Dr. Mohammed Ali Salehinejad

Scientific staff

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

Since 2020
Postdoctoral Fellow, IfADo
2017-2020
PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience (summa cum laude), International Graduate School of Neuroscience (IGSN), Ruhr University Bochum, Germany (Advisor: Prof. Michael A. Nitsche)
2017-2020
Research Associate, Department of Psychology & Neuroscience, Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors at TU Dortmund University, Dortmund, Germany
2016-2017
Research Associate, Institute for Cognitive and Brain Sciences (ICBS), Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
2013-2015
Master of Science in Cognitive Psychology, University of Kansas, KS, USA
2009-2012
Master of Science in Clinical Psychology, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
2005-2009
Bachelor of Science in Psychology (highest honors), Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran

Here you will find the Key publications from 2010 onwards that were produced at IfADo. For all other publications of our scientific staff, please look at the links to other databases such as Google Scholar.

Salehinejad MA, Wischnewski M, Ghanavati E, Mosayebi-Samani M, Kuo M-F, Nitsche MA:

Cognitive functions and underlying parameters of human brain physiology are associated with chronotype. Nat Commun 12: 4672 (2021) (19 pp)

Salehinejad MA, Ghanavati E, Reinders J, Hengstler JG, Kuo M-F, Nitsche MA:

Sleep-dependent upscaled excitability, saturated neuroplasticity, and modulated cognition in the human brain. eLife 11: e69308 (2022) (33 pp)

Salehinejad MA, Ghanavati E, Rashid Md HA, Nitsche MA:

Hot and cold executive functions in the brain: A prefrontal-cingular network. Brain Neurosci Adv 5: 1–19 (2021)

Ghanavati E, Salehinejad MA, De Melo L, Nitsche MA, Kuo M-F:

NMDA receptor-related mechanisms of dopaminergic modulation of tDCS-induced neuroplasticity. Cereb Cortex 32: 5478-5488 (2022)

Salehinejad MA, Ghanavati E, Glinski B, Hallajian A-H, Azarkolah A:

A systematic review of randomized controlled trials on efficacy and safety of transcranial direct current stimulation in major neurodevelopmental disorders: ADHD, autism, and dyslexia. Brain Behav 12: e2724 (2022) (21 pp)

Jafari E, Alizadehgoradel J, Pourmohseni Koluri F, Nikoozadehkordmirza E, Refahi M, Taherifard M, Nejati V, Hallajian A-H, Ghanavati E, Vicario CM, Nitsche MA, Salehinejad MA:

Intensified electrical stimulation targeting lateral and medial prefrontal cortices for the treatment of social anxiety disorder: A randomized, double-blind, parallel-group, dose-comparison study. Brain Stimul 14: 974-986 (2021)

Alizadehgoradel J, Nejati V, Sadeghi Movahed F, Imani S, Taherifard M, Mosayebi-Samani M, Vicario CM, Nitsche MA, Salehinejad MA:

Repeated stimulation of the dorsolateral-prefrontal cortex improves executive dysfunctions and craving in drug addiction: A randomized, double-blind, parallel-group study. Brain Stimul 13: 582-593 (2020); Corrigendum: Brain Stimul 14 (1): 182 (2021)

Wischnewski M, Engelhardt M, Salehinejad MA, Schutter DJLG, Kuo MF, Nitsche MA:

NMDA receptor-mediated motor cortex plasticity after 20 Hz transcranial alternating current stimulation. Cereb Cortex 29: 2924-2931 (2019)

Salehinejad MA, Ghanavai E, Rostami R, Nejati V:

Cognitive control dysfunction in emotion dysregulation and psychopathology of major depression (MD): Evidence from transcranial brain stimulation of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC). J Affect Disord. 210: 241-248 (2017)

Salehinejad MA, Ghanavati E:

Complexity of cathodal tDCS: Relevance of stimulation repetition, interval, and intensity. (Journal Club) J Physiol (London) 598: 1127-1129 (2020)