PD Dr. Dieter F. Kutz
Dieter F. Kutz is a private lecturer in physiology and a Specialist Physiologist (DPG) working in the Department of Neuromotor Behavior and Exercise at the Institute of Sports Sciences of the University of Münster. He received his doctorate from the Ruhr University Bochum and habilitated at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich with a thesis on multi-finger precision grip in cerebellar patients. His research interests lie in the physiology and pathophysiology of motor systems, with a focus on associative and adaptive learning of movements. He aims to investigate these processes using neurophysiological and biomechanical methods, ranging from the level of individual neurons to brain networks and behaviour. The results of his research are translated into clinical applications, with a current focus on new technologies for patients suffering from Parkinson's disease.
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Selected Publications
Kolb, F. P., Kutz, D. F., Werner, J., Schönecker, S., Hürster, W., & Nida‐Rümelin, J. (2022). Stimulus‐dependent deliberation process in left‐ and right‐handers obtained via current source density analysis. Physiological Reports, 10(23). https://doi.org/10.14814/phy2.15522
Kutz, D. F., Kolb, F. P., Glasauer, S., & Straka, H. (2020). Somatosensory Influence on Platform-Induced Translational Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex in Vertical Direction in Humans. Frontiers in Neurology, 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2020.00332
Henz, S., Kutz, D. F., Werner, J., Hürster, W., Kolb, F. P., & Nida-Ruemelin, J. (2015). Stimulus-dependent deliberation process leading to a specific motor action demonstrated via a multi-channel EEG analysis. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2015.00355
Kutz, D. F., Schmid, B. C., Meindl, T., Timmann, D., & Kolb, F. P. (2015). Contribution of the Cerebellum in Cue-Dependent Force Changes During an Isometric Precision Grip Task. The Cerebellum, 15(4), 439–450. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12311-015-0707-3
Kutz, D. F., Kaulich, Th., Föhre, W., Gerwig, M., Timmann, D., & Kolb, F. P. (2014). Comparison of the classically conditioned withdrawal reflex in cerebellar patients and healthy control subjects during stance: 2. Biomechanical characteristics. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 109, 178–192. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nlm.2013.12.016