Inga Koerte

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Inga Katharina Koerte is a German neuroscientist. She currently holds a dual affiliation as Professor of Biological Research in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU), Munich, Germany and as lecturer in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School (HMS), Boston, USA. [1] Since 2018 she is associate faculty member of the Graduate School of Systemic Neuroscience (GSN) [2] in Munich. Her research focusses on the effects of brain trauma on the brain's structure and function, as well as the development of diagnostic markers that can be used for the purpose of both therapeutic, and preventative interventions. [3]

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Life

Education

In 2006 Koerte received both her M.D. and her doctorate title (Dr. med.) from the Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich. Afterwards she pursued post-doctoral fellowships at the Paediatric Neurophysiology at Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich as well as the Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory (PNL) [4] of the Harvard Medical School, Boston. In 2013 she achieved her habilitation in experimental radiology in Munich [5] under Prof. M. Reiser.

Career

Research

Koerte is well known for her research in the areas of traumatic brain injury, repetitive head impacts, neurodevelopment and cutting-edge neuroradiology. [6] [7] She was the first to show alterations in the brain's microstructure following repetitive subconcussive head impacts in young athletes without a history of concussion, as well as structural changes in ice hockey players over the course of a play season. together with her team, she detected signs of accelerated aging and neuroinflammation associated with exposure to repetitive brain trauma, identified risk factors, and biomarkers for neurodegeneration following brain trauma such as chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). In 2012 her group was the first to detect microstructural brain alterations associated with heading the ball in soccer. [8] Dr. Koerte is head of the laboratory cBRAIN (Child Brain Research and Imaging in Neuroscience). [9]

Awards and honors

Current Positions

Selected publications

Koerte IK, Ertl-Wagner B, Reiser M, Zafonte R, Shenton ME. White Matter Integrity in the Brains of Professional Soccer Players Without Symptomatic Concussion. JAMA. 2012 Nov 14; 308(18): 1859–61. doi: 10.1001/jama.2012.13735. PMID   23150002. [18]

Sollmann N, Echlin PS, Schultz V, Viher PV, Lyall AE, Tripodis Y, Kaufmann D, Hartl E, Kinzel P, Forwell LA, Johnson AM, Skopelja EN, Lepage C, Bouix S, Pasternak O, Lin AP, Shenton ME, Koerte IK. Sex differences in white matter alterations following repetitive subconcussive head impacts in collegiate ice hockey players. Neuroimage Clin. 2017 Nov 21;17:642-649. PMID   29204342. [19]

Koerte IK, Kaufmann D, Hartl E, Bouix S, Pasternak O, Kubicki M, Forwell LA, Johnson AM, Echlin PS, Shenton ME. A Prospective Study of Physician-Observed Concussion During a Varsity University Hockey Season: Part 3 of 4: White Matter Integrity in Ice Hockey Players. Neurosurg Focus. 2012 Dec; 33(6): E3. doi: 10.3171/2012.10.FOCUS12303. PMID   23199426. [20]

Koerte IK*, Lin AP*, Muehlmann, M, Merugumala S, Liao HJ, Starr T, Kaufmann D, Mayinger M, Steffinger D, Fisch B, Karch S, Heinen F, Ertl-Wagner B, Reiser M, Stern RA, Zafonte R, Shenton ME. Altered Neurochemistry in Former Professional Soccer Players Without a History of Concussion. J Neurotrauma. 2015 Sept 1; 32(17): 1287–93. doi: 10.1089/neu.2014.3715. PMID   25843317 (* shared first authorship). [21]

Guenette JP, Shenton ME, Koerte IK. Imaging of Concussion in Young Athletes. Neuroimaging Clin N Am. 2018 Feb;28(1):43-53. doi: 10.1016/j.nic.2017.09.004. Review. PMID   29157852. [22]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Inga Katharina Koerte - Graduate School of Systemic Neurosciences GSN-LMU - LMU Munich". www.gsn.uni-muenchen.de. Retrieved 2020-07-10.
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  4. ↑ "Lab Members | Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory". Archived from the original on 2020-07-10. Retrieved 2020-07-10.
  5. ↑ "Prof. Dr. med. Inga Koerte". LMU Klinikum. Archived from the original on 2020-07-11. Retrieved 2020-07-10.
  6. ↑ "Schädigt Kopfballspiel das Gehirn? - LMU München". www.uni-muenchen.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-07-10.
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  8. ↑ Koerte, Inga K.; Ertl-Wagner, Birgit; Reiser, Maximilian; Zafonte, Ross; Shenton, Martha E. (2012-11-14). "White matter integrity in the brains of professional soccer players without a symptomatic concussion". JAMA. 308 (18): 1859–1861. doi:10.1001/jama.2012.13735. ISSN   1538-3598. PMC   4103415 . PMID   23150002.
  9. ↑ "Team - Pediatric Neuroimaging - cBRAIN". Pediatric Neuroimaging (in German). Retrieved 2020-07-10.
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  11. ↑ "CV Inga Koerte" (PDF).
  12. ↑ "CV Inga Koerte" (PDF).
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  17. ↑ Koerte, Inga. "Sex Differences in Brain Structure and Function After Sports-Related Concussion".
  18. ↑ Koerte, Inga K.; Ertl-Wagner, Birgit; Reiser, Maximilian; Zafonte, Ross; Shenton, Martha E. (2012-11-14). "White matter integrity in the brains of professional soccer players without a symptomatic concussion". JAMA. 308 (18): 1859–1861. doi:10.1001/jama.2012.13735. ISSN   1538-3598. PMC   4103415 . PMID   23150002.
  19. ↑ Sollmann, Nico; Echlin, Paul S.; Schultz, Vivian; Viher, Petra V.; Lyall, Amanda E.; Tripodis, Yorghos; Kaufmann, David; Hartl, Elisabeth; Kinzel, Philipp; Forwell, Lorie A.; Johnson, Andrew M. (2018). "Sex differences in white matter alterations following repetitive subconcussive head impacts in collegiate ice hockey players". NeuroImage. Clinical. 17: 642–649. doi:10.1016/j.nicl.2017.11.020. ISSN   2213-1582. PMC   5709295 . PMID   29204342.
  20. ↑ Koerte, Inga K.; Kaufmann, David; Hartl, Elisabeth; Bouix, Sylvain; Pasternak, Ofer; Kubicki, Marek; Rauscher, Alexander; Li, David K. B.; Dadachanji, Shiroy B.; Taunton, Jack A.; Forwell, Lorie A. (December 2012). "A prospective study of physician-observed concussion during a varsity university hockey season: white matter integrity in ice hockey players. Part 3 of 4". Neurosurgical Focus. 33 (6): E3: 1–7. doi:10.3171/2012.10.FOCUS12303. ISSN   1092-0684. PMC   5687247 . PMID   23199426.
  21. ↑ Koerte, Inga K.; Lin, Alexander P.; Muehlmann, Marc; Merugumala, Sai; Liao, Huijun; Starr, Tyler; Kaufmann, David; Mayinger, Michael; Steffinger, Denise; Fisch, Barbara; Karch, Susanne (2015-09-01). "Altered Neurochemistry in Former Professional Soccer Players without a History of Concussion". Journal of Neurotrauma. 32 (17): 1287–1293. doi:10.1089/neu.2014.3715. ISSN   1557-9042. PMC   4545372 . PMID   25843317.
  22. ↑ Guenette, Jeffrey P.; Shenton, Martha E.; Koerte, Inga K. (February 2018). "Imaging of Concussion in Young Athletes". Neuroimaging Clinics of North America. 28 (1): 43–53. doi:10.1016/j.nic.2017.09.004. ISSN   1557-9867. PMC   5728158 . PMID   29157852.
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