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Marcus M. Unger, MD

Senior Physician at Saarland University, Department of Neurology

Location: Homburg/Saar, Germany

Dr. Marcus M. Unger obtained his MD from the University of Ulm, Germany and completed neurology residency training at the Department of Neurology at Philipps University Marburg, Germany, a Centre of Excellence of the US National Parkinson Foundation. Dr. Unger is an investigator for several therapeutic and diagnostic trials in Parkinson's disease (PD) and is currently a senior physician at the Department of Neurology at Saarland University, Germany. Dr. Unger's research interests focus on gastrointestinal dysfunction in PD.

ASSOCIATED GRANTS

• The RESISTA-PD trial - The Effects of Resistant Starch on Bowel Habits, Short Chain Fatty Acids and Gut Microbiota in Parkinson Disease (2017)
• Ghrelin Concentrations in CSF and Corresponding Serum Samples in PD Patients and Controls (2011)
• Ghrelin - a peripheral, preclinical biomarker for Parkinson's disease (PD)? (2010)
• NIC-PD Trial to Assess the Disease-modifying Potential of Transdermal Nicotine in Early Parkinson's Disease (2009)
• Multimodal assessment of gastric motility in subjects at (pre)clinical stages of Parkinson´s Disease - A pathohistological and functional in-vivo-testing of Braak's pathoanatomical model (2008)