Agnes Flöel - NeuroCure
Agnes Flöel - NeuroCure
Agnes Flöel - NeuroCure
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<strong>Agnes</strong> <strong>Flöel</strong><br />
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin<br />
Department of Neurology<br />
Charitéplatz 1 | D-10117 Berlin<br />
Phone: +49 (0)30 450-660284<br />
E-mail: agnes.floeel@charite.de<br />
Curriculum vitae<br />
2011 Principal investigator, Berlin satellite of the German Center for Neurodegenerative<br />
Diseases (DZNE)<br />
since 2009 Principal investigator, Center for Stroke Research Berlin<br />
since 2009 Professor (W2), Neurology, senior attending, Department of Neurology,<br />
Charité<br />
2008 Visiting scientist, Oxford Center for Functional MRI of the Brain, Oxford<br />
2008 Postdoctoral thesis (Habilitation) in Clinical Neurology, and Senior group leader,<br />
University of Münster<br />
2007 Specialist exam (“Facharztprüfung”) in Neurology, and junior attending<br />
2005 – 2007 Training in Neurology, University of Münster<br />
2005 Junior group leader, University of Münster<br />
2002 – 2004 Postdoctoral fellowship (Supervisor: Dr. L. G. Cohen), National Institutes of<br />
Neurological Disorders and Stroke, US<br />
1999 – 2002 Training in Neurology, University of Münster<br />
1999 Dissertation, MD, University of Hannover<br />
1992 – 1999 Studies in Medicine, University of Hannover<br />
Research fields<br />
n Variability of localization of language and memory functions<br />
n Interaction of performance in cognitive tasks with age, genetic factors, and brain morphology<br />
n Modulation of learning by interventional strategies (pharmacology, non-invasive electrical brain<br />
stimulation, exercise, dietary) in elderly individuals and in patients after brain damage<br />
Clinical fields<br />
n Cognitive neurology and dementia (vascular and neurodegenerative type)<br />
n Stroke and stroke sequelae: rehabilitation of cognitive and motor deficits after stroke<br />
Activities in the scientific community, honors, awards<br />
2010 Damp Prize for Prevention and Rehabilitation, Damp Rehabilitation Group<br />
2009 Coordinator, “Anatomy, Cognition and Plasticity” for Master of Cerebrovascular<br />
Diseases, Charité<br />
2009 (DGF) grant Fl 379-8; BMBF grant FKZ 0315673A<br />
2008 IZKF grant FLO_3_004_008<br />
2007 Young Academy, Academy of Sciences, North-Rhine Westfalia<br />
2006 Lise Meitner Habilitation Stipend<br />
2005 DFG Fl 379-4; BMBF grant 01GW0520<br />
2002/03 Fellowship grant, German Research Foundation (DFG)
Selected publications<br />
Meinzer M, Antonenko D, Lindenberg R, Hetzer S, Ulm L, Avirame K, Flaisch T, Floel A Electrical brain<br />
stimulation improves cognitive performance by modulating functional connectivity and task-specific<br />
activation. J Neurosci, (in press).<br />
<strong>Flöel</strong> A, Suttorp W, Kohl O, Kürten J, Lohmann H, Breitenstein C, Knecht S. Non-invasive brain<br />
stimulation improves object-location learning in the elderly. Neurobiol Aging. 2011 Jun 16. (Epub ahead<br />
of print).<br />
Floel, A, Meinzer, M, Kirstein, R, Nijhof, S, Deppe, M, Knecht, S and Breitenstein, C. Short-term anomia<br />
training and electrical brain stimulation. Stroke. 2011; 42, 2065-7.<br />
List, J, Duning, T, Meinzer, M, Kürten, J, Schirmacher, A, Deppe, M, Evers, S, Young P, and Floel A.<br />
Enhanced rapid-onset cortical plasticity in CADASIL as a possible mechanism of preserved cognition<br />
Cerebral Cortex. 2011; 21:2774-87.<br />
Wersching, H, Guske, K, Hasenkamp, S, Hagedorn, C, Schiwek, S, Jansen, S, Witte, V, Wellmann, J,<br />
Lohmann, H, Duning, K, Kremerskothen, J, Knecht, S, Brand, E and Floel, A. Impact of Common KIBRA<br />
Allele on Human Cognitive Functions. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2011; 36:1296-304.<br />
Floel, A, Ruscheweyh, R, Kruger, K, Willemer, C, Winter, B, Volker, K, Lohmann, H, Zitzmann, M,<br />
Mooren, F, Breitenstein, C and Knecht, S. Physical activity and memory functions: are neurotrophins<br />
and cerebral gray matter volume the missing link? Neuroimage. 2010; 49, 2756-63.<br />
de Vries, MH, Barth, AC, Maiworm, S, Knecht, S, Zwitserlood, P and Floel, A. Electrical stimulation of<br />
Broca’s area enhances implicit learning of an artificial grammar. J Cogn Neurosci. 2010; 22, 2427-36.<br />
Witte, AV, Fobker, M, Gellner, R, Knecht, S and Floel, A. Caloric restriction improves memory in elderly<br />
humans. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009; 106, 1255-60.<br />
Ruscheweyh, R, Willemer, C, Kruger, K, Duning, T, Warnecke, T, Sommer, J, Volker, K, Ho, HV, Mooren,<br />
F, Knecht, S and Floel, A. Physical activity and memory functions: An interventional study. Neurobiol<br />
Aging. 2009.<br />
Floel, A, de Vries, MH, Scholz, J, Breitenstein, C and Johansen-Berg, H. White matter integrity in the<br />
vicinity of Broca’s area predicts grammar learning success. Neuroimage. 2009; 47, 1974-81.