Freiburg Brain Imaging - FBI

Research Interests

The focus of my research is on the functional organization of prefrontal networks in healthy and pathological states (e.g., Parkinson's Disease). In order to capture the fast dynamics of interactions between different regions in prefrontal cortex, I work with multi-channel functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) that provides a high temporal resolution and therefore renders the assessment of intrinsic directionalities in neural activity possible.

Publications

Journal articles (peer-reviewed)

2015	Köstering L, Nitschke K, Schumacher FK, Weiller C, Kaller CP (2015). Test-retest reliability of the Tower of London planning task (TOL-F). *Psychological Assessment*, 27(3):925-31. [PubMed]
2014	Reinhard M, Schumacher* FK, Rutsch S, Oeinck M, Timmer J, Mader I, Schelter B, Weiller C, Kaller CP (2014). Spatial mapping of dynamic cerebral autoregulation by multichannel near-infrared spectroscopy in high-grade carotid artery disease. Journal of Biomedical Optics, 19(9):97005. [PubMed] joint first-authorship

Abstracts (first- and senior-authorships only)

2014	Schumacher FK, Amtage F, Köstering L, Weiller C, Schelter BO, Kaller CP (2014). The impact of deep brain stimulation on the hierarchical organization of the prefrontal cortex in Parkinson's disease. Poster presented (FKS) at the annual meeting of the German Society of Neurology, Sep 15-19th 2014, Munich, Germany. Poster prize awarded in the session “Movement Disorders: Parkinson Syndroms III”. Schumacher FK, Schelter BO, Rahm B, Köstering L, Nitschke K, Unterrainer JM, Weiller C, Kaller CP (2014). Separating ventral and dorsal axes of the rostro-caudal hierarchy in the lateral prefrontal cortex. Poster presented (FKS) at the 20th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, June 8-12th 2014, Hamburg, Germany. Schumacher FK (2014). The hierarchical organization of the prefrontal cortex and its alteration by deep brain stimulation in Parkinson’s disease. Talk presented (FKS) at the 2014 Challenge Workshop on Formal Models of (Dis)Ordered Cognition (FOMOCOG), March 24-26th, Heidelberg, Germany.
2013	Schumacher FK, Schelter BO, Rahm B, Loosli SV, Ruh N, Heinze K, Unterrainer JM, Weiller C, Kaller CP (2013). Rostro-kaudale Gradienten der hierarchischen Organisation im dorsalen und ventralen präfrontalen Kortex. Poster presented (FKS) at the 2013 Meeting "Psychologie und Gehirn", May 30th-June 1st 2013, Wuerzburg, Germany. Schumacher FK, Schelter BO, Rahm B, Loosli SV, Ruh N, Heinze K, Unterrainer JM, Weiller C, Kaller CP (2013). Ventrale und dorsale Komponenten der rostro-kaudalen hierarchischen Organisation des präfrontalen Kortex. Poster presented (FKS) at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the German Society of Neurology, Sep 18-21st 2013, Dresden, Germany.

2014

Schumacher FK, Amtage F, Köstering L, Weiller C, Schelter BO, Kaller CP (2014). The impact of deep brain stimulation on the hierarchical organization of the prefrontal cortex in Parkinson's disease.
Poster presented (FKS) at the annual meeting of the German Society of Neurology, Sep 15-19th 2014, Munich, Germany. Poster prize awarded in the session “Movement Disorders: Parkinson Syndroms III”.

Schumacher FK, Schelter BO, Rahm B, Köstering L, Nitschke K, Unterrainer JM, Weiller C, Kaller CP (2014). Separating ventral and dorsal axes of the rostro-caudal hierarchy in the lateral prefrontal cortex.
Poster presented (FKS) at the 20th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, June 8-12th 2014, Hamburg, Germany.

Schumacher FK (2014). The hierarchical organization of the prefrontal cortex and its alteration by deep brain stimulation in Parkinson’s disease.
Talk presented (FKS) at the 2014 Challenge Workshop on Formal Models of (Dis)Ordered Cognition (FOMOCOG), March 24-26th, Heidelberg, Germany.

2013

Schumacher FK, Schelter BO, Rahm B, Loosli SV, Ruh N, Heinze K, Unterrainer JM, Weiller C, Kaller CP (2013). Rostro-kaudale Gradienten der hierarchischen Organisation im dorsalen und ventralen präfrontalen Kortex.
Poster presented (FKS) at the 2013 Meeting "Psychologie und Gehirn", May 30th-June 1st 2013, Wuerzburg, Germany.

Schumacher FK, Schelter BO, Rahm B, Loosli SV, Ruh N, Heinze K, Unterrainer JM, Weiller C, Kaller CP (2013). Ventrale und dorsale Komponenten der rostro-kaudalen hierarchischen Organisation des präfrontalen Kortex.
Poster presented (FKS) at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the German Society of Neurology, Sep 18-21st 2013, Dresden, Germany.

Konrad Schumacher

Phone	+49 (0) 761 270-52940
Fax	+49 (0) 761 270-53100
e-mail	konrad.schumacher@ uniklinik-freiburg.de
Office	Neurocenter Room 205

Curriculum Vitae and Publications