Research Areas

Development of quantitative MR and electrophysiological markers for the characterization of neurodegenerative diseases (motor neuron diseases, progressive Multiple Sclerosis)

Ongoing Projects

• Brainstem atrophy in multiple sclerosis (SNF PMPDP3 171391) and neurodegenerative diseases
• Spinal cord gray and white matter imaging in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Gottfried and Julia Bangerter-Rhyner Foundation, FAG Basel)
• Spinal cord imaging in post-polio syndrome (University Basel, DMS2382)
• Spinal cord gray and white matter imaging – a novel biomarker for spinal muscular atrophy – a pilot study (investigator initiated study, funded by Biogen)
• CSS – Assessing the course of degenerative cervical spinal stenosis using functional outcomes (collaboration with Prof. Muendermann, Dep. of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, and Dr. Netzer, Dep. of Spine Surgery,   University Hospital Basel)