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Alexander McGirr

Alexander McGirr

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
43
Citations
6039
World Ranking
4510
National Ranking
264

Overview

Alexander McGirr is affiliated with the Centre for Mental Health in the United Kingdom. Their research spans several key areas within neuroscience and medicine, particularly focusing on neurology, psychiatry and mental health, and cognitive neuroscience. A significant portion of their work also addresses cellular and molecular neuroscience as well as pharmacology.

The scientist has contributed to the following main fields of study:

  • Neuroscience
  • Medicine

Within these broad fields, McGirr's work spans important subfields such as:

  • Neurology
  • Psychiatry and Mental Health
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Pharmacology

The primary research topics associated with McGirr include:

  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
  • Treatment of Major Depression
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Tryptophan and Brain Disorders
  • Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research

Frequent publication venues for McGirr's work are diverse and include:

  • The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Brain Stimulation
  • Biological Psychiatry

Recent papers authored or coauthored by McGirr reflect a focus on mood disorders, cognitive decline, and neurodegeneration:

  • Mild Behavioral Impairment and Subjective Cognitive Decline Predict Cognitive and Functional Decline, 2021, Journal of Alzheimer's Disease
  • Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) 2023 Update on Clinical Guidelines for Management of Major Depressive Disorder in Adults: Réseau canadien pour les traitements de l'humeur et de l'anxiété (CANMAT) 2023: Mise à jour des lignes directrices cliniques pour la prise en charge du trouble dépressif majeur chez les adultes, 2024, The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry
  • Plasma Neurofilament Light: A Marker of Neurodegeneration in Mild Behavioral Impairment, 2020, Journal of Alzheimer's Disease
  • The Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) Task Force Recommendations for the Use of Racemic Ketamine in Adults with Major Depressive Disorder: Recommandations Du Groupe De Travail Du Réseau Canadien Pour Les Traitements De L'humeur Et De L'anxiété (Canmat) Concernant L'utilisation De La Kétamine Racémique Chez Les Adultes Souffrant De Trouble Dépressif Majeur, 2020, The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry
  • The efficacy of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) for bipolar depression: A systematic review and meta-analysis, 2020, Journal of Affective Disorders

McGirr has collaborated frequently with several researchers across their projects. Notable coauthors include:

  • Jaeden Cole
  • Signe Bray
  • Ashley D. Harris
  • Zahinoor Ismail
  • Maya N. Sohn

Best Publications

  • A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials of ketamine in the rapid treatment of major depressive episodes

    A. McGirr;M. T. Berlim;David J Bond;M. P. Fleck

  • Current psychiatric morbidity, aggression/impulsivity, and personality dimensions in child and adolescent suicide: A case-control study

    Johanne Renaud;Marcelo T. Berlim;Alexander McGirr;Michel Tousignant

  • Effects of Low-Dose and Very Low-Dose Ketamine among Patients with Major Depression: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

    Ying Xu;Maree Hackett;Gregory Carter;Colleen Loo

  • Risk Factors for Suicide Completion in Borderline Personality Disorder: A Case-Control Study of Cluster B Comorbidity and Impulsive Aggression

    Alexander McGirr;Joel Paris;Alain Lesage;Johanne Renaud

  • An examination of DSM-IV depressive symptoms and risk for suicide completion in major depressive disorder: a psychological autopsy study.

    Alexander McGirr;Johanne Renaud;Monique Seguin;Martin Alda

  • Familial aggregation of suicide explained by cluster B traits: a three-group family study of suicide controlling for major depressive disorder.

    Alexander McGirr;Martin Alda;Monique Séguin;Sophie Cabot

  • Safety and efficacy of adjunctive second-generation antidepressant therapy with a mood stabiliser or an atypical antipsychotic in acute bipolar depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised placebo-controlled trials

    Alexander McGirr;Paul A Vöhringer;Paul A Vöhringer;Paul A Vöhringer;S Nassir Ghaemi;Raymond W Lam

  • Mild Behavioral Impairment and Subjective Cognitive Decline Predict Cognitive and Functional Decline.

    Zahinoor Ismail;Alexander McGirr;Alexander McGirr;Sascha Gill;Sophie Hu

  • The relationship of impulsive aggressiveness to suicidality and other depression-linked behaviors

    Alexander McGirr;Gustavo Turecki

  • Dysregulation of the sympathetic nervous system, hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and executive function in individuals at risk for suicide.

    Alexander McGirr;Gabriel Diaconu;Marcelo T. Berlim;Jens C. Pruessner

  • Efficacy of theta burst stimulation (TBS) for major depression: An exploratory meta-analysis of randomized and sham-controlled trials.

    Marcelo T. Berlim;Alexander McGirr;Nicole Rodrigues dos Santos;Sara Tremblay

  • Effectiveness and acceptability of deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the subgenual cingulate cortex for treatment-resistant depression: a systematic review and exploratory meta-analysis.

    Marcelo T. Berlim;Alexander McGirr;Frederique Van den Eynde;Marcelo P.A. Fleck

  • Effectiveness and acceptability of accelerated repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) for treatment-resistant major depressive disorder: An open label trial

    Alexander McGirr;Frederique Van den Eynde;Santiago Tovar-Perdomo;Marcelo P.A. Fleck

  • Enhancing decision-making and cognitive impulse control with transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) applied over the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC): A randomized and sham-controlled exploratory study.

    Julien Ouellet;Alexander McGirr;Frederique Van den Eynde;Fabrice Jollant

  • Deterministic learning and attempted suicide among older depressed individuals: cognitive assessment using the Wisconsin Card Sorting Task.

    Alexander McGirr;Alexandre Y. Dombrovski;Meryl A. Butters;Luke Clark

  • Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) for treating major depression and schizophrenia: a systematic review of recent meta-analyses

    Cindy L. Hovington;Alexander McGirr;Martin Lepage;Marcelo T. Berlim

  • Resolution of High-Frequency Mesoscale Intracortical Maps Using the Genetically Encoded Glutamate Sensor iGluSnFR.

    Yicheng Xie;Allen W. Chan;Alexander McGirr;Songchao Xue

  • Plasma Neurofilament Light: A Marker of Neurodegeneration in Mild Behavioral Impairment.

    James P. Naude;Sascha Gill;Sophie Hu;Sophie Hu;Alexander McGirr;Alexander McGirr

  • A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials of adjunctive ketamine in electroconvulsive therapy: Efficacy and tolerability

    Alexander McGirr;Marcelo T. Berlim;David J. Bond;Nicholas H. Neufeld

  • Clinical efficacy and safety of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in acute bipolar depression.

    Alexander McGirr;Sneha Karmani;Rashmi Arsappa;Marcelo T. Berlim

  • The effect of genetic variation of the serotonin 1B receptor gene on impulsive aggressive behavior and suicide

    Hana Zouk;Alexander McGirr;Véronique Lebel;Chawky Benkelfat

  • Gender and risk factors for suicide: evidence for heterogeneity in predisposing mechanisms in a psychological autopsy study.

    Alexander McGirr;Monique Séguin;Johanne Renaud;Chawki Benkelfat

Frequent Co-Authors

Marcelo T. Berlim
Marcelo T. Berlim McGill University
Zahinoor Ismail
Zahinoor Ismail University of Calgary
Marcelo Pio de Almeida Fleck
Marcelo Pio de Almeida Fleck Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Timothy H. Murphy
Timothy H. Murphy University of British Columbia
Martin Alda
Martin Alda Dalhousie University
Martin Lepage
Martin Lepage Douglas Mental Health University Institute
John R. Z. Abela
John R. Z. Abela McGill University
Fabrice Jollant
Fabrice Jollant University of Paris-Saclay
Joel Paris
Joel Paris McGill University
Guy A. Rouleau
Guy A. Rouleau Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital

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