PD Dr. Johannes Sarnthein

Klinik für Neurochirurgie

UniversitätsSpital Zürich

CH-8091 Zürich

Tel   +41 44 255 5672

 

Johannes.Sarnthein@usz.ch

 

We do intraoperative monitoring during neurosurgery and EEG research on patients and healthy controls, either at rest or during cognitive tasks. I am a member of Zürich Neuroscience Zentrum

For open positions see www.neuroscience.ethz.ch, www.zihp.uzh.ch, www.lifescience-graduateschool.ch

 

Brief curriculum vitae:

2000 - now, Oberassistent, Neurchirurgie, UniversitätsSpital Zürich

1997, Postdoctoral fellow, Neuroinformatics, ETH Zurich

1996, Postdoctoral fellow, Salk Institute, San Diego

1995, PhD in computational physics, TU Wien

1990, MS (Diplom) in experimental physics, TU Wien

 

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Selected publications:

J. Sarnthein, M. Andersson, M.B. Zimmermann, D. Zumsteg, “High test-retest reliability of checkerboard reversal evoked potentials (VEP) over 8 months”, Clinical Neurophysiology  120 (2009) 1835-40.

M. Näpflin, M. Wildi, J. Sarnthein, “Test-retest reliability of EEG spectra during a working memory task”, Neuroimage 43 (2008) 687-693.

M. Moazami, J. Sarnthein, L. Michels, R. Moukhtieva, D. Jeanmonod,  “Enhanced frontal low and high frequency power and synchronization in the resting EEG of parkinsonian patients”, Neuroimage 41 (2008) 985-997.

L. Michels, M. Moazami, D. Jeanmonod, J. Sarnthein, “EEG alpha distinguishes between cuneal and precuneal activation in working memory”, Neuroimage 40 (2008) 1296-1310.

J. Sarnthein, D. Jeanmonod, “High Thalamocortical Theta Coherence in Patients with Neurogenic Pain”, Neuroimage 39 (2008) 1910-1917.

M. Näpflin, M. Wildi, J. Sarnthein, “Test-retest reliability of resting EEG spectra validates a statistical signature of persons”, Clinical Neurophysiology 118 (2007) 2519-2524.

J. Sarnthein, D. Jeanmonod, “High Thalamocortical Theta Coherence in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease”, The Journal of Neuroscience 27 (2007) 124-131.

C. Aufenberg, J. Sarnthein, A. Morel, V. Rousson, M. Gallay and D. Jeanmonod, "A revival of Spiegel's campotomy: long term results of the stereotactic pallidothalamic tractotomy against the parkinsonian thalamocortical dysrhythmia , Thalamus & Related Systems 3 (2007) 121-132.

J. Stern, D. Jeanmonod, J. Sarnthein, “Persistent EEG overactivations in the cortical pain matrix of neurogenic pain patients”, NeuroImage 31 (2006) 721-731.

 J. Sarnthein, J. Stern, C. Aufenberg, V. Rousson and D. Jeanmonod, "Increased EEG power and slowed dominant frequency in patients with neurogenic pain." , Brain 129 (2006) 55-64.

J. Sarnthein, A. Morel, A. von Stein and D. Jeanmonod, Thalamocortical theta coherence in neurological patients at rest and during a working memory task.” , International Journal of Psychophysiology 57 (2005) 87-96.

J. Sarnthein, A. Morel, A. von Stein and D. Jeanmonod, "Thalamic theta field potentials and EEG: high thalamocortical coherence in patients with neurogenic pain, epilepsy and movement disorders“ , Thalamus & Related Systems 2 (2003) 231-238.

A. von Stein and J. Sarnthein, "Different frequencies for different scales of cortical integration: from local gamma to long range alpha/theta synchronization" , International Journal of Psychophysiology 38 (2000) 301-313.

A. von Stein, P. Rappelsberger, J. Sarnthein and H. Petsche "Synchronization between temporal and parietal cortex during multimodal object processing in man" , Cerebral Cortex 9 (1999) 137-150.

J. Sarnthein, H. Petsche, P. Rappelsberger, G.L. Shaw and A. von Stein "Synchronization between prefrontal and posterior association cortex during working memory tasks in humans", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 95 (1998) 7092-7096.

J. Sarnthein, H. Abarbanel, H. Pockberger, "Nonlinear analysis of epileptic activity in rabbit neocortex" , Biological Cybernetics 78 (1998) 37-44.

J. Sarnthein, A. von Stein, P. Rappelsberger, H. Petsche, F.H. Rauscher and G.L. Shaw, "Persistent patterns of brain activity: an EEG coherence study of the positive effect of music on spatial-remporal reasoning", Neurological Research 19 (1997) 107-116.

J. Sarnthein, A. Pasquarello, R. Car, "Dynamic structure factor of vitreous silica from first principles: comparison to neutron inelastic scattering experiments", Physical Review B 47 (1998) 14133-14140.

J. Sarnthein, A. Pasquarello, R. Car, "The origin of the high-frequency doublet in the vibrational properties of vitreous SiO2" , Science 275 (1997) 1925-1927.

M. Boero, A. Pasquarello, J. Sarnthein, R. Car, "Structure and hyperfine parameters of E1 centers in quartz and vitreous SiO2", Physical Review Letters 78 (1997) 887-890.

J. Sarnthein, K. Schwarz, P. Blöchl, "An ab initio molecular dynamics study of diffusion and defects in Li3N", Physical Review B 53 (1996) 9084-9091.

J. Sarnthein, A. Pasquarello, R. Car, "Liquid, glassy and crystalline SiO2 in an ab-initio molecular dynamics study", Physical Review B 52 17 (1995) 12690-12695.

J. Sarnthein, A. Pasquarello, R. Car, "Structural and Electronic Properties of Liquid and Amorphous SiO2: an ab-initio Molecular Dynamics Study", Physical Review Letters 74 23 (1995) 4682-4686.

P. Wurz, J. Sarnthein, W. Husinsky, G. Betz, P. .Nordlander, Y. Wang, "Electron - Stimulated Desorption of Neutral Ground-State Lithium Atoms from LiF due to Excitation of Surface Excitons", Physical Review B 43 8 (1991) 6729-6732.

J. Sarnthein, P. Wurz, W. Husinsky, G. Betz, "Electron-Stimulated Desorption of Lithium from LiF and the Influence of Metal Islands on the Surface", Surface Science 241 (1991) 6-10.

Theses

J. Sarnthein, Doktorarbeit (Ph.D. Thesis), "Ab-initio molecular dynamics of SiO2 glass and Li3N crystal", Technische Universität Wien, Austria (1995).

J. Sarnthein, Diplomarbeit (Master's Thesis) "Elektronenstimulierte Desorption an LiF und anderen Alkalihalogeniden", Technische Universität Wien, Austria (1990).

Code

Sarnthein,J., Sternberg's Working Memory Task . Archives of Neurobehavioral Experiments and Stimuli. Vol. 1: 66. (2003) Link To: http://nbs.neurobs.com/ex_files/expt_view?id=66