Prof. Karl Bechter

Academic Degree(s)

Dr. med., PD, Professor Psychiatry

 

E-mail

karl.bechter@bkh-guenzburg.de

 

Current Position

Retired

 

Professional Experience

  • Clinical and scientific work in neurology and psychiatry and psychotherapy from 1977 to now
  • Specialist degrees in neurology, psychiatry (1983) and psychotherapy ( 1986, 1998)

 

Education & Training

  • Neurology and psychiatry at University of Ulm, Germany,       from 1977-now

 

Awards

  • 1996, Kurt Schneider-Prize for contributions on the role of Borna Disease Virus for neuropsychiatric disorders
  • 1998, Theodore & Vada Stanley Foundation Award 1998
  • 2008, Deutscher Herdforschungspreis 2008

 

Research Grants

  • EU-Project Mood Stratification
  • BMFT
  • Theodore & Vada Stanley Foundation
  • Margarete-Ammon-Stiftung

 

Committee & Membership

  • Editor-in-Chief  Neurology, Psychiatry & Brain Research
  • Co-Chair WPA Section Immunology & Psychiatry
  • Board of Mind & Brain International Neuropsychiatric Congress (58th in 2018)

 

Selected Publication

  • On the flow dynamics of cerebrospinal fluid.K. Bechter , P. R. Hof , Helene Benveniste. Neurology, Psychiatry and Brain Research 2 1 ( 2 0 1 5 ) 9 6 – 1 0 3
  • The peripheral cerebrospinal fluid outflow pathway -physiology and pathophysiology of CSF recirculation: A review and hypothesis.K.Bechter. Neurology, Psychiatry and Brain Research, 17 (2011) 51-66. doi:10.1016/j.npbr.2011.06.003
  • Updating the mild encephalitis hypothesis of schizophrenia. K. Bechter,Progress in Neuropsychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry, 42 (2013) 71-91. doi:10.1016/j.pnpbp.2012.06.019
  • CSF diagnostics in psychiatry – present status – future projects. K.Bechter,Neurology, Psychiatry and Brain Research 22 (2016) 69–74
  • Cerebrospinal fluid outflow along lumbar nerves and possible relevance for pain research: case report and review. K Bechter & B. Schmitz. Croat Med J. 2014;55:399-404 doi: 10.3325/cmj.2014.55.399
  • Editorial: Quinckes' pioneering 19th centuries CSF studies may inform 21th centuries research. K Bechter & H Benveniste,   Neurology, Psychiatry and Brain Research 2 1 ( 2 0 1 5 ) 7 9 – 8 1
  • Cerebrospinal fluid analysis in affective and schizophrenic spectrum disorders:Identification of subgroups with immune responses and blood–CSF barrier dysfunction. K. Bechter , H. Reiber , S. Herzog , D. Fuchs , H. Tumani , H.G. Maxeiner. Journal of Psychiatric Research 44 (2010) 321–330
  • Spreading of Acute Myeloid Leukemia Cells by Trafficking along the Peripheral Outflow Pathway of Cerebrospinal Fluid. Michael Schmitt, Andreas Neubauer, Jochen Greiner,Xun Xu, Thomas F. E. Barth And Karl Bechter. Anticancer Research 31: 2343-2346 (2011)