ALS Research Centers - Germany

General Information Research and Trials
Hannover - Neurologische Klinik Medizinische Hochschule
Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1
D-30623 Hannover
Phone: +49-511-532-2391
Fax: +49-511-532-3115
E-mail: dengler.reinhard@mh-hannover.de
Website: http://www.mh-hannover.de/index.php?id=3613
 
Director:
Prof. R. Dengler, M.D.
Research emphasis:
Neuromuscular disorders
Clinical trials:
Intrathecal BDNF
Vitamin E
Sanofi SR 57746A
 
Contact: Prof. Dr. J. Bufler
Phone: 511-532-6676
 
Record last reviewed:
28 Jun 2002
Wuerzburg - Motoneuron Out-Patient Clinic
Department of Neurology
University of Wuerzburg
Josef-Schneider Str. 11
D-97080 Wuerzburg
Telephone: 49-931-201-5764
Fax: 49-931-201-2697
Email: g.ochs@rzbox.uni-wuerzburg.de
 
Medical Director of Clinic:
PD Dr. Guenter Ochs (Motorneuron out-patient clinic)
Head of Department:
Prof. Dr. Klaus Toyka
Specialty:
Neurology
Other medical specialties:
Resources of large University Hospital. All specialties and subspecialties available.
Other diseases/conditions treated:
Department of General Neurology, handles all neurologic diseases. Special research emphasis of the Department of Neurology in Wuerzburg is on: Multiple sclerosis, neuroimmunology, and neuromuscular diseases
Research emphasis:
Motoneuron research, clinical studies with neurotrophic factors, animal studies on intrathecal pharmacokinetics and toxicity of neurotrophic factors. Clinical evaluation of ALS patients.
Clinical trials in progress.
Intrathecal BDNF for ALS (Phase I, safety and dose finding trial)
Sanofi SR57746A (started in summer 1997)
 
Contact person: PD Dr. Guenter Ochs
Phone: +49-931-201-5764
Fax: +49-931-201-2697
Email: g.ochs@rzbox.uni-wuerzburg.de
Muenchen - Ludwig-Maximilians-University
Motor Neuron Disease Clinic
Department of Neurology
Ludwig-Maximilians-University
Klinikum Grosshadern
Marchioninistr. 15
D-81377 Muenchen
Telephone: +49-89-7095-3681
Fax: +49-89-7095-3677
 
Medical Director of Clinic:
Gian Domenico Borasio, M.D.
Johanna Anneser, M.D.
Head of Neurology Department:
Prof. Thomas Brandt, M.D.
Specialty:
Neurology
Other medical specialties:
Multidisciplinary university hospital. All specialties and subspecialties available.
Other diseases/conditions treated:
All types of motor neuron diseases and related disorders, including the spinal muscular atrophies, Kennedy's syndrome, Post-Polio syndrome, hereditary spastic paraparesis, multifocal motor neuropathy.
Research emphasis:
Signal transduction of trophic factors; small trophic molecules; metabotropic glutamate receptors; quality of life assessment in ALS patients; palliative care in ALS.
 
Contact person: Dr. Anneser or Anja Malanowski (Clinic Coordinator)
Phone: +49-89-7095-3681
Fax: +49-89-7095-3677
Email: Anja.Malanowski@med.uni-muenchen.de
 
Record last reviewed:
13 Jun 2004
Hamburg - University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf
Department of Neurology
Martinistr. 52
D-20246 Hamburg
Phone: 0049-40-4717-3771
Fax: 0049-40-4717-5086
Email: winkler@uke.uni-hamburg.de
 
Head of Department:
Prof. C. Weiller
Other medical specialities:
Neurology
Other diseases/conditions:
All Neuromuscular disorders, Stroke, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease.
Research emphasis:
Multidisciplinary University Hospital; Neurological disorders
Clinical trials:
IGF-1 Health profile study
 
Contact person:
Dr. Gerhard Winkler
Phone: 0049-40-42803-2780
Fax: 0049-404717-5086
Email: winkler@uke.uni-hamburg.de
Ulm - University of Ulm
Department of Neurology
Steinhövelstr. 9, D-89075 Ulm
Phone: +49-731-177-1201
Fax: +49-731-177-1202
Email: Albert.Ludolph@medizin.uni-ulm.de
Website: http://www.uni-ulm.de/klinik/neurologie
 
Medical Director:
Prof. Dr. A.C.Ludolph
Other diseases/conditions:
Neurodegenerative diseases, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, neuromuscular diseases.
Research emphasis:
Experimental and clinical studies of neurodegeneration.
Clinical trials:
Sanofi SR57746A (started in July 1997).
Vitamin E (placebo-controlled trial, starting in November 1998).
 
Contact person: Dr.D.Ecker or Dr.B.Alber
Phone: +49-731-502-1431
Fax: +49-731-502-6745
Email: Daniel.Ecker@medizin.uni-ulm.de
 
Record last reviewed:
29 Aug 2002
Mainz - MainzNeurologische Klinik und Poliklinik der Universität
Department of Neurology
Langenbeckstr. 1
D-55101 Mainz
Phone: +49-6131-174473
Fax: +49-6131-173271
E-mail: urban@neurologie.klinik.uni-mainz.de
 
Medical Director:
Prof. Dr. Marianne Dieterich
Medical specialities:
All neuromuscular disorders, stroke, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, neurodegenerative diseases.
Research emphasis:
Motor neuron research, especially Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Hereditary Spastic Paraparesis with genetic - phentopypic correlation. clinical evaluation, clinical neurophysiology and transcranial magnetic stimulation techniques.
Clinical trials:
ALS-Health Profile Study
Genetic, phenotypic, and electrophysiologic correlation in Hereditary Spastic Paraparesis
 
Contact: PD Dr. Peter P. Urban
Phone: +49-6131-174473
Fax: +49-6131-173271
E-mail: urban@neurologie.klinik.uni-mainz.de
 
Record last reviewed:
18 Jun 2002
Bochum - Neurologische Universitaetsklink-Bergmannsheil
Buerkle-de-la-Camp Platz 1
D-44789 Bochum
Phone: +49-234-3026812
Fax: +49-234-3026888
E-mail: martin.tegenthoff@ruhr-uni-bochum.de
Website: http://www.bergmannsheil.de/pages
/kliniken/neurologie
 
Medical Director:
Prof. J.-P. Malin, M.D.
Specialty:
Neurology
Other medical specialities:
Neuromuscular diseases
Neurodegenerative diseases
Multiple sclerosis
Pain, Neurophysiology
Sleep-medicine
Research emphasis:
Motoneuron research.
Neuromuscular disorders, clinical studies and genetic research.
Clinical trials:
Clinical evaluation and quality of life assessment in ALS-Patients
 
Contact: Dr. T. Grehl, M.D.
Phone: +49-234-3026812
Fax: +49-234-3026888
E-mail: torsten.grehl@ruhr-uni-bochum.de
 
Record last reviewed:
18 Jun 2002
Höxter - Weserbergland-Klinik
Gruene Muehle 90
D-37671 Höxter
Phone: +49-5271-980
Fax: +49-5271-982390
E-mail: neurologie.1@weserbergland-klinik.de
Website: http://www.weserbergland-klinik.de
 
Head of Neurology Department:
Jochen Faig, M.D.
Specialty:
Neurology, physical therapy, pain therapy
Other medical specialities:
Internal medicine, sleep laboratory, intensive care unit, orthopedics, radiology (CT,MRI)
Other diseases treated:
All neuromuscular disorders - especially of neurodegenerative origin; post-polio-syndrome; spinocerebellar ataxias; multiple sclerosis; stroke and post-stroke-syndromes; chronic pain syndromes.
Other information:
Regional: emergency clinic. Nationwide: rehabilitation center for neuromuscular disorders.
Contact: Dr. Jochen Faig
Phone: +49-5271-982330
Fax: +49-5271-982390
E-mail: neurologie.1@weserbergland-klinik.de
 
Record last reviewed:
19 Jun 2002