Michael Nitsche

Professor for Clinical Neurophysiology

• 2006 - Venia legendi in Neurology

• since 2006 - Senior physician Dept. Clinical Neurophysiology, University Medical Center Göttingen

• 2005 - Medical specialist in Neurology

• 2003-2004 - Further psychiatric education, Dept. of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Göttingen

• since 1999 - Ass. physician, Dept. Clinical Neurophysiology, University Medical Center Göttingen

Major Research Interests:

Michael Nitsche

• Epileptology

• Neuroplasticity

• Neuropsychopharmacology

• Cognitive Neurology

• Non-invasive brain stimulation

Address:
Dept. of Clinical Neurophysiology
Georg-August-
Universität Göttingen
Robert-Koch-Str. 40
37075 Göttingen
Germany

phone:+49-551-39 8484
fax:+49-551-39 8126
e-mail:

Selected Recent Publications:

Polanía R, Paulus W, Antal A, Nitsche MA (2011). Introducing graph theory to track for neuroplastic alterations in the resting human brain: a transcranial direct current stimulation study. Neuroimage 54(3): 2287-96

Stagg CJ, Nitsche MA (2011). Physiological basis of transcranial direct current stimulation. Neuroscientist 17(1): 37-53

Thirugnanasambandam N, Grundey J, Adam K, Drees A, Skwirba AC, Lang N, Paulus W, Nitsche MA (2011). Nicotinergic impact on focal and non-focal neuroplasticity induced by non-invasive brain stimulation in non-smoking humans. Neuropsychopharmacology 36(4): 879-86

Nitsche MA, Jakoubkova M, Thirugnanasambandam N, Schmalfuss L, Hullemann S, Sonka K, Paulus W, Trenkwalder C, Happe S (2010). Contribution of the premotor cortex to consolidation of motor sequence learning in humans during sleep. J Neurophysiol 104(5): 2603-14

Monte-Silva K, Kuo MF, Liebetanz D, Paulus W, Nitsche MA (2010). Shaping the optimal repetition interval for cathodal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS). J Neurophysiol 103(4): 1735-40