Franz Gerstenbrand

Biography

 Franz Gerstenbrand habilitated in 1967 about the “traumatic apallic syndrome” and became a university professor in 1973. In 1975, he became chief of Department II at the Neurological Hospital in Vienna and the University Neurology Clinic in Innsbruck. Since 1986, Gerstenbrand worked on the effects of outer space on the human body, together with Russian scientists, and the representatives of NASA and ESA. After his retirement in 1994 he remained as codirector of the Boltzmann Institute for Restorative Neurology. Gerstenbrand is the author of more than 700 publications and twelve books.

Research Interest

 Franz Gerstenbrand have interest in Neurology