Berlin

Address

Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Campus Benjamin Franklin
Neurologische Klinik und Poliklinik
Hindenburgdamm 30
D-12203 Berlin
Phone: +49 30-8445 00
Fax: +49 30-84454264

Contact

Principal Investigator

Dr. med. Gerhard Jan Jungehülsing
E-Mail: jan.jungehuelsing@charite.de
Phone: +49 (0)30-8445-2275
Fax: +49 (0)30 -8445-4264

Investigator

Dr. med. Wolf Schmidt
E-Mail: wolf.schmidt@charite.de
Phone: +49 (0)30-8445-4088
Fax: +49 (0)30-8445-4264

Investigator
Dr. Thomas Liman
Phone: +49 30 450560137
E-Mail: thomas.liman@charite.de

Investigator
Dr. Tim Nowe
Phone: +49 30 450560304
E-Mail: tim.nowe@charite.de

Study Nurse
Anne Wille
CSB-Centrum für Schlaganfallforschung
Phone:+49(0)30-8445-4030
Fax: +49 (0)30 -8445-4264
E-Mail: anne.wille@charite.de

Study Nurse
Heidi Loui
Phone: +49 30 450560207
E-Mail: heidi.loui@charite.de

Study Nurse
Antje Objartel
Phone: +49 30 450560304
E-Mail: antje.objartel@charite.de

Link

http://www.charite.de/neurologie/
http://www.berlin-neuroimaging-center.de/
http://www.kompetenznetz-schlaganfall.de

Concept

The Department of Neurology at the Charité Campus Benjamin Franklin is nationally and internationally recognized as a centre of excellence in neurology. The department has a particular interest and expertise in research and management of stroke patients. Acute stroke patients – about 1000 per year – are treated in the certified Stroke Unit. Several clinical studies have established the superiority of stroke unit treatment over conventional care. The unit includes 8 monitored beds. A sizable percentage of patients are treated with thrombolysis within 3 hours of stroke onset. There is a close cooperation with several basic and clinical research groups in the department ensuring comprehensive patient care. Our team has participated in several clinical stroke studies.

In December 2007 a 3 Tesla-MRI (Siemens MAGNETOM TIM TRIO) was installed in the immediate vicinity of the Stroke Unit on the 4th floor of the Charité Campus Benjamin Franklin. This facility enables our department to diagnose every stroke patient with a state-of-the-art MRI.

The central office of the Competence Network Stroke (CNS), which has been funded in 1999 by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), is located at the Charité (Leading Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Arno Villringer). This support facilitated the conduction of several multicenter trials within the network and led to the establishment of a stroke trial team. The team includes specifically trained neurologists and study assistants. The set up of our team allows the conduction of clinical trials in an efficient and high-quality manner and leads to high recruiting numbers.

Further support for the research activities is expected by the establishment of the Center for Stroke Research Berlin (CSB), which will be an integrated research and treatment sponsored by the BMBF from June 1st 2008. This Center will create an attractive environment for top-rate clinical research and will help us to achieve an even higher quality in patient-oriented research. Within the CSB a trial team will be established that will provide the expertise and active support for planning and executing stroke studies.

Publications

Jungehülsing GJ, Rossnagel K, Nolte CH, Muller-Nordhorn J, Roll S, Klein M, Wegscheider K, Einhaupl KM, Willich SN, Villringer A (2006) Emergency department delays in acute stroke - analysis of time between ED arrival and imaging. Eur J Neurol.; 13(3):225-32

Wegener S, Gottschalk B, Jovanovic V, Knab R, Fiebach JB, Schellinger PD, Kucinski T, Jungehulsing GJ, Brunecker P, Muller B, Banasik A, Amberger N, Wernecke KD, Siebler M, Rother J, Villringer A, Weih M; MRI in Acute Stroke Study Group of the German Competence Network Strok Transient ischemic attacks before ischemic stroke: preconditioning the human brain? A multicenter magnetic resonance imaging study. Stroke. 2004 Mar;35(3):616-21

Blankenburg F, Taskin B, Ruben J, Moosmann M, Ritter P, Curio G, Villringer A. Imperceptible stimuli and sensory processing impediment. Science. 2003 Mar 21;299(5614):1864.