. Cohen. (2000). Voluntary teeth clenching facilitates human motor system excitability. Clinical Neurophysiology. 111(6). 988–993. 81 indexed citations

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Muellbacher, Wolf, Ulf Ziemann, Babak Boroojerdi, & Maurice B. Hallett. (2000). Effects of low-frequency transcranial magnetic stimulation on motor excitability and basic motor behavior. Clinical Neurophysiology. 111(6). 1002–1007. 314 indexed citations

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Boroojerdi, Babak, Leonid Kopylev, Fortunato Battaglia, et al.. (2000). Reproducibility of intracortical inhibition and facilitation using the paired-pulse paradigm. Muscle & Nerve. 23(10). 1594–1597. 89 indexed citations

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Muellbacher, Wolf, Stefano Facchini, Babak Boroojerdi, & Mark Hallett. (2000). Changes in motor cortex excitability during ipsilateral hand muscle activation in humans. Clinical Neurophysiology. 111(2). 344–349. 243 indexed citations

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Boroojerdi, Babak, Leonid Kopylev, Fortunato Battaglia, et al.. (2000). Reproducibility of intracortical inhibition and facilitation using the paired‐pulse paradigm. Muscle & Nerve. 23(10). 1594–1597. 4 indexed citations

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Muellbacher, Wolf, et al.. (1999). The role of the intact hemisphere in recovery of midline muscles after recent monohemispheric stroke. Journal of Neurology. 246(4). 250–256. 42 indexed citations

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Muellbacher, Wolf, et al.. (1998). Motor evoked potentials in unilateral lingual paralysis after monohemispheric ischaemia. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 65(5). 755–761. 22 indexed citations

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Finsterer, Josef, Wolf Muellbacher, & B. Mamoli. (1998). [Electromyography in myopathies].. PubMed. 148(1-2). 25–9. 1 indexed citations

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Finsterer, Josef, Wolf Muellbacher, Walter‐Michael Halbmayer, M Fischer, & B. Mamoli. (1996). Anti-GM1 antibodies in polyneuropathies of unknown origin.. Journal of Clinical Pathology. 49(5). 422–425. 4 indexed citations

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Muellbacher, Wolf & B. Mamoli. (1994). Prolonged Impaired Consciousness in Basilar Artery Migraine. Headache The Journal of Head and Face Pain. 34(5). 282–285. 7 indexed citations

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Muellbacher, Wolf, et al.. (1994). Electrophysiological assessment of central and peripheral motor routes to the lingual muscles.. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 57(3). 309–315. 41 indexed citations

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Muellbacher, Wolf, Martin Maier, & Bernd R. Binder. (1989). Regulation of plasminogen activation in isolated perfused rat kidney. American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology. 256(5). F787–F793. 4 indexed citations

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