Specialisation

• Non-invasive imaging of structural and functional changes in neurological disorders
• Methodological development of high-resolution MRI sequences for spinal cord and brain

Honors and awards

• 2020: IRP Schellenberg Price, 50’000 CHF
• 2020: Best review paper in “Spinal Cord”, 400 CHF
• 2018: Heisenberg Professorship at University of Leipzig (500k Eur), but accepted stay offer from University of Zurich
• 2018: SNF Eccellenza Professorship at University of Zurich, 1.5m CHF
• 2014: Best Master Thesis of the Medical Faculty, University of Zürich 
• 2009–2011: Fellowship from Swiss National Science Foundation, 126’000 CHF
• 2008–2009: Fellowship from Swiss National Science Foundation, 49’000 CHF

Graduate

• 04.2023: FMH Specialty in Neurology
• 08.2021: Pass in specialist exams for Neurology 
• 09.2021: Electroencephalography certificate, Swiss Society of Clinical Neurophysiology
• 11.2016: Electromyoneurography certificate, Swiss Society of Clinical Neurophysiology
• 01.2015: MD (Dr. med.), University of Zürich, Switzerland (09.01.2015)
• 10.2014: Master of Medicine, University of Zürich, Switzerland (13.10.2014)
• 10.2011: Bachelor of Medicine, University of Zürich, Switzerland (in 4 semesters instead of 6)
• 01.2008: PhD (Dr. rer. nat.), Bilingual University of Fribourg, Switzerland 
• 02.2005: Master of Biology (Dipl.-Biol.), Bilingual University of Fribourg, Switzerland (in 6 semesters instead of 8)    

Academic career

Professorship applications

• 2021 Initiation of Ad personam Professorship at University of Zurich
• 2018 Awarded the Heisenberg Professorship jointly at Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences and University of Leipzig, but rejected dual career offer due to stay offer from University of Zurich
• 2018 Awarded for the SNF Eccellenza Professorship at University of Zurich (start 01/19)
• 2017 Shortlisted for Associated professorship in Anatomy in University of Fribourg

Academic Supervision

Since 2013: Primary supervisor of 7 postdoctoral research fellows. Primary supervisor of 10 PhD students and co-supervisor of 3 PhD students. Primary supervisor of 2 MD students and 11 MSc students, e.g.: 

• Dr. Johanna Vannesjo – a former PostDoc in my lab ¬¬¬– is now Associate Professor at the Department of Physics at Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
• Dr. Catherine Jutzeler, – a former PhD student ¬– is now an Associate Professor of Biomedical Data Science in the Department    of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zürich
• Dr. Sanne Kikkert, ¬– a visiting PostDoc ¬– is now a SNF Ambizione grant holder 
• Dr Maryam Seif, deputy head of my group has received the venia legendi from the University of Zurich
• Dr. Dario Pfyffer – a former PhD student and short listed for ETHZ gold medal– is now a Postdoc at Stanford University, CA
• Mr. Simon Schading – who is a PhD student in my lab – received a fully funded SNF MD-PhD grant
• Dr Siawoosh Mohamadi is Emminöter Group Leader at Institute of Systems Neuroscience, UKE, Hamburg

Postdocs

• Since March 2019: Postdoctoral supervision of G. David at SCI Center Balgrist, University Zürich
• Since February 2016: Postdoctoral supervision of Dr M. Seif at SCI Center Balgrist, University Zürich
• Since March 2018: Co-supervision of Dr Sanne Kikkert at at SCI Center Balgrist and ETH Zurich
• 03.2022–05.2022    Postdoctoral supervision of D. Pfyffer at SCI Center Balgrist, University Zürich
• 01.2019–01.2020    Postdoctoral supervision of Dr Johanna Vannesjo at SCI Center Balgrist, University Zürich
• 01.2017–11.2019    Postdoctoral supervision of Dr P. Kyathanahall at SCI Center Balgrist, University Zürich
• 06.2012–09.2012   Co-supervision of Dr S. Mohammadi at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, UCL, UK

PhDs 

• Since June 2022: PhD primary supervision of L. Flynn at SCI Balgrist, University Zürich
• Since March 2022: PhD primary supervision of C. Kündig at SCI Balgrist, University Zürich
• Since March 2022: PhD primary supervision of A. Lebret at SCI Balgrist, University Zürich
• Since February 2021: PhD primary supervision of S. Schading at SCI Balgrist, University Zürich
• Since April 2019: PhD primary supervision of T. Emmenegger at SCI Balgrist, University Zürich
• 01.2017-02.2022: PhD primary supervision of D. Pfyffer at SCI Center Balgrist, University Zürich
• 05.2016-06.2020: PhD primary supervision of M. Azzarito at SCI Center Balgrist, University Zürich
• 07.2015-02.2019: PhD primary supervision of G. David at SCI Center Balgrist, University Zürich
• 01.2014-10.2018: PhD primary supervision of E. Huber at SCI Center Balgrist, University Zürich
• 05.2014-09.2017: PhD co-supervision of C. Blaiotta at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, UK
• 07.2013-09.2016: PhD primary supervision of P. Grabher at SCI Center Balgrist, University Zürich
• 01.2012-10.2015: PhD co-supervision of C. Jutzeler at SCI Center Balgrist, University Zürich
• 06.2011-10.2013: PhD co-supervision of J. Haefli at SCI Center, University Zürich

MDs

• 11.2017–12.2019   MD primary supervision of K. Vallaton at SCI Center Balgrist, University Zürich
• 10.2011–10.2012   MD primary supervision of S. Fries at SCI Center Balgrist, University Zürich

MScs

• 01.2020–09.2021    MSc primary supervision of S. Hartmann at SCI Balgrist, University Zürich
• 01.2020–08.2021    MSc primary supervision of C. Achim at SCI Balgrist, University Zürich
• 10.2019–05.2021    MSc primary supervision of R. Seiler at SCI Balgrist, University Zürich
• 03.2019–12.2019    MSc primary supervision of D. Grossmann at SCI Balgrist, University Zürich
• 03.2019–09.2019    MSc primary supervision of S. Jeyaraj at SCI Balgrist, University Zürich
• 09.2018–05.2019    MSc primary supervision of T. Emmenegger at SCI Balgrist, University Zürich
• 02.2016–10.2017    MSc primary supervision of D. Beck at SCI Center Balgrist, University Zürich
• 12.2016–11.2017    MSc primary supervision of G. Bonetti at SCI Center Balgrist, University Zürich
• 03.2015–01.2016    MSc primary supervision of P. Lachapelle at SCI Center Balgrist, University Zürich
• 07.2014–05.2015    MSc primary supervision of A. Trachsler at SCI Center Balgrist, University Zürich
• 03.2014–05.2015    MSc primary supervision of T. Kubin at SCI Center Balgrist, University Zürich

Teaching

• Neurorehabilitation in patients with spinal cord injury (Lehrveranstaltungsnummer: 894, 896, 1261)
• RITZ Neurorehabilitation-Symposium, see www.neuroreha.uzh.ch

Knowledge Transfer

• Since 2011: Transfer of new MRI sequences developed at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging to use for multicenter studies on Siemens MRI scanners (Hospital Nacional de Parapléjicos, Toledo, Spain; SRH Klinikum Karlsbad-Langensteinbach GmbH, Akademisches Lehrkrankenhaus der Universität Heidelberg).

Organizational and Committee Activities

• 2015: Chair of the symposium: “INSPIRED Network” at University Zürich
• 2014: Chair of the symposium: “Embodied Neurology” at University Zürich
• 2012: Chair of the symposium “Quantitative MRI of the spinal cord and brain” ISCOS meeting, London, UK
• 2010: Chair of the symposium “Human MRI following spinal cord injury” at University Zürich

Professional career

• Since April 2023: Senior consultant neurology, Balgrist University Hospital
• Since January 2023: Ad personam Professor of experimental imaging of the injured spinal cord
• Since July 2022: Honorary Professor at Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London, UK
• Since January 2015: Honorary Senior Research Associate, Department of Neurophysics, MPI for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany

Previous positions

• 01.2019–01.2023: 50% SNF Eccellenza Professor at Balgrist, University of Zürich
• 07.2018–03.2023: 50% Clinical Residency in Neurology, University Hospital Zürich
• 05.2018–06.2018: 100% Clinical Residency in Neurology, Balgrist, University of Zurich, Switzerland 
• 01.2017–04.2018: 100% Clinical Residency in Psychiatry, Clienia Schlössli, Oetwil am See, Switzerland
• 01.2017–04.2018: 10% Senior Physician, Balgrist, Zürich
• 11.2014–12.2016: 100% Clinical Residency in Neurology, Balgrist, University of Zurich, Switzerland 
• 06.2011–10.2014: 50% Senior research Assistant University Hospital Balgrist, Zürich, Switzerland
• 06.2011–06.2022: Honorary Senior Research Associate at Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, UCL   Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London, UK
• 05.2008–05.2011:100% PostDoc at Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, UCL, Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London, U

Fellowships

• 2009–2011: Fellowship from Swiss National Science Foundation, 126’000 CHF
• 2008–2009        Fellowship from Swiss National Science Foundation, 49’000 CHF, Centre for Neuroimaging, UCL, Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London 
   

Grants

In total I have acquired as a PI/Co-PI >17M CHF.

• 04.2023–10.2023: SNF IICT Enhancing Motor Recovery and slowing of atrophy in Acute Spinal Cord Injury: Investigator Initiated IIb RCT on the Effectiveness of Ibudilast and Pregabalin; Patient and Public Integration: 5000 CHF
• 05.2022–04.2025: UZH Global Strategy and Partnerships Funding Scheme: Cortico-spinal interactions during recovery of hand function following spinal cord injury: from methods development to clinical application: 120’000 CHF
• 01.2022–12.2025: SNF R’equip Grant CHF 1’8m: Project partner Optically Pumped Magnetometers (OPMs) for Human Magnetoencephalography    
• 10.2021–09.2025: SNF Project Grant: Tracking structure and function in the lumbosacral cord after spinal cord injury: a quantitative MRI study: 620’000 CHF
• 10.2021–09.2023: Swiss Paraplegic Research: Functional magnetic resonance imaging in the lumbosacral cord as an advanced diagnostic tool in spinal cord injury: 200’000 CHF
• 09.2021–08.2022: EMDO Foundation: Tracking the interictal epileptic network by quantitative MRI: 25’000 CHF
• 05.2020–04.2022: International Research on Paraplegia: Tracking metabolic alterations in the cervical and lumbar SC after SCI using magnetic resonance spectroscopy: 145’000 CHF
• 01.2019–12.2024: Heisenberg Professorship: Interactions between spinal cord and brain during impaired sensorimotor information flow after spinal cord injury: 500’000 Euros
• 01.2019–12.2024: SNF Eccellenza Professorship Fellowship: Interactions between spinal cord and brain during impaired sensorimotor information flow after spinal cord injury: 1’500000 CHF
• 06.2018–05.2022: SNF Grant CHF 2.6m: Co-PI and work package leader of Neuroimaging Transcutaneous tibial nerve stimulation in patients with acute spinal cord injury to prevent neurogenic detrusor overactivity: A nationwide randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind clinical trial
• 07.2018–12.2021: SNF Project Grant: Interactions of supraspinal and spinal circuits during normal and impaired upper limb movements in humans; Returned as accepted the SNF Eccellenza Grant: 449’468 CHF
• 09.2017–04.2018: InVivo Therapeutics: MRI Clinical Endpoint to Assess Spinal Cord Pathology Following Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury (SCI): Method Development and Comparison of INSPIRE Clinical MRIs to Natural Progression MRIs: 42’196 CHF
• 07.2017–06.2018: Wings for life: Tracking progressive neurodegenerative processes after spinal cord injury: 5-year follow-up: 125’000 CHF
• 09.2017–08.2020: European Union “EraNet” CHF 1.0m: Co-PI and work package leader in “Understanding the mechanisms of atrophy associated with spinal cord injury: the application of MRI-based in vivo histology and ex vivo histology” Note, although I wrote and lead this project, for administrative reasons posed by the SNF I could not be the official PI: 200’000 CHF
• 05.2017–04.2019: International Research on Paraplegia (IRP): MRI investigation of trauma-induced spinal cord changes: a prospective longitudinal study (continuation): 87’000 CHF
• 09.2016: McGill/Oxford/ZNZ Partnership: Investigation of training induced shape and volume changes within the basal ganglia in patients with spinal cord injury: 6’800 CHF
• 01.2016–12.2020: European Union “NISCI - A multicenter European clinical trial” CHF 6.7m, work package leader for Neuroimaging in “Antibodies against Nogo-A to enhance regeneration and functional recovery after acute spinal cord injury, a multicenter EU clinical proof of concept trial”: 850’000 CHF
• 01.2016–12.2018: CRPP Grant University of Zürich (CHF 2.2m), work package leader for Neuroimaging: 171’000 CHF
• 08.2015–07.2016: Hartmann-Müller Stiftung: MRI investigation of trauma-induced spinal cord changes: a prospective longitudinal study: 25’000 CHF
• 05.2015–04.2017: International Research on Paraplegia (IRP): MRI investigation of trauma-induced spinal cord changes: a prospective longitudinal study: 110’000 CHF
• 07.2014–06.2017: Wings for Life: Tracking structural MRI changes in the spinal cord and brain as surrogate markers for interventions in SCI rehabilitation: 301’200 CHF
• 07.2013–06.2014: UCL-ZNZ seed grant: An SPM-based framework for tracking structural and functional changes in neuroimaging data simultaneously within the spinal cord and brain: 4’800 CHF
• 03.2012–02.2014: SRH Holding: Relationship between changes in spinal cord morphometry and cortical reorganization to disability following spinal cord injury: a multi-center study: 100’000 CHF
• 05.2008–05.2011: Swiss Paraplegic Research: Imaging the spinal cord after injury and its effects on brain activation: 133’000 CHF

Memberships

Professional Memberships

• Since 2016: Electrophysiological Society of Switzerland 
• Since 2014: Neuroscience Center Zurich, Group leader
• Since 2014: Human Brain Mapping
• Since 2010: International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM)
• 2006–2008: Federation of European Neuroscience (FENS)
• 2005–2008: Society for Neuroscience (SNF)
• Since 2005: Swiss Society for Neuroscience (SSN) 

Other activities

Invited Talks

1. ASIA Annual Meeting, Puerto Rico, US, 2024
2. Spinal Cord Workshop Boston, MIT, US, 2023)
3. European Charcot Foundation, Bavona, IT (2023)
4. Spinal Cord Ground rounds, Stanmore, UK (2023)
5. ISRT Annual Meeting, London, UK (2023)
6. IMPRS Summer School, Leipzig, Germany (2023)
7. 46th Annual Interprofessional Spinal Cord Injury, Chicago, US (2023)
8. Progress in Motor Control XIV conference, Rome, IT, (2023)
9. Center for Neurorehabilitation, Queen Square (2021)
10. Neurorama, USZ, Zurich (2019)
11. Brain Talk, UKE, Hamburg, (2018)
12. Kremblin Talk, Toronto Western Hospital (2018)
13. MS Alliance Meeting, Toronto (2018)
14. EMSCI Meeting, Wien (2018)
15. Life Science Impact, Zürich (2018)
16. ISMRM 25th Annual Meeting, 2017, Hawaii (2017)
17. Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany (2016)
18. Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, UCL Institute of Neurology, UK (2015)
19. Reeve Foundation's International Research Consortium on Spinal Cord Injury in Zürich (2014)
20. International Neurorehabilitatoin Symposium ETH Zurich, Switzerland (2013)
21. Annual Scientific Meeting - International Spinal Cord Society, London, UK (2012)
22. Reeve Foundation's International Research Consortium on Spinal Cord Injury, Cambridge, UK (2011)
23. Wings for Life Scientific Meeting, Salzburg, Austria (2011)
24. Update on cortical reorganization, Kings College, Cambridge (2009)
25. Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, US (2008)
26. Breaking News in Neuroscience, FENS, Vienna, Austria (2006)

Major collaborations

• Prof Nikolaus Weiskopf (MPI Leipzig), expert in brain fMRI and hMRI at 7T and analysis
• Prof Alan Thompson (UCL, UK), my mentor and clinical expert in neuroimaging
• Prof Karl Friston (UCL, UK), experts in computational modeling and dynamic causal models.
• Prof Martina Callaghan (UCL, UK), expert in brain fMRI and hMRI at 7T and analysis
• Prof John Ashburner (UCL, UK), expert in segmentation of MRI data and multivariate analysis 
• Prof Johanna Vannesjo, (NTNU, Norway); expert in spinal cord fMRI at 7T and analysis
• Prof Klaas Enno Stephan (ETHz, Switzerland), experts in computational modeling.
• Prof Martin Schwab, (ETHz), expert in animal models of spinal cord injury
• Prof Michael Fehlings (UHN, Toronto), neurosurgeon and expert in (pre-) clinical studies
• Prof Armin Curt (UZH, Switzerland), expert in neurorehabilitation and Director of the SCI centre
• Prof Julien Cohen-Adad (Polytechnique Montreal, CA), expert in spinal cord imaging and processing

Reviewer and editorial board activities

Reviewing

• Since 2010: Swiss National Science Foundation (CH), ISRT (UK), Wings for life (A), Craig Neilson Foundation (US), Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity Grants Team (UK), Medical Research Council (UK)
• Since 2006: Reviewing for journals of: Lancet Neurology, Nature Reviews Neurology, Brain, Annals of Neurology, Neurology, elife, JNNP, HBM, Scientific Reports, Neuroimage: Clinical, Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, PLoS One, Neuroradiology

Editorial

• Since 2014: Review editor of Frontiers in Neurology and Biology

Publications

• Google Scholar
• 100 Ways of Thinking: Neuroscientists in conversation

Impact of Publications

• Google Scholar (12.2023)
• Sum of the Times Cited: 4706
• h-index: 35
• ih-index: 73     

From a total of 83 publications, I am first or last author of 48 papers, including Lancet Neurology, Nature Reviews Neurology, Brain, Annals of Neurology, JNNP and Neurology. My current h-index is 30 (Google Scholar, 07.2022).

Peer Reviewed Publications

2023
1)    A. Lebret, S. Lévy, N. Pfender, M. Farshad, F. Altorfer, V. Callot, A. Curt, P. Freund and M. Seif; Investigation of perfusion impairment in degenerative cervical myelopathy beyond the site of cord compression, InPress, Scientific Reports 

2)    U. Mehnert, M. Walter, L. Leitner, T. M Kessler, P. Freund, M. Liechti, L. Michels; Abnormal Resting-State Network Presence in Females with Overactive Bladder, Biomedicines 11 (6), 1640; 

3)    N. Pfender, J. Rosner, C.M. Zipser, S. Friedl, M. Schubert, R. Sutter, M. Klarhoefer, J. Spirig, M. Betz, P. Freund, M. Farshad, A. Curt, M. Hupp; Increased cranio-caudal spinal cord oscillations are the cardinal pathophysiological change in degenerative cervical myelopathy; Frontiers in neurology 14, 

4)    S. Schading, M. Seif., T. Leutritz, M. Hupp, A. Curt, N. Weiskopf, P. Freund; Reliability of spinal cord measures based on synthetic T1-weighted MRI derived from multiparametric mapping (MPM); NeuroImage 271, 120046; 

5)    M. Azzarito.,T.  Emmenegger. G. Ziegler, E. Huber, P. Grabher., M. Callaghan, A. Thompson, K. Friston, N. Weiskopf, T. Killeen, P. Freund; Coherent, time-shifted patterns of microstructural plasticity during motor-skill learning; NeuroImage, 120128; 

6)    S. Kikkert, H. Sonar, P. Freund, J. Paik, N. Wenderoth; Hand and face somatotopy shown using MRI-safe vibrotactile stimulation with a novel Soft Pneumatic Actuator (SPA)-Skin interface, NeuroImage, 2023, 119932;
7)    S. Schading, G. David, T. Emmenegger, C. Achim, A. Thompson, N. Weiskopf, A. Curt, P. Freund; Dynamics of progressive degeneration of major spinal pathways following spinal cord injury: A longitudinal study NeuroImage: Clinical 37, 103339;

8)    D. Pfyffer, S. Zimmermann, K. Şimşek, R. Kreis, P. Freund*, M. Seif * Magnetic resonance spectroscopy investigation in the right human hippocampus following spinal cord injury; Front. Neurol., 12 May 2023, Sec. Neurotrauma, Volume 14 – 2023;

2022
9)    S. Büeler, M. Yiannakas, Z. Damjanovski, P. Freund, M. Liechti, G. David; Optimized multi-echo gradient-echo magnetic resonance imaging for gray and white matter segmentation in the lumbosacral cord at 3 T, Scientific Reports 12 (1), 1-12;

10)    Pfender N, Rosner J, Zipser C, Friedl S, Vallotton K, Sutter R, Klarhoefer M, Schubert M, Betz M, Spirig J, Seif M, Hubli M, Freund P, Farshad M, Curt A, Hupp M; Comparison of axial and sagittal spinal cord motion measurements in degenerative cervical myelopathy, Journal of Neuroimaging 

11)    Sartoretti T, Ganley R, Ni R, Freund P, Zeilhofer H, Klohs J; Structural MRI Reveals Cervical Spinal Cord Atrophy in the P301L Mouse Model of Tauopathy: Gender and Transgene-Dosing Effects, 2022/5/2. Front. Aging Neurosci, 2022, Impact Factor 4.5,

12)    Freund P, Papinutto N, Bischof A, Azzarito M, Kirkish G, Ashburner J, Thompson A, Hauser S, Henry R Simultaneous assessment of regional distributions of atrophy across the neuraxis in MS patients, NeuroImage: Clinical 01.2022, 34, 102985, Impact Factor 4.88,

13)    David G, Vallotton K, Hupp M, Curt A, Freund P, Seif M. Extent of Cord Pathology in the Lumbosacral Enlargement in Non-Traumatic versus Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury. J Neurotrauma. 2022 Feb 8. doi: 10.1089/neu.2021.0389. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35018824. Impact Factor 5.6,

14)    Davies BM, Mowforth O, Gharooni AA, Tetreault L, Nouri A, Dhillon RS, Bednarik J, Martin AR, Young A, Takahashi H, Boerger TF, Newcombe VF, Zipser CM, Freund P, Koljonen PA, Rodrigues-Pinto R, Rahimi-Movaghar V, Wilson JR, Kurpad SN, Fehlings MG, Kwon BK, Harrop JS, Guest JD, Curt A, Kotter MRN. A New Framework for Investigating the Biological Basis of Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy [AO Spine RECODE-DCM Research Priority Number 5]: Mechanical Stress, Vulnerability and Time. Global Spine J. 2022 Feb;12(1_suppl):78S-96S. doi: 10.1177/21925682211057546. PMID: 35174728; PMCID: PMC8859710. Impact Factor 2.9,

15)    Martin AR, Tetreault L, Nouri A, Curt A, Freund P, Rahimi-Movaghar V, Wilson JR, Fehlings MG, Kwon BK, Harrop JS, Davies BM, Kotter MRN, Guest JD, Aarabi B, Kurpad SN. Imaging and Electrophysiology for Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy [AO Spine RECODE-DCM Research Priority Number 9]. Global Spine J. 2022 Feb;12(1_suppl):130S-146S. doi: 10.1177/21925682211057484. Epub 2021 Nov 19. PMID: 34797993; PMCID: PMC8859711. Impact Factor 2.9,

2021
16)    D. Pfyffer and P. Freund, Spinal cord pathology revealed by MRI in traumatic spinal cord injury, Current Opinion in Neurology, Volume 34, Number 6, December 2021, pp. 789-795(7), Impact Factor 5.71,
17)    S. Kikkert, D. Pfyffer, M. Verling, P. Freund, N.Wenderoth,  Finger somatotopy is preserved after tetraplegia but deteriorates over time, Elife, 2021;10:e67713, Impact Factor 8.14,

18)    S. Schading, H. Pohl, A. Gantenbein, R. Luechinger, P. Sandor, F. Riederer, P. Freund, L. Michels; Tracking tDCS induced grey matter changes in episodic migraine: a randomized controlled trial, The Journal of Headache and Pain, 22, 139 (2021), Impact Factor 7.27,

19)    G. David, D. Pfyffer, K. Vallotton, N. Pfender, A. Thompson, N. Weiskopf, S. Mohammadi, A. Curt, P. Freund; Longitudinal changes of spinal cord grey and white matter following spinal cord injury, Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 2021;92:1222-1230, Impact Factor 10.15,

20)    D. Pfyffer, K. Vallotton, A. Curt, P. Freund; Tissue bridges predict neuropathic pain emergence after spinal cord injury, Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 91 (10), 1111-1117, Impact Factor 10.15;

21)    S. Kyathanahally, M. Azzarito, J. Rosner, V. Calhoun, C. Blaiotta, J. Ashburner, N. Weiskopf, K. Wiech, K. Friston, G. Ziegler, P. Freund; Microstructural plasticity in nociceptive pathways after spinal cord injury, Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 26 May 2021. doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2020-325580, Impact Factor 10.15;

22)    P. Scheuren, G. David, J. Kramer, C. Jutzeler, M. Hupp, P. Freund, A. Curt, M. Hubli, J. Rosner; Tract-Specific Analysis of Somatosensory Pathways Identifies Eloquent Lesions in Cervical Myelopathy; Neurology, Oct 2021, 97 (15) e1512-e1522; Impact Factor 8.7, Cover image,

23)    Cohen-Adad, J., Alonso-Ortiz, E., Abramovic, M., …, P. Freund et al., Generic acquisition protocol for quantitative MRI of the spinal cord. Nature Protocols (2021). doi.org/10.1038/s41596-021-00588-0; Impact Factor 13.5,

24)    J. Cohen-Adad, E.Alonso-Ortiz,…, P. Freund et al.,; Open-access quantitative MRI data of the spinal cord and reproducibility across participants, sites and manufacturers, Scientific Data, Vol 8, Article number: 219,2021, Impact Factor 5.5,

25)    K. Vallotton, G. David, M. Hupp, N. Pfender, J. Cohen-Adad, M. Fehlings, C. Wheeler-Kingshott, A. Curt, P. Freund, M. Seif; Tracking white and grey matter degeneration along the spinal cord axis in degenerative cervical myelopathy; J Neurotrauma, 2021 Jul 9. doi: 10.1089/neu.2021.0148. Impact Factor 5.6; pdf
  
26)    S. Schading, T. Emmenegger, P. Freund; Improving diagnostic workup following traumatic spinal cord injury: advances in biomarkers, Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports, 16 Jul 2021, 21(9):49, Impact Factor 3.78;

27)    T. Emmenegger, G. David, A. Behnam, F. J Fritz, E. Balteau, G. Helms, I. Ellerbrock, P.Freund, S. Mohammadi; The influence of radio-frequency transmit field inhomogeneities on the accuracy of g-ratio weighted imaging, Frontiers in Neuroscience, 15 (2021): 770; Impact Factor 3.57;
28)    M. Azzarito, S. Kyathanahally, Y. Balbastre, M. Seif, C. Blaiotta, M. Callaghan, J. Ashburner, P. Freund; Simultaneous analysis of brain and spinal cord multi-parametric maps within the SPM framework, Human Brain Mapping, doi.org/10.1002/hbm.25218, Impact Factor 4.55;

29)    M. Hupp, N. Pfender, K. Vallotton, J. Rosner, S. Friedl, CM Zipser, R. Sutter, M. Klarhöfer, J.M. Spirig, M. Betz, M. Schubert, P. Freund, M. Farshad, A. Curt; The Restless Spinal Cord in Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy, American Journal of Neuroradiology 42 (3), 597-609, Impact Factor 3.65;

30)    M. Walter, L. Leitner, C. Betschart,  D. Engeler, P. Freund, T. Kessler, S. Kollias, M. Liechti, D. Scheiner, L. Michels, U. Mehnert;Considering non‐bladder aetiologies of overactive bladder: a functional neuroimaging study, BJU International, doi.org/10.1111/bju.15354, Impact Factor 4.8 pdf

31)    D. Pfyffer, K. Vallotton, A. Curt, P. Freund; Predictive Value of Midsagittal Tissue Bridges on Functional Recovery After Spinal Cord Injury, Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, Vol 35, Issue 1, 2021, Impact Factor 4.3,

32)    A. Martin, L. Tetreault,  B. Davies, A. Curt, P. Freund, …, Shekar N Kurpad, Imaging and Electrophysiology for Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy [AO Spine RECODE DCM Research Priority Number 9] Global Spine Journal, November 2021, Impact factor 2.91,

2020
33)    N. Aldusary, GL Traber, P. Freund, F. Fierz, K. Weber, A. Baeshen, J. Alghamdi, B. Saliju, S. Pazahr, R. Mazloum, F. Alshehri, K. Landau, S. Kollias, L. Michels; Abnormal connectivity and brain structure in patients with visual snow; Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 14, 476, Impact Factor 3.29,
34)    T. Fischer, C. Stern, M. Schubert, P. Freund P, R. Sutter; Wallerian degeneration in cervical spinal cord tracts is commonly seen in routine MRI after traumatic spinal cord injury and is associated with impairment; European Radiology; 1-10, Impact Factor 4.01;

35)    D. Pfyffer, P. Wyss, E. Huber, A. Curt, A. Henning, P. Freund; Metabolites of neuroinflammation relate to neuropathic pain after spinal cord injury, Neurology, June 26, 2020; Impact Factor 8.7; pdf Cover Image

36)    E. Huber, R. Patel, M. Hupp N. Weiskopf, M. Chakravarty, P. Freund; Extrapyramidal plasticity predicts recovery after spinal cord injury, Scientific Reports, 10, 14102 (2020); Impact Factor 3.99; ahead of print

37)    T. Leutritz, M. Seif, G. Helms, R. Samson, A. Curt, P. Freund, N. Weiskopf; Multiparameter mapping of relaxation (R1, R2*), proton density and magnetization transfer saturation at 3 T: A multicenter dual‐vendor reproducibility and repeatability study; Human Brain Mapping, 08 July 2020; Impact Factor 4.55;

38)    M. Azzarito, M. Seif, S Kyathanahally, A. Curt, P. Freund; Tracking the neurodegenerative gradient after spinal cord injury; NeuroImage: Clinical, 102221; Impact Factor 4.88;

39)    A. Curt, J. Hsieh, M. Schubert, M.Hupp, S. Friedl, P. Freund, E. Huber, D. Pfyffer, R.Sutter, C. Jutzeler, R. P Wüthrich, K. Min, S. Casha, M. G Fehlings, R. Guzman; The Damaged Spinal Cord Is a Suitable Target for Stem Cell Transplantation; Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, Pages 1545968320935815; Impact Factor 4.71;

40)    V. Birkhäuser, M. D Liechti, C. E Anderson, L. M Bachmann, S. Baumann, M. Baumberger, L. Birder, S. M Botter, S. Büeler, C. D Cruz, G. David, P. Freund, S. Friedl, O. Gross, M. Hund-Georgiadis, K. Husmann, X. Jordan, M. Koschorke, L. Leitner, E. Luca, U. Mehnert, S. Möhr, F. Mohammadzada, K. Monastyrskaya, N. Pfender, D. Pohl, H. Sadri, A.M Sartori, M. Schubert, K.Sprengel, St. A Stalder, J.  Stoyanov, C. Stress, A. Tatu, C. Tawadros, S. van der Lely, J. Wöllner, V. Zubler, A. Curt, J. Pannek, M. Brinkhof, T. Kessler; TASCI—transcutaneous tibial nerve stimulation in patients with acute spinal cord injury to prevent neurogenic detrusor overactivity: protocol for a nationwide, randomized sham-controlled, double-blind clinical trial; BMJ Open, 10 Issue, 8, Pages e039164; Impact Factor 2.49;

2019
41)    P. Freund, M. Seif, N. Weiskopf, K. Friston, M. G. Fehlings, A. Thompson, and A. Curt; MRI in traumatic spinal   cord injury: progress from a clinical assessment tool to a neuroimaging biomarker, The Lancet Neurology, InPress; Impact Factor 27.2;

42)    G. David, S. Mohammadi, A. Martin, J. Cohen-Adad, N. Weiskopf, A. Thompson, P. Freund; Spinal cord pathology in traumatic and non-traumatic spinal cord injury; Nature Reviews Neurology, 1-14;
Impact Factor 20.2; pdf

43)    D. Pfyffer, E. Huber, R. Sutter, A. Curt, P. Freund Tissue bridges predict recovery after traumatic and ischemic thoracic spinal cord injury, Neurology 93 (16), e1550-e1560; Impact Factor 8.7, Cover Image

44)    K. Vallotton K, E. Huber, R. Sutter, A. Curt, M. Hupp, and P. Freund; Sensorimotor recovery is predicted by      width and location of preserved tissue bridges after cervical injury, Neurology, June 11, 2019; 92 (24); Impact Factor 8.7;

45)    G. David, M. Seif, E. Huber, M. Hupp, J. Rosner, V. Dietz, N. Weiskopf, S. Mohammadi, and P. Freund; In-vivo evidence of remote neural degeneration in the lumbar enlargement after cervical injury, Neurology, 2019 Feb 15. pii: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000007137. Impact Factor 8.7;

46)    P. Wyss, E. Huber, A. Curt, S. Kollias, P. Freund and A. Henning; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy of the cervical spinal cord in chronic spinal cord injury, Radiology, 2019 Jan 29:181037. Impact Factor 7.47;

47)    M. Walter, L. Leitner. L. Michels, M Liechti, P. Freund, T Kessler, S Kollias, U Mehnert; Reliability of suprspinal correlates to lower urinary tract stimulation in healthy participants – an fMRI study, Neuroimage, 2019 Feb 15;191:481-492. Impact Factor 5.43;

48)    M. Seif, G.David, E. Huber, K. Vallotton, A. Curt, and P. Freund; Cervical cord neurodegeneration in traumatic and non-traumatic spinal cord injury, J Neurotrauma, 2020 Mar 15;37(6):860-867. Impact Factor 5.6;  

49)    M. Hupp, K. Vallotton, C. Brockmann, S. Huwyler, J. Rosner, R. Sutter, M. Klarhoefer, P. Freund, M. Farshad, A.   Curt; Segmental differences of cervical spinal cord motion: from confounders to diagnostic tools, Scientific Report 9, Article number: 7415 (2019); Impact Factor 4.1;

50)    M. Seif, C. Gandini Wheeler-Kingshott, J.Cohen-Adad, A.Flanders, P. Freund; Guidelines for the conduct of clinical trials in spinal cord injury: Neuroimaging biomarkers; Spinal Cord, PP1, 10.1038/s41393-019-0309-x; Impact Factor 1.96;

2018
51)    E. Huber, G. David, N. Weiskopf, S. Mohammadi, and P. Freund; Dorsal and ventral horn atrophy is associated with clinical outcome after spinal cord injury, Neurology, 2018 Apr 24;90(17):e1510-e1522. Impact Factor 8.7;
52)    G. Ziegler, P. Grabher, D. Altmann, M. Hupp, J. Ashburner, K. Friston, N. Weiskopf, A. Thompson, A. Curt, and P. Freund; Progressive neurodegeneration following spinal cord injury: Implications for clinical trials; Neurology, 2018 Apr 3;90(14):e1257-e1266. Impact Factor 8.7;  pdf, Cover Image
53)    C. Blaiotta, P. Freund, MJ. Cardoso, J. Ashburner; Generative diffeomorphic modelling of large MRI data sets for probabilistic template construction. Neuroimage. 2018 Feb 1;166:117-134. Impact Factor 5.43;
54)    M. Seif, G. Ziegler, and P. Freund; Progressive ventricles enlargement and CSF volume increases as a marker of neurodegeneration in SCI patients: A longitudinal MRI study, Journal of  Neurotrauma. 2018 Jul 11. doi: 10.1089/neu.2017.5522. Impact Factor 5.6;
55)    M. Seif, A. Curt, A. Thompson, P. Grabher, N. Weiskopf, P. Freund; Quantitative MRI of rostral spinal cord and brain regions is predictive of functional recovery in acute spinal cord injury. Neuroimage Clinical. 2018 Aug 19;20:556-563. Impact Factor 4.88;
56)    K. Wolf, M. Hupp, S. Friedl, R. Sutter, M. Klarhöfer, P. Grabher, P. Freund, and A. Curt; In cervical spondylotic myelopathy spinal cord motion is focally increased at the level of stenosis: a controlled cross-sectional study. Spinal Cord. 2018 Mar 1. Impact Factor 1.96;

2017
57)    E. Huber, R. Suter, P. Lachappelle, A. Curt, and P. Freund; Are midsagittal tissue bridges predictive of outcome after cervical spinal cord injury?; Annals of Neurology, 2017 May;81(5):740-748. Impact Factor 10.24;
58)    G. David, P. Freund, and S. Mohammadi; The efficiency of retrospective artifact correction methods in improving the statistical power of between-group differences in spinal cord DTI. Neuroimage, 2017 Sep;158:296-307. Impact Factor 5.43;
59)    P. Grabher, S. Mohammadi, G. David, and P. Freund; Neurodegeneration in the Spinal Ventral Horn Prior to Motor Impairment in Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy. Journal of Neurotrauma Aug 1;34(15):2329-2334. Impact Factor 5.6;
60)    P. Grabher, C. Blaiotta, J. Ashburner, and P. Freund; Relationship between brainstem neurodegeneration and clinical impairment in traumatic spinal cord injury; Neuroimage Clinical 2017 Jun 1;15:494-501. Impact Factor 4.88;
61)    G. Prados, J. Cohen-Adad, J. Ashburner, C. Blaiotta, T. Brosch, J. Carballido-Gamiop, M. Cardoso, Esha Dattap, G. D´avid, B. De Leener, S. Dupont, P. Freund, C. Wheeler-Kingshott, F. Grussu, R. Henry, B. Landman, E. Ljungberg, B. Lyttle, S. Ourselin, N. Papinutto, S. Saporito, R. Schlaeger, S. Smith, P. Summers, R. Tami, M. Yiannakas, and A. Zhu; Spinal cord grey matter segmentation challenge.; Neuroimage, 2017 May 15;152:312-329. Impact Factor 5.43;

2016
62)    P. Freund, K. Friston, A. Thompson, K. Stephan, J. Ashburner, D. Bach, Z. Nagy, G. Helms, B. Draganski, M. Schwab, A. Curt, and N. Weiskopf; Embodied Neurology: an integrative framework for neurological disorders. Brain, 2016 Jun;139(Pt 6):1855-61. Impact Factor 11.81;
63)    P. Grabher, S. Mohammadi, A. Trachsler, S. Friedl, R. Sutter, N. Weiskopf, A. Thompson, A. Curt, and P. Freund; Voxel-based analysis of grey and white matter degeneration in cervical spondylotic myelopathy.  Scientific Reports, 2016 Apr 20;6:24636. Impact Factor 4.1;
64)    S. Ionta, M. Villiger, C. Jutzeler, P. Freund, A. Curt, and R. Gassert; Spinal cord injury affects the interplay between visual and sensorimotor representations of the body. Scientific Reports, 2016 Feb 4;6:20144. Impact Factor 4.1; 
65)    C. Jutzeler, E. Huber, M. Callaghan R. Luechinger, A. Curt, J. Kramer, and P. Freund; Association of pain and CNS structural changes after spinal cord injury. Scientific Reports, 2016, Jan 6;6:18534.  Impact Factor 4.1;
66)    J. Kramer, C. Jutzeler, J. Haefeli, A. Curt, and P. Freund; Discrepancy between perceived pain and cortical processing: A voxel-based morphometry and contact heat evoked potential study. Clinical Neurophysiology, 2016 Jan;127(1):762-8. Impact Factor 3.6;
67)    S. Leh, A. Kälin, M. Park, M. Chakravarty, P. Freund, A. Gietl, F. Riese, S. Kollias, C. Hock, and L. Michels; Volumetric and shape analysis of the thalamus and striatum in amnestic mild cognitive impairment: Journal of Alzheimers Disease, 2016;49(1):237-49. Impact Factor 3.92;

2015
68)    P. Grabher, M. Callaghan, J. Ashburner, N Weiskopf, A. Thompson, A. Curt, and P. Freund; Tracking sensory system atrophy and outcome prediction after spinal cord injury. Annals of Neurology, 2015 Nov;78(5):751-61. Impact Factor 10.24;
69)    C. Jutzeler, P. Freund, E. Huber, A. Curt, and J. Kramer; Neuropathic pain and functional reorganization in the primary sensorimotor cortex after spinal cord injury. Journal of Pain, 2015 Dec;16(12):1256-67. Impact Factor 4.52;
70)    E. Huber, A. Curt, and P. Freund; Tracking trauma-induced structural and functional changes above the level of spinal cord injury. Invited Review in Current Opinion in Neurology, 2015, Aug 28(4):365-72. Impact Factor 4.0;
71)    M. Villiger, P. Grabher, M.-C. Hepp-Reymond, D. Kiper, A. Curt, M. Bolliger, S. Hotz-Boendermaker, S. Kollias, K. Eng, and P. Freund; Relationship between structural brainstem and brain plasticity and lower-limb training in spinal cord injury: a longitudinal pilot study. Frontiers Human Neuroscience, 2015, May 6;9:254. Impact Factor 3.2;

2014
72)    M. Callaghan, P. Freund, B. Draganski, M. Cappelletti, T. Fitzgerald, P. Smittenaar, A. Lutti, and N. Weiskopf; Widespread age-related differences in the human brain microstructure revealed by quantitative magnetic resonance imaging.; Neurobiology of Aging, 2014, Aug 35(8):1862-72. Impact Factor 5.13; 
73)    L. Leitner L, M. Walter, P. Freund, U. Mehnert, L. Michels, S. Kollias, and T. Kessler; Protocol for a prospective magnetic resonance imaging study on supraspinal lower urinary tract control in healthy subjects and spinal cord injury patients undergoing intradetrusor onabotulinumtoxinA injections for treating neurogenic detrusor overactivity. BMC Urology, 2014, Aug 18;14:68. Impact Factor 1.79; 

2013
74)    P. Freund, N. Weiskopf, J. Ashburner, K. Wolf, R. Sutter, D. Altmann, K. Friston, A. Thompson, and A. Curt; MRI investigation of the sensorimotor cortex and the corticospinal tract after acute spinal cord injury: a prospective longitudinal study; The Lancet Neurology, 2013 Sep;12(9):873-81. Impact Factor 27.2;
75)    S. Mohamadi, P. Freund, T. Feierweier, A. Curt, and N. Weiskopf; The impact of post-processing on spinal cord diffusion tensor imaging. Neuroimage, 2013, Apr 15;70:377-85. Impact Factor 5.43;
76)    J. Haefli, P. Freund, J. Kramer, J. Blum, R. Lueschinger, and A. Curt; Differences in cortical coding of heat evoked pain beyond the perceived intensity: an fMRI and EEG study. Human Brain Mapping, 2014 Apr;35(4):1379-89. Impact Factor 4.93;

2012
77)    P. Freund, A. Curt, K. Friston, A. Thompson; Tracking changes following spinal cord injury: insights from neuroimaging. Neuroscientist, 2013, Apr 19(2):116-28. Impact Factor 6.84;
78)    P. Freund, C. Wheeler-Kingshott, Z. Nagy, N. Gorgoraptis, N. Weiskopf, K. Friston, A. Thompson, and C Hutton; Axonal integrity predicts cortical reorganisation following cervical injury. Journal of Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry, 2012, Jun 83(6):629-37. Impact Factor 10.15;
79)    P. Freund, T. Schneider, Z. Nagy, C. Wheeler-Kingshott and A. Thompson; Degeneration of the injured cervical cord is associated with remote changes in corticospinal tract integrity and upper limb impairment. PLoS One, 2012, 7(12):e51729. Impact Factor 2.77;

2011
80)    P. Freund, N. Weiskopf, N. Ward, C. Hutton, M.Craggs, O. Ciccarelli, A. Gall, K. Friston, and A. Thompson; Disability, cortical reorganization and atrophy following spinal cord injury. Brain, 2011, Jun; 134(Pt 6): 1610-22. Impact Factor 11.81;
81)    P. Freund, J. Rothwell, M. Craggs, A. Thompson, and S. Bestmann; Corticomotor representation to human arm muscle changes following cervical spinal cord injury. European Journal of Neuroscience, 2011, Dec 34, 1839-1846. Impact Factor 2.94;

2010
82)    P. Freund, C. Wheeler-Kingshott, J. Jackson, D. Altman, D. Miller, A. Thompson, and O. Ciccarelli; Recovery after spinal cord relapse in MS is predicted by radial diffusivity; Multiple Sclerosis, 2010 Oct; 16(10):1193-202. Impact Factor 5.28;   pdf
83)    P. Freund, C. Dalton, C. Wheeler-Kingshott, J. Glensman, D. Bradbury, A. Thompson, and N. Weiskopf; Method for simultaneous voxel-based morphometry of the brain and cervical spinal cord area measurements using 3D MDEFT. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 2010, Nov 32:1242-7. Impact Factor 3.61;  pdf

2009
84)    P. Freund, E. Schmidlin, J. Bloch, A. Mir, M. Schwab, E.M. Rouiller, and T. Wannier; Anti-Nogo-A antibody treatment promotes recovery of manual dexterity after unilateral cervical lesion in adult primates--re-examination and extension of behavioral data. European Journal of Neuroscience, 2009 Mar;29(5):983-96. Impact Factor 2.94;
85)    E. Schmidlin, C. Jouffrais, P. Freund, P. Wannier, M-L. Beaud, E.M. Rouiller, and T. Wannier; A case of polymicrogyria in macaque monkey: impact on anatomy and function of the motor system. BMC Neuroscience, 2009 Dec 23;10:155. Impact Factor 2.17;

2008
86)    P. Wannier-Morino, E. Schmidlin, P. Freund, A. Belhaj-Saif, J. Bloch, A. Mir, M. Schwab, E.M. Rouiller, and T. Wannier; Fate of rubrospinal neurons after unilateral section of the cervical spinal cord in adult macaque monkeys. Journal of Brain Research, 2008, Jun 27;1217:96-109. Impact Factor 3.13;
87)    M.-L. Beaud, T. Wannier, E. Schmidlin, P. Freund, J. Bloch, A. Mir, M.E. Schwab, and E.M. Rouiller; Anti-Nogo-A antibody treatment does not prevent cell body shrinkage in the motor cortex in adult monkeys subjected to unilateral cervical cord lesion.; BMC Neuroscience, 2008, Jan 14;9:5, Impact Factor 2.17;
88)    C.J. Spicher, F. Mathis, B. Degrange, P. Freund, and E.M. Rouiller; Static mechanical allodynia is a paradoxical painful hypoesthesia. Somatosensory and Motor Research, 2008 Mar 25(1):77-92. Impact Factor 0.9;

2007
89)    P. Freund, T. Wannier, E. Schmidlin, J. Bloch, A. Mir, M. Schwab, and E.M. Rouiller; Anti-Nogo-A antibody treatment enhances sprouting of corticospinal axons rostral to a unilateral cervical spinal cord lesion in adult macaque monkey; Journal of Comparative Neurology, 2007 Jun 1;502(4):644-59. Impact Factor 3.33;
2006
90)    P. Freund, E. Schmidlin, T. Wannier, J. Bloch, A. Mir, M. Schwab, and E.M. Rouiller; Anti-Nogo A enhances sprouting and functional recovery after cervical lesion in adult primates. Nature Medicine, 2006, Jul; 12(7):790-2. Impact Factor 32.62;
 

Books and chapters

• M. Seif, G. David, A. Martin, P. Freund; Conventional and advanced magnetic resonance imaging for degenerative cervical myelopathy; Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy, 101-111
• M. Akbar, A. Martin, D. Pfyffer, D. Cadotte, S. Kurpad, P. Freund, M. Fehlings  “Advanced imaging for spinal cord injury” in Neural Repair and Regeneration After Spinal Cord Injury and Spine, Academic Press, 2022/1/1 
• M. Akbar, A. martin, D. Cadotte, S. Kurpad, D. Pfyffer, P. Freund, M. Fehlings in Neural Repair and Regeneration after Spinal Cord Injury and Spine Trauma, 9780128198353 
• P. Freund, V. Reggie Edgerton, R. R. Roy, D. C. Lu, and Y. Gerasimenko (2018): “Animal models of damage, repair, and plasticity in the spinal cord” in Oxford Textbooks in Neurorehabilitation, second edition.
• P. Freund, S. Mohammadi, N. Weiskopf, and A. Curt (2015): “Spinal cord disorders” in Oxford Textbooks in Neuroimaging, 978-0-19-966409-2 | Hardback | October 2015 
• J. Kramer, P. Freund, and A. Curt (2014). “Quantitative techniques for MRI of the human spinal cord”, Elsevier, ISBN-13: 978-0-12-396973-6