Prof. Dr. med. Axel Riecker

Oberarzt

Klinik und Poliklinik für Neurologie

Universität Ulm

Oberer Eselsberg 45

89081 Ulm

Telefon:

(0731) 177-5242

Fax:

(0731) 177-1202

Email:

axel.riecker[at]uni-ulm.de

KLINISCH-WISSENSCHAFTLICHE AUSBILDUNG

Studium

Medizin Universität Freiburg/Montreal/Bern

1990-1998

Promotion

Universität Freiburg

06/1998

Klinische Ausbildung

Universitätsklinik für Neurologie, Tübingen

1998-2004

 

Universitätsklinik für Psychiatrie, Ulm

2004-2005

 

Facharzt für Neurologie

02/2006

 

Klinischer Oberarzt

10/2006

Venia legendi (Neurologie)

Universität Ulm

11/2006

KLINISCHE ZUSATZQUALIFIKATIONEN

  • Zertifikat „Evozierte Potentiale“ der DGKN
  • Zertifikat „Elektroencephalographie“ der DGKN
  • Zertifikat „Ultraschalldiagnostik“ der DGKN/DEGUM
  • BWL Fernstudium (Universität Nürnberg, Lehrstuhl für Gesundheitsmanagment)
  • fMRT-basierte prächirurgische Epilepsiediagnostik zur Untersuchung sprachrelevanter Hirnareale
  • Prüfarzt für klinische Studien
  • Fachkunde Strahlenschutz
  • Klinische Geriatrie
  • Palliativmedizin
  • Dysphagiediagnostik

WISSENSCHAFTLICHES ARBEITSGEBIET

  • Alterungsmechanismen bei Gesunden und Reorganisation nach Schlaganfall
  • Kontrolle des Schluckaktes und Schluckstörungen
  • Sprechmotorik und Sprachproduktion
  • Leserechtschreibstörung (Dyslexie)
  • Methoden: fMRT, DTI, 3D-MRT-Morphometrie/Volumetrie

DRITTMITTELPROJEKTE

  • 01.06.1997 – 31.05.2001: DO 536/2-1; DO 536/2-2; Schwerpunktprogramm Sprachproduktion: Informationsvermittlung durch natürliche Sprache, 2 × BAT IIa.
  • 01.08.2001 – 31.07.2003: DO 536/2-5; Schwerpunktprogramm Sprachproduktion: Informationsvermittlung durch natürliche Sprache, 2 ½ × BAT IIa.
  • 01.10.2004 – 30.09.2006: DFG Antrag: Brain mechanisms subserving the generation and implementation of „phonetic plans“ during speech production: Functional imaging, clinical studies, and computational modelling, 2 ½ × BAT IIa.
  • 01.03.2007 – 28.02.2008: BMBF Antrag: Temporal processing of German vowels in developmental dyslexia, ½ ×TVÖD (entsprechend BAT IIa).
  • 01.11.2006 – 30.10.2008: DFG Antrag (AC55/6-2 ): Zerebrale kontrolle motorischer Aspekte der Sprachproduktion, 1 x TVÖD (entsprechend BAT IIa).

MITGLIEDSCHAFTEN

  • Deutsche Gesellschaft für Neurologie (DGN)
  • Deutsche Gesellschaft für Klinische Neurophysiologie (DGKN)
  • Deutsche Gesellschaft für Ultraschall in der Medizin (DEGUM)

PREISE

  • Posterpreis der DGN 2006. Bilateral Language Representation in Congenital Callosal Agenesis (CCA). 79. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Neurologie, Mannheim.
  • Travel Award (2005) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Cooperation with the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM) and John Wiley Publishers, offers reimbursements for travel and expenses to top trainees in the human brain mapping field who wish to attend the annual OHBM conference (http://ric.uthscsa.edu/hbmtravelawards/).
  • Travel Award (2004) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Cooperation with the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM) and John Wiley Publishers, offers reimbursements for travel and expenses to top trainees in the human brain mapping field who wish to attend the annual OHBM conference (http://ric.uthscsa.edu/hbmtravelawards/).
  • Posterpreis der DGN 2000. Lateralization Effects at the Anterior Insula during Speaking and Singing. 73. Kongreß der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Neurologie, Baden-Baden.

PUBLIKATIONEN

  • Kastrup A, Gydnia HJ, Nägele T, Riecker A (2008). Dropped-head syndrome due to steroid responsive focal myositis: a case report and review of the literature. Neurol Sci., 267 (1-2): 162-5.
  • Mueller HP, Unrath A, Sperfeld AD, Ludolph AC, Riecker A, Kassubek J (2007). Diffusion tensor imaging and tractwise fractional anisotropy statistics: quantitative analysis in white matter pathology. Biomed Eng Online, 6:42.
  • Kastrup A, Gröschel K, Nägele T, Riecker A, Schmidt F, Schnaudigel S, Ernemann U (2008). Effects of age and symptom status on silent ischemic tensions after carotid stenting with and without the use of distal filter devices. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 29(3): 407-8.
  • Unrath A, Müller HP, Ludolph AC, Riecker A, Kassubek J (2008). Cerebral white matter alterations in idiopathic restless legs syndrome, as measured by diffusion tensor imaging. Mov Disord., 23(9): 1250-1255.
  • Riecker A (2008). Insulärer Kortex und Sprachproduktion. Nervenheilkunde 27: 381-389.
  • Kuehnlein P, Gdynia HJ, Sperfeld AD, Lindner-Pfleghar B, Ludolph AC, Prosiegel M, and Riecker A(2008). Laryngeal and Pharyngeal Complications in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Nature Clinical Practice Neurology, 4: 366-74.
  • Riecker A, Gastl R, Kühnlein P, Kassubek J, Prosiegel M. (2009)
    Dysphagia due to unilateral infarction in the vascular territory of the anterior insula. 24(1):114-8. Epub 2008 Jul 10.
  • Steinbrink C, Ackermann H, Lachmann T, Riecker A (2008). Contribution of the anterior insula to temporal auditory processing deficits in developmental dyslexia. Hum Brain Mapp
  • Steinbrink C, Vogt K, Kastrup A, Müller HP, Juengling FD, Kassubek J, Riecker A. (2008) The contribution of white and gray matter differences to developmental dyslexia: insights from DTI and VBM at 3.0 T. Neuropsychologia, 46(13):3170-8.
  • Riecker A, Brendel B, Ziegler W, Erb M, Ackermann H. (2008) The influence of syllable onset complexity and syllable frequency on speech motor control. Brain Lang, 107(2):102-13.
  • Gdynia HJ, Palm C, Kastrup A, Riecker A. Vertebrobasilar insufficiency due to right aortic arch with isolation of the left subclavian artery. J Clin Neurosci, 16(1):89, 168
  • Ackermann H, Mathiak K, Riecker A (2007). The contribution of the cerebellum to speech production and speech perception: Clinical and functional imaging data. The Cerebellum, 6: 202-13.
  • Gdynia HJ, Huber R, Riecker A (2007). Atypical botulism with isolated diplegia of lower cranial nerves. European Journal of Medical Research, 12: 300-1.
  • Gröschel K, Terborg C, Schaudigel S, Ringer T, Riecker A, Witte O, Kastrup A (2007). Effects of physiological aging and cerebrovascular risk factors on the hemodynamic response to brain activation: A functional transcranial Doppler study. European Journal of Neurology, 14: 125-131.
  • Riecker A, Henneke M, Nägele T, Schöls L (2007). Adult-onset vanishing white matter disease. Journal of Neurology, 254: 544-545.
  • Riecker A, Ackermann H, Kassubek J, Steinbrink C (2007). Bilateral language function in callosal agenesis: an fMRI and DTI case study. Journal of Neurology, 254: 528-530.
  • Uttner I, Mottaghy FM, Schreiber H, Riecker A, Kassubek J (2006). Primary progressive aphasia accompanied by environmental sound agnosia: a neuropsychological, MRI and PET study. Psychitry Research, 146: 191-7.
  • Kassubek J, Sperfeld AD, Baumgartner A, Huppertz HJ, Riecker A, Juengling FD (2006). Brain atrophy in pure and complicated hereditary spastic paraparesis: a quantitative 3-D MRI study. European Journal of Neurology, 13: 880-886.
  • Riecker A, Gröschel K, Ackermann H, Witte O, Kastrup A (2006). Behavioural correlates of age-related differences in movement representation. NeuroImage, 32: 1345-1354.
  • Riecker A, Kassubek J, Gröschel K, Hertrich I, Grodd W, Ackermann H (2006). The cerebral control of speech tempo: Opposite relationship between speaking rate and BOLD signal changes at striatal and cerebellar structures. NeuroImage, 29: 46-53.
  • Gröschel K, Ernemann U, Riecker A, Schmidt F, Terborg C, Kastrup A (2005). Incidence and risk factors for medical complications after carotid artery stenting. Journal of Vascular Surgery, 42: 1101-6.
  • Gröschel K, Riecker A, Schulz JB (2005). Systematic review of early recurrent stenosis after carotid angioplasty and stenting. Perspectives in Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, 17: 385-6.
  • Riecker A, Wildgruber D, Grodd W, Ackermann H (2005). Functional magnetic resonance imaging studies on cerebral organization of speech motor control. Nervenheilkunde 24: 177-183.
  • Beschoner P, Riecker A, Viviani R (2005). A review of magnetic resonance tomography findings in schizophrenia: Magnetization transfer ratio and diffusion-weighted imaging. Nervenheilkunde 24: 190-197.
  • Gröschel K, Riecker A, Schulz JB, Ernemann U, Kastrup A (2005). Systematic review of early recurrent stenosis after carotid angioplasty and stenting. Stroke 36:367-73.
  • Riecker A, Ernemann U, Kastrup A (2005). Reperfusion-induced fatal cerebellar hemorrhage after angioplasty and stenting of a vertebral artery. New England Journal of Medicine 352: 633-634.
  • Riecker A, Gerloff C, Wildgruber D, Nägele T, Grodd W, Dichgans J, and Ackermann H (2004). Transient crossed aphasia during focal right-hemisphere seizure. Neurology 63:1932.
  • Wildgruber D, Riecker A, Hertrich I, Erb M, Grodd W, Ethofer T, Ackermann H (2005). Identification of Emotional Intonation evaluated by fMRI. NeuroImage 24: 1233-1241.
  • Riecker A, Mathiak K, Wildgruber D, Erb M, Hertrich I, Grodd W, and Ackermann H (2004). Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) reveals two distinct cerebral networks subserving speech motor control. Neurology 64:700-706.
  • Wildgruber D, Hertrich I, Riecker A, Erb M, Anders S, Grodd W, and Ackermann H (2004). Distinct frontal regions subserve comprehension of linguistic and affective intonation. Cerebral Cortex 14: 1384-9.
  • Ackermann H and Riecker A (2004). The contribution of the insula to motor aspects of speech production: A review and a hypothesis. Brain and Language 89: 320-328.
  • Mathiak K, Hertrich I, Kincses WE, Riecker A, Lutzenberger W, Ackermann H (2003). The right supratemporal plane hears the distance of objects: neuromagnetic correlates of virtual reality. NeuroReport 14: 307-11.
  • Riecker A, Wildgruber D, Mathiak K, Grodd W, Ackermann H (2003). Parametric analysis of rate dependent hemodynamic response functions of cortical and subcortical brain structures during auditorily cued finger-tapping: An fMRI study. NeuroImage 18: 731-739.
  • Riecker A, Grodd W, Klose U, Schulz JB, Gröschl K, Erb M, Ackermann H, Kastrup A (2003). The relationship between fMRI activation and vascular reactivity to carbon dioxide during normal aging. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, 23: 565-73.
  • Riecker A, Wildgruber D, Grodd W, Ackermann H (2002). Reorganization of speech production at motor cortex and cerebellum following capsular infarction: A follow-up fMRI study. Neurocase 8: 417-423.
  • Riecker A, Wildgruber D, Dogil G, Grodd W, Ackermann H (2002). Hemispheric lateralization effects of rhythm implementation during syllable repetitions: An fMRI study. Neuroimage 16:169-76.
  • Dogil G, Ackermann H, Grodd W, Haider H, Kamp H, Mayer J, Riecker A, Wildgruber D (2002). The speaking brain: A tutorial introduction to fMRI experiments in the production of speech, prosody and syntax. Journal of Neurolinguistics 15: 59-90.
  • Ackermann H, Riecker A, Mathiak K, Erb M, Grodd W, and Wildgruber D (2001). Rate-dependent activation of a prefrontal-insular-cerebellar network during passive listening to trains of click stimuli: an fMRI study. NeuroReport 12: 4087-4092.
  • Riecker A, Ackermann H, Wildgruber D, Dogil G, Grodd W (2000). Opposite hemispheric lateralization effects during speaking and singing. NeuroReport 11: 1997-2000.
  • Riecker A, Ackermann H, Wildgruber D, Mayer J, Dogil G, Haider H, Grodd W (2000). Articulatory/phonetic sequencing at the level of the anterior perisylvian cortex: A functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study. Brain and Language 75: 259-276.
  • Wildgruber D, Ackermann H, Klein M, Riecker A, Grodd W (2000). Brain activation during identification of affective speech melody: Influence of emotional valence and sex. NeuroImage 11: 341.
  • Riecker A, Wildgruber D, Ackermann H, Grodd W (2000). Lateralized fMRI activation at the level of the anterior insula during speaking and singing. NeuroImage 11: 315.
  • Mayer J, Haider H, Dogil G, Ackermann H, Erb M, Riecker A, Wildgruber D, Grodd W (2000). Cognitive substrate of syntactic operations – Evidence from fMRI. NeuroImage 11: 302.
  • Riecker A, Wildgruber D, Ackermann H, Grodd W (2000). Cortical reorganization at the level of the motor cortex after cerebral ischemia of the internal capsule. NeuoImage 11: 349.
  • Riecker A, Wildgruber D, Ackermann H, Mayer J, Dogil G, Haider H, Grodd W (1999). Motor cortex activation of elementary and complex orofacial movements. NeuroImage 9: 416.
  • Riecker A, Wildgruber D, Ackermann H, Erb M, Grodd W (1999). Motor cortex activation during overt and covert speech and singing. NeuroImage 9: 1091.

BÜCHER UND BUCHKAPITEL

  • Ackermann H. and Riecker A. (2009). Cerebral control of motor aspects of speech production: Neurophysiological and fuctional imaging data. In: Meassen B. and van Lieshout PHHM (Editor). Speech motor control: New Development in Basic and applied Research. Oxford University Press.
  • Ackermann H and Riecker A (2007). A review of brain imaging research in speech disorders. In: Maassen B, et al. (Editors). Speech motor control: New developments in basic and applied research. Oxford University Press.
  • Riecker A and Ackermann H (2006). Cerebral circuitries and functional neuroimaging. In: Les Dysarthries (Hrsg.: Pinto S, Auzou P, Ozsanak C, Rolland V).
  • Ackermann H, Wildgruber D, Riecker A (2006). Singing in the (b)rain: Cerebral correlates of vocal music performance in humans. In: Music, Motor Control and the Brain (Hrsg.: Altenmüller E). Oxford University Press, Oxford.
  • Dogil G, Ackermann H, Grodd W, Haider H, Kamp H, Mayer J, Riecker A, Röhm D, Wildgruber D, Wokurek W (2004) Brain dynamics induced by language production. In: Pechmann T und Habel C (Editors).mMultidisciplinary approaches to language production. Mouton de Gruyter, Berlin/New York pp. 397-429.
  • Ackermann H, Riecker A, Wildgruber D (2004) Functional brain imaging of motor aspects of speech production. In: Maassen B, et al. (Editors). Speech motor control in normal and disordered speech. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 85-111.
  • Dogil G, Ackermann H, Mayer J, Riecker A, Wildgruber D (2004) Das Sprechnetzwerk im menschlichen Gehirn: Evidenz aus der funktionellen Kernspintomographie und aus der Klinik. In: Müller HM und Rickheit G (Editors). Neurokognition der Sprache. Stauffenburg Verlag, Tübingen, pp. 191-210.
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