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Jürgen Konczak, Ph.D., Dr. rer. nat. habil. Professor, School of Kinesiology Director, Human Sensorimotor Control Laboratory E-mail: jkonczak@umn.edu

Research Interests:

The long-term goal of the research in my laboratory is to understand how the human brain controls movement. In the attempt to answer this question, I have been studying a variety of human populations using neuropsychological, psychophysical, electrophysiological and biomechanical recordings as well as systems modeling (neural networks) and brain imaging techniques.

My lab has two primary research foci. The first focus is to understand the etiology and mechanisms of neurological diseases that affect the motor system. In the past, much of our work has centered around patients with dysfunctions of the cerebellum or the basal ganglia.

In addition, I have always have been interested in the development of motor function. Thus, my second research focus centers around how infants and children learn to control their bodies and how they acquire motor skills.

Selected Publications:

(For a comprehensive list of recent publications, refer to PubMed, a service provided by the National Library of Medicine.)

Konczak J, Krawczewski K, Tuite P, Maschke M. The perception of passive motion in Parkinson's disease. J Neurol. 2007 May;254(5):655-63.

Konczak J, Timmann D. The effect of damage to the cerebellum on sensorimotor and cognitive function in children and adolescents. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2007;31(8):1101-13.

Bruggeman H, Yonas A, Konczak J. The processing of linear perspective and binocular information for action and perception. Neuropsychologia. 2007;45(7):1420-6.

Maschke M, Gomez CM, Tuite PJ, Pickett K, Konczak J. Depth perception in cerebellar and basal ganglia disease. Exp Brain Res. 2006 Oct;175(1):165-76.

Maschke M, Tuite PJ, Krawczewski K, Pickett K, Konczak J. Perception of heaviness in Parkinson's disease. Mov Disord. 2006 Jul;21(7):1013-8.

Di Fabio RP, Zampieri C, Tuite P, Konczak J. Association between vestibuloocular reflex suppression during smooth movements of the head and attention deficit in progressive supranuclear palsy. Mov Disord. 2006 Jul;21(7):910-5.

Putzki N, Stude P, Konczak J, Graf K, Diener HC, Maschke M.   Kinesthesia is impaired in focal dystonia. Mov Disord. 2006 Jun;21(6):754-60.

Tuite P, Anderson N, Konczak J. Constraint-induced movement therapy in Parkinson's disease. Mov Disord. 2005 Jul;20(7):910-1.

Maschke M, Tuite PJ, Pickett K, Wachter T, Konczak J. The effect of subthalamic nucleus stimulation on kinaesthesia in Parkinson's disease. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2005 Apr;76(4):569-71.

Konczak J, Schoch B, Dimitrova A, Gizewski E, Timmann D. Functional recovery of children and adolescents after cerebellar tumour resection. Brain. 2005 Jun;128(Pt 6):1428-41.