Michael Sommerauer
PD Dr.med. Michael Sommerauer
Affiliations
  • Klinik für Parkinson, Schlaf- und Bewegungsstörungen
Research topics
  • digital motor assessments
  • early parkinson's disease
  • non-pharmocological interventions
As a Clinician Scientist, my focus lies in advancing Parkinson’s disease detection as any potential neuroprotective therapy must be delivered and developed at the earliest disease stage. I strongly believe that clinical phenotyping and biological characterization work synergistically. Interestingly, motor changes in PD are often noticed late. My scientific focuses are early PD, Sleep, and Imaging with a strong clinical connection. After my Neurology training at the University Hospital Zurich, I dedicated one and a half years to a postdoctoral position at the Aarhus PET Center. During my time at the University Hospital Cologne, I established my own research group on Prodromal Stages and Sleep in Movement Disorders and could identify over 100 individuals with isolated RBD as a prodromal phase of PD. Upon joining the University Hospital Bonn in Mai 2024, I have expanded my research focus on AI techniques for better detection of subtle motor changes, funded by an ERC Consolidator Grant.
Selected publications

Glutamate Signaling in Patients With Parkinson Disease With REM Sleep Behavior Disorder. Doppler CEJ, Seger A, Farrher E, Régio Brambilla C, Hensel L, Filss CP, Hellmich M, Gogishvili A, Shah NJ, Lerche CW, Neumaier B, Langen KJ, Fink GR, Sommerauer M. Neurology. 2024 May 14;102(9):e209271. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000209271. Epub 2024 Apr 17. PMID: 38630966

Neuronally Derived Extracellular Vesicle α-Synuclein as a Serum Biomarker for Individuals at Risk of Developing Parkinson Disease. Yan S, Jiang C, Janzen A, Barber TR, Seger A, Sommerauer M, Davis JJ, Marek K, Hu MT, Oertel WH, Tofaris GK. JAMA Neurol. 2024 Jan 1;81(1):59-68. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2023.4398.

Evaluation of a Structured Screening Assessment to Detect Isolated Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Behavior Disorder. Seger A, Ophey A, Heitzmann W, Doppler CEJ, Lindner MS, Brune C, Kickartz J, Dafsari HS, Oertel WH, Fink GR, Jost ST, Sommerauer M. Mov Disord. 2023 Jun;38(6):990-999. doi: 10.1002/mds.29389. Epub 2023 Apr 18. PMID: 37071758

Brain-first versus body-first Parkinson's disease: a multimodal imaging case-control study. Horsager J, Andersen KB, Knudsen K, Skjærbæk C, Fedorova TD, Okkels N, Schaeffer E, Bonkat SK, Geday J, Otto M, Sommerauer M, Danielsen EH, Bech E, Kraft J, Munk OL, Hansen SD, Pavese N, Göder R, Brooks DJ, Berg D, Borghammer P. Brain. 2020 Oct 1;143(10):3077-3088. doi: 10.1093/brain/awaa238. PMID: 32830221

Michael Sommerauer
PD Dr.med. Michael Sommerauer
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