Dr. Fatemeh Yavari

Scientific staff

Neuromodulation

+49 231 1084-474

yavari@ifado.de

Publications in Pubmed

Head of department

Prof. Dr. Michael Nitsche

nitsche@ifado.de

+49 231 1084-301

Secretariat

Lisa Göbel

goebel@ifado.de

+49 231 1084-302

Address

Ardeystr. 67
44139 Dortmund

Key publications

Here you will find the Key publications from 2010 onwards. For all other publications of our scientific staff, please look at the links to other databases such as Pubmed.

Ma Y, Kyuchukova D, Jiao F, Batsikadze G, Nitsche MA, Yavari F:

The impact of temporal distribution on fear extinction learning. Int J Clin Health Psychol 25(1): 100536 (2025) doi: 10.1016/j.ijchp.2024.100536

Roy S, Fan Y, Mosayebi-Samani M, Claus M, Yavari F, Kleinsorge T, Nitsche MA:

Modulating prefrontal cortex activity to alleviate stress-induced working memory deficits: A transcranial direct current (tDCS) study. Int J Clin Health Psychol 25(2): 100569 (2025) doi: 10.1016/j.ijchp.2025.100569

Glinski B, Salehinejad MA, Takahashi K, Jamil A, Yavari F, Kuo MF, Nitsche MA:

Phase-synchronized 40 Hz tACS and iTBS effects on gamma oscillations. Imaging Neurosci (Camb) 3: IMAG.a.140 (2025) doi: 10.1162/IMAG.a.140

Ma Y, Jiao F, Batsikadze G, Yavari F, Nitsche MA:

The impact of the left inferior frontal gyrus on fear extinction: A transcranial direct current stimulation study. Brain Stimul 17 (4): 816-825 (2024)

Schellen SJ, Zeidan P, Ernst TM, Thieme A, Nicksirat SA, Merz CJ, Nitsche MA, Yavari F, Timmann D, Batsikadze G:

Absence of modulatory effects of 6Hz cerebellar transcranial alternating current stimulation on fear learning in men. Front Hum Neurosci 17: 1328283 (2024) (9 pp)

Salehinejad MA, Paknia N, Hosseinpour AH, Yavari F, Vicario CM, Nitsche MA, Nejati V:

Contribution of the right temporoparietal junction and ventromedial prefrontal cortex to theory of mind in autism: A randomized, sham-controlled tDCS study. Autism Res 14: 1572-1584 (2021

Hosseinian T, Yavari F, Kuo M-F, Nitsche MA, Jamil A:

. Phase synchronized 6 Hz transcranial electric and magnetic stimulation boosts frontal theta activity and enhances working memory. Neuroimage 245: 118772 (2021) (13 pp)

Ghobadi-Azbari P, Jamil A, Yavari F, Esmaeilpour Z, Malmir N, Mahdavifar-Khayati R, Soleimani G, Cha YH, Shereen AD, Nitsche MA, Bikson M, Ekhtiari H:

fMRI and transcranial electrical stimulation (tES): A systematic review of parameter space and outcomes. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 107: 110149 (2021)

Hosseinian T, Yavari F, Biagi MC, Kuo M-F, Ruffini G, Nitsche MA, Jamil A:

External induction and stabilization of brain oscillations in the human. Brain Stimul 14: 579-587 (2021)

Marković V, Vicario CM, Yavari F, Salehinejad MA, Nitsche MA:

A systematic review on the effect of transcranial direct current and magnetic stimulation on fear memory and extinction. Front Hum Neurosci 15: 655947 (2021) (26 pp)

Vicario CM, Nitsche MA, Hoysted I, Yavari F, Avenanti A, Salehinejad MA, Felmingham KL:

Anodal transcranial direct current stimulation over the ventromedial prefrontal cortex enhances fear extinction in healthy humans: A single blind sham-controlled study. (Letter to the editor). Brain Stimul 13: 489-491 (2020)

Salehinejad MA, Ghayerin E, Nejati V, Yavari F, Nitsche MA:

Domain-specific involvement of the posterior parietal cortex in attention network and attentional control of ADHD: A randomized, cross-over, sham-controlled tDCS study. Neuroscience 444:149-159 (2020)

Rauscher M, Yavari F, Batsikadze G, Ludolph N, Ilg W, Nitsche MA, Timmann D, Steiner KM:

Lack of cerebellar tDCS effects on learning of a complex whole body dynamic balance task in middle-aged (50-65 years) adults. Neurol Res Pract 2: 38 (2020) (8 pp)

Jongkees BJ, Immink MA, Boer OD, Yavari F, Nitsche MA, Colzato LS:

The effect of cerebellar tDCS on Sequential motor response selection. Cerebellum 18: 738-749 (2019)

Ekhtiari H, Tavakoli H, Addolorato G, Baeken C, Bonci A, Campanella S, Castelo-Branco L, Challet-Bouju G, Clark VP, Claus E, Dannon PN, Del Felice A, den Uyl T, Diana M, di Giannantonio M, Fedota JR, Fitzgerald P, Gallimberti L, Grall-Bronnec M, Herremans SC, Herrmann MJ, Jamil A, Khedr E, Kouimtsidis C, Kozak K, Krupitsky E, Lamm C, Lechner WV, Madeo G, Malmir N, Martinotti G, McDonald W, Montemitro C, Nakamura-Palacios EM, Nasehi M, Noël X, Nosratabadi M, Paulus M, Pettorruso M, Pradhan B, Praharaj SK, Rafferty H, Sahlem G, Jo Salmeron B, Sauvaget A, Schluter RS, Sergiou C, Shahbabaie A, Sheffer C, Spagnolo PA, Steele VR, Yuan TF, van Dongen J, Van Waes V, Venkatasubramanian G, Verdejo-García A, Verveer I, Welsh J, Wesley MJ, Witkiewitz K, Yavari F, Zarrindast MR, Zawertailo L, Zhang X, Cha YH, George TP, Frohlich F, Goudriaan AE, Fecteau S, Daughters SB, Stein EA, Fregni F, Nitsche MA, Zangen A, Bikson M, Hanlon CA:

Transcranial electrical and magnetic stimulation (tES and TMS) for addiction medicine: A consensus paper on the present state of the science and the road ahead. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 104: 118-140 (2019)

Foerster Á, Yavari F, Farnad L, Jamil A, Paulus W, Nitsche MA, Kuo M-F:

Effects of electrode angle-orientation on the impact of transcranial direct current stimulation on motor cortex excitability. Brain Stimul 12: 263-266 (2019)

Jongkees BJ, Loseva AA, Yavari FB, Nitsche MA, Colzato LS:

The COMT Val158Met polymorphism does not modulate the after-effect of tDCS on working memory. Eur J Neurosci 49: 263-274 (2019)

Yavari F, van Thriel C, Nitsche MA, Kuo M-F:

Effect of acute exposure to toluene on cortical excitability, neuroplasticity, and motor learning in healthy humans. Arch Toxicol 92: 3149-3162 (2018)

Yavari F, Jamil A, Mosayebi Samani M, Vidor LP, Nitsche MA:

Basic and functional effects of transcranial Electrical Stimulation (tES) - An introduction. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 85: 81-92 (2018)

Yavari F, Nitsche MA, Ekhtiari H:

Transcranial electric stimulation for precision medicine: a spatiomechanistic framework. Front Hum Neurosci 11: 159 (2017) (19 pp)