Publications

Original articles

Asmus F, Schoenian S, Lichtner P, Munz M, Mayer P, Muller-Myhsok B, Zimprich A, Remschmidt H, Hebebrand J, bandmann O, Gasser T. Epsilon-Sarcoglycan (SGCE) is not involved in sporadic Gilles de la Tourette syndrome. Neurogenetics 2005; akzeptiert.

Deutschlander A, Asmus F, Gasser T, Steude U, Botzel K. Sporadic rapid-onset dystonia-parkinsonism syndrome: Failure of bilateral pallidal stimulation. Mov Disord 2004.

Kamm C, Boston H, Hewett J, Wilbur J, Corey DP, Hanson PI, Ramesh V, Breakefield XO. The early onset dystonia protein torsinA interacts with kinesin light chain 1. J Biol Chem. 2004 May 7;279(19):19882-92

Kamm C, Leung J, Joseph S, Dobyns WB, Brashear A, Breakefield XO, Ozelius LJ. Refined linkage to the RDP/DYT12 locus on 19q13.2 and evaluation of GRIK5 as a candidate gene. Mov Disord. 2004 Jul;19(7):845-7 

Hewett JW, Kamm C, Boston H, Beauchamp R, Naismith T, Ozelius L, Hanson PI, Breakefield XO, Ramesh V. TorsinB--perinuclear location and association with torsinA. J Neurochem. 2004 Jun;89(5):1186-94

Hewett J, Ziefer P, Bergeron D, Naismith T, Boston H, Slater D, Wilbur J, Schuback D, Kamm C, Smith N, Camp S, Ozelius LJ, Ramesh V, Hanson PI, Breakefield XO. TorsinA in PC12 cells: localization in the endoplasmic reticulum and response to stress. J Neurosci Res. 2003 Apr 15;72(2):158-68

Castelon Konkiewitz E, Trender-Gerhard I, Kamm C, Warner T, Ben-Shlomo Y, Gasser T, Conrad B, and Ceballos-Baumann AO. Service-based survey of dystonia in munich. Neuroepidemiology 2002, 21(4): 202-6

Bandmann O, Asmus F, Sibbing D, Grundmann M, Schwab SG, Muller J, Wildenauer DB, Poewe W, Gasser T, Oertel WH. Copper genes are not implicated in the pathogenesis of focal dystonia. Neurology 2002; 59: 782-783

Muller J, Kiechl S, Wenning GK, Seppi K, Willeit J, Gasperi A, Wissel J, Gasser T, Poewe W. The prevalence of primary dystonia in the general community. Neurology 2002; 59: 941-943.

Asmus F, Zimprich A, Tezenas Du MS, Kabus C, Deuschl G, Kupsch A, Ziemann U, Castro M, Kuhn AA, Strom TM, Vidailhet M, Bhatia KP, Durr A, Wood NW, Brice A, Gasser T. Myoclonus-dystonia syndrome: epsilon -sarcoglycan mutations and phenotype. Ann Neurol 2002; 52: 489-492.

Kruse N, Berg D, Francis MJ, Naumann M, Rausch W-D, Reiners K, Rieckmann P, Weishaupt A, Becker G. Reduction of Menkes mRNA and Copper in Leucocytes of Patients with Primary Adult-Onset Dystonia. Ann Neurol, 2001;49:405-408.

Becker G, Berg D, Francis M, Naumann M. Evidence for disturbances of copper metabolism in dystonia. Neurology 2001;57:2290-2294.

Zimprich A, Grabowski M, Asmus F, Naumann M, Berg D, Bertram M, Scheidtmann K, Kern P, Winkelmann J, Muller-Myhsok B, Riedel L, Bauer M, Muller T, Castro M, Meitinger T, Strom TM, Gasser T. Mutations in the gene encoding epsilon-sarcoglycan cause myoclonus-dystonia syndrome. Nat Genet 2001; 29: 66-69.

Wunderlich S, Reiners K, Gasser T, Naumann M. Cervical dystonia in monozygotic twins: Case report and review of the literature. Mov Disord 2001; 16: 714-718.

Leung JC, Klein C, Friedman J, Vieregge P, Jacobs H, Doheny D, Kamm C, deLeon D, Pramstaller PP, Penney JB, Eisengart M, Jankovic J, Gasser T, Bressman SB, Corey DP, Kramer P, Brin MF, Ozelius LJ, Breakefield XO. Novel mutation in the TOR1A (DYT1) gene in atypical early onset dystonia and polymorphisms in dystonia and early onset parkinsonism. Neurogenetics 2001; 3: 133-143.

Asmus F, Zimprich A, Naumann M, Berg D, Bertram L, Ceballos-Baumann A, Pruszak-Seel R, Kabus C, Dichgans M, Fuchs S, Müller-Myhsok B, Gasser T. Inherited Myoclonus-Dystonia Syndrome: Narrowing the 7q21-q31 Locus in German Families. Ann Neurol 2001; ??: 121-124.

Berg D, Weishaupt A, Francis MJ, Miura N, Yang XL, Goodyer I, Naumann M, Koltzenburg M, Reiners K, Becker G.Changes of Copper Transporting Proteins and Ceruloplasmin in the Lentiform Nuclei in Primary Adult-Onset Dystonia. Ann Neurol 2000;47:827-30.

Kamm C, Naumann M, Mueller J, Mai N, Riedel L, Wissel J, Gasser T. The DYT1 GAG deletion is infrequent in sporadic and familial writer' s cramp. Mov Disord 2000; 15: 1238-1241.

Kamm C, Castelon-Konkiewitz E, Naumann M, Heinen F, Brack M, Nebe A, Ceballos-Baumann A, Gasser T. GAG deletion in the DYT1 gene in early limb-onset idiopathic torsion dystonia in Germany. Mov Disord 1999; 14: 681-683.

Gasser T. Inherited myoclonus-dystonia syndrome. Adv Neurol 1998; 78:325-34: 325-334.

Gasser T, Windgassen K, Bereznai B, Kabus C, Ludolph AC. Phenotypic expression of the DYT1-mutation: a family with writer's cramp of juvenile onset. Ann Neurol 1998; 44: 126-128.

Gasser T. Idiopathic, myoclonic and Dopa-responsive dystonia. Curr Opin Neurol 1997; 10: 357-362.

Gasser T, Bereznai B, Müller B, Pruszak-Seel R, Damrich R, Deuschl G, Oertel WH. Linkage studies in alcohol-responsive myoclonic dystonia. Mov Disord 1996; 12: 363-370.

Gasser T, Bove CM, Ozelius LJ, Hallett M, Charness ME, Hochberg FH, Breakefield XO. Haplotype analysis at the DYT1 locus in Ashkenazi Jewish patients with occupational hand dystonia. Mov Disord 1996; 11: 163-166.


Reviews

Kamm C. Idiopathic torsion dystonia. Orphanet Encyclopedia, May 2004. http://www.orpha.net/data/patho/GB/uk-IdiopathicTorsionDystonia.pdf

Asmus F, Gasser T. Genetics and molecular pathogenesis of myoclonus-dystonia. Nervenheilkunde 2004a; 23: 99-103.

Asmus F, Gasser T. Inherited myoclonus-dystonia. Adv Neurol 2004b; 94: 113-9.