Head of Department
Psychology and neurosciences
Phone: +49 231 1084-301 (-302 Office)
Email: nitsche@ifado.de
Curriculum Vitae:
- 2015-present: W3 Full Professor and Scientific Director, Leibniz research centre for working environment and human factors, IfADo
- 2006-2015: Senior physician and head of epileptology (Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, University Medicine Göttingen)
- 2006-2015: Neurology, Georg-August-University Goettingen
- 2006: Habilitation (PD Dr. habil.)
- 2005: Board Certification (Neurology)
- 2000: Doctoral Degree (Dr. med.)
- 1999-2005: Studies, assistant doctor clinical neurophysiology
- 1999: License to practice medicine, M.D.
- 1995: Diploma Psychology
- 1991-1998: Study of Medicine, Georg-August-University Goettingen
- 1987-1995: Study of Psychology, Georg-August-University Goettingen
Key publications:
- Lucifora, C.; Grasso, G.; Nitsche, M. A.; D'Italia, G.; Sortino, M.; Salehinejad, M. A.; Falzone, A.; Vicario, C. M.: Enhanced fear acquisition in individuals with evening chronotype: A virtual reality fear conditioning/extinction study
J. Affect. Disord. 311: 344-352 (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2022.05.033
I am interested in this work - Moein, N.; Mohamadi, R.; Rostami, R.; Nitsche, M.; Zomorrodi, R.; Ostadi, A.: Investigation of the effect of delayed auditory feedback and transcranial direct current stimulation (DAF-tDCS) treatment for the enhancement of speech fluency in adults who stutter: A randomized controlled trial: A randomized controlled trial
J. Fluency Disord. 72: 105907 (16 pp) (2022)
I am interested in this work
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfludis.2022.105907 - Salehinejad, M. A.; Ghanavati, E.; Reinders, J.; Hengstler, J. G.; Kuo, M.-F.; Nitsche, M. A.: Sleep-dependent upscaled excitability, saturated neuroplasticity, and modulated cognition in the human brain
eLife 11: e69308 (33 pp) (2022)
I am interested in this work
http://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.69308 - Mousavi, N.; Nitsche, M. A.; Jahan, A.; Nazari, M. A.; Hassanpour, H.: Efficacy of transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) combined with intensive speech therapy for language production in monozygotic twins with corpus callosum dysgenesis (CCD): A sham-controlled single subject study
Neurocase 28: 218-225 (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1080/13554794.2022.2071626
I am interested in this work - Rivera-Urbina, G. N.; Martínez-Castañeda, M. F.; Núñez-Gómez, A. M.; Molero-Chamizo, A.; Nitsche, M. A.; Alameda-Bailén, J. R.: Effects of tDCS applied over the left IFG and pSTG language areas on verb recognition task performance
Psychophysiology XX: e14134 (epub ahead of print) (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.14134 - Ghobadi-Azbari , P.; Malmir, N.; Vartanian, M.; Mahdavifar-Khayati, R.; Robatmili, S.; Hadian, V.; Nitsche, M. A.; Ekhtiari, H.: Transcranial direct current stimulation to modulate brain reactivity to food cues in overweight and obese adults: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial with fMRI (NeuroStim-Obesity)
Trials 23: (1): 297 (11 pp) (2022)
I am interested in this work
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06234-8 - Verwey, W. B.; Glinski, B.; Kuo, M.-F.; Salehinejad, M. A.; Nitsche, M. A.: Consolidation of motor sequence learning eliminates susceptibility of SMAproper to TMS: a combined rTMS and cTBS study
Exp. Brain Res. 240: 1743–1755 (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-022-06358-y
I am interested in this work - Mirahadi, S. S.; Nitsche, M. A.; Pahlavanzadeh, B.; Mohamadi, R.; Ashayeri, H.; Abolghasemi, J.: Reading and phonological awareness improvement accomplished by transcranial direct current stimulation combined with phonological awareness training: A randomized controlled trial
Appl. Neuropsychol. Child XX: epub ahead of print (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1080/21622965.2022.2051144 - Vicario, C. M.; Rafal, R. D.; di Pellegrino, G.; Lucifora, C.; Salehinejad, M. A.; Nitsche, M. A.; Avenanti, A.: Indignation for moral violations suppresses the tongue motor cortex: preliminary TMS evidence
Soc. Cogn. Affect. Neurosci. 17: 151-159 (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsaa036
I am interested in this work - Ghasemian-Shirvan, E.; Mosayebi-Samani, M.; Farnad, L.; Kuo, M.-F.; Meesen, R. L. J.; Nitsche, M. A.: Age-dependent non-linear neuroplastic effects of cathodal tDCS in the elderly population: a titration study
Brain Stimul. 15: 296-305 (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brs.2022.01.011
I am interested in this work - Rivera-Urbina, G. N.; Molero-Chamizo, A.; Nitsche, M. A.: Discernible effects of tDCS over the primary motor and posterior parietal cortex on different stages of motor learning
Brain Struct. Funct. 227: 1115–1131 (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00429-021-02451-0
I am interested in this work - Molero-Chamizo, A.; Nitsche, M. A.; Bolz, A.; Andújar Barroso, R. T. ; Alameda Bailén, J. R.; García Palomeque, J. C.; Rivera-Urbina, G. N.: Non-invasive transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation for the treatment of fibromyalgia symptoms: A study protocol
Brain Sci. 12: (1):95 (12 pp) (2022)
https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12010095
I am interested in this work - Nejati, V.; Majidinezhad, M.; Nitsche, M.: ¬The¬ role of the dorsolateral and ventromedial prefrontal cortex in emotion regulation in females with major depressive disorder (MDD): A tDCS study
J. Psychiatr. Res. 148: 149-158 (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2022.01.030
I am interested in this work - Ekhtiari, H.; Ghobadi-Azbari, P.; Thielscher, A.; Antal, A.; Li, L. M.; Shereen, A. D.; Nitsche, M. A.; Bikson, M.: ¬A¬ checklist for assessing the methodological quality of concurrent tES-fMRI studies (ContES checklist): a consensus study and statement
Nat. Protocols 17: 596–617 (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41596-021-00664-5
I am interested in this work - Menardi, A.; Rossi, S.; Koch, G.; Hampel, H.; Vergallo, A.; Nitsche, M. A.; Pascual-Leone, A.; Santarnecchi, E.: Toward noninvasive brain stimulation 2.0 in Alzheimer's disease
Ageing Res. Rev. 75: 101555 (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arr.2021.101555
I am interested in this work - Salehinejad, M. A.; Azarkolah, A.; Ghanavati, E.; Nitsche, M. A.: Circadian disturbances, sleep difficulties and the COVID-19 pandemic
Sleep Med. 91: 246-252 (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2021.07.01
I am interested in this work - Nejati, V.; Rasanan, A. H. H.; Rad, J. A.; Alavi, M. M.; Haghi, S.; Nitsche, M. A.: Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) alters the pattern of information processing in children with ADHD: Evidence from drift diffusion modeling
Neurophysiol. Clin. 52: 17-27 (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neucli.2021.11.005
I am interested in this work - Ghanavati, E.; Salehinejad, M. A.; De Melo, L.; Nitsche, M. A.; Kuo, M.-F.: NMDA receptor-related mechanisms of dopaminergic modulation of tDCS-induced neuroplasticity
Cerebral Cortex XX: epub ahead of print (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhac028 - Antal, A.; Luber, B.; Brem, A. K.; Bikson, M.; Flöel, A.; Nitsche, M. A.; Paulus, W.: Non-invasive brain stimulation and neuroenhancement
Clin. Neurophysiol. Pract. 7: 146-165 (2022)
I am interested in this work
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cnp.2022.05.002 - Mosbacher, J. A.; Halverscheid, S.; Pustelnik, K.; Danner, M.; Prassl, C.; Brunner, C.; Nitsche, M. A.; Grabner, R. H.: Theta band transcranial alternating current stimulation enhances arithmetic learning: A systematic comparison of different direct and alternating current stimulations
Neuroscience 477: 89-105 (2021)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2021.10.006
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