Dept. of Neurology
Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Klinikum Großhadern
Marchioninistr. 15, 81377 Munich, Germany

Tel. ++ 49 89 7095 3673
Fax ++ 49 89 7095 3677
kai.boetzel(at)med.uni-muenchen.de

Publications

Klinische Schwerpunkte

1. Neurophysiologie

2. Bewegungsstörungen

3. Tiefe Hirnstimulation

Main Research Topics

Human motor and sensory systems

1. Evoked potential correlates of movement sequences

2. Localization of somatosensory areas in man

3. Movement analysis in patients with Parkinsons´s disease

4. Effects of deep brain stimulation for movement disorders

5. Vestibular reflexes

Selected Literature

- T. Schenk, B. Baur, U. Steude, K. Bötzel: Effects of deep brain stimulation on prehensile movements in PD patients are less pronounced when external timing cues are provided. Neuropsychologia. 2003;41(7):783-94.

- B. Bereznai, U. Steude, K. Seelos, K. Bötzel: Chronic high-frequency globus pallidus internus stimulation in different types of dystonia: a clinical, video, and MRI report of six patients presenting with segmental, cervical, and generalized dystonia. Movement Disorders 2002, 17:138-144.

- E. Anagnostou, B. Sporer, U. Steude, U. Kempermann U. Büttner, K. Bötzel: Contraversive eye deviation during deep brain stimulation of the globus pallidus internus. Neurology 2001; 56:1396-1399.

- K. Bötzel, P. Feise, O. Kolev, S. Krafczyk, Th. Brandt: Postural reflexes evoked by tapping forehead and chest. Exp Brain Res 138 (2001) 4, 446-451.

- M. Maier, S. Schulze, A. Danek, K. Bötzel (1999) Dipole source analysis in persistent mirror movements. Brain Topography 12 (1): 49-60.

- K. Bötzel, C. Ecker, S. Schulze (1997) Topography and dipole analysis of reafferent electric brain activity following the Bereitschaftspotential. Exp. Brain Res 114(2) 352-361.

- M. Mayer, K. Bötzel, W. Paulus, H. Plendl, D. Pröckl, A. Danek (1995) Movement-related cortical potentials in persistent mirror movements. Electroenceph.

- K. Bötzel, S. Schulze, S.R.G. Stodieck (1995) Scalp topography and analysis of intracranial sources of face-evoked potentials. Experimental Brain Research 104: 135-14.

- K. Bötzel, H. Plendl, W. Paulus and M. Scherg (1993) Bereitschaftspotential: Is there a contribution of the supplementary motor area? Electroencephalography and clinical Neurophysiology 89: 187-196.

- K. Bötzel, K. Rottach, U. Büttner (1993) Normal and pathological saccadic dysmetria. Brain 116: 337-353.

Methods

1) Evoked potentials (32 channels)

2) Dipole source analysis

3) Movement analysis (infrared system)

4) Transcranial magnetic stimulat

Team Members

P. Valkovic

J. Fischereder

T. Hollerith

Cooperation with

Prof. Dr. Michael Scherg, Munich

Prof. Dr. K. Schneider, Universität der Bundeswehr, Munich