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Overview

Donel Martin is affiliated with the University of New South Wales in Australia, contributing extensively to the fields of medicine and neuroscience. Their research focuses primarily on psychiatry and mental health, cognitive neuroscience, neurology, pharmacology, and experimental and cognitive psychology.

Martin's work addresses key topics including electroconvulsive therapy studies, transcranial magnetic stimulation studies, and the treatment of major depression. Other areas of investigation encompass neural and behavioral psychology studies, functional brain connectivity, tryptophan and brain disorders, and broader mental health research topics.

Their publication record features multiple papers in prominent journals, with recent examples including:

  • An investigation of working memory deficits in depression using the n-back task: A systematic review and meta-analysis, 2021, Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Efficacy and safety of a 4-week course of repeated subcutaneous ketamine injections for treatment-resistant depression (KADS study): randomised double-blind active-controlled trial, 2023, The British Journal of Psychiatry
  • Comparative outcomes in electroconvulsive therapy (ECT): A naturalistic comparison between outcomes in psychosis, mania, depression, psychotic depression and catatonia, 2021, European Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Development of the Ketamine Side Effect Tool (KSET), 2020, Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Neurocognitive effects of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in unipolar and bipolar depression: Findings from an international randomized controlled trial, 2020, Depression and Anxiety

The frequent coauthors collaborating with Martin include:

  • Colleen Loo
  • Stevan Nikolin
  • Vanessa Dong
  • Shanthi Sarma
  • Adriano H. Moffa

Martin's research has been frequently published in several specialized venues such as Brain Stimulation, Journal of ECT, Journal of Affective Disorders, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and Brain Sciences.

Best Publications

  • Transcranial direct current stimulation for depression: 3-week, randomised, sham-controlled trial.

    Colleen K. Loo;Angelo Alonzo;Donel Martin;Philip B. Mitchell

  • A double-blind, sham-controlled trial of transcranial direct current stimulation for the treatment of depression.

    Colleen K. Loo;Perminder Sachdev;Donel Martin;Melissa Pigot

  • Use of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) to enhance cognitive training: effect of timing of stimulation.

    Donel M. Martin;Rose Liu;Angelo Alonzo;Melissa Green

  • Can transcranial direct current stimulation enhance outcomes from cognitive training? A randomized controlled trial in healthy participants.

    Donel M. Martin;Rose Liu;Angelo Alonzo;Angelo Alonzo;Melissa Green

  • Daily transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) leads to greater increases in cortical excitability than second daily transcranial direct current stimulation.

    Angelo Alonzo;Joseph Brassil;Janet L. Taylor;Donel Martin

  • International randomized-controlled trial of transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in depression.

    Colleen K. Loo;Mustafa M. Husain;William M. McDonald;Scott Aaronson

  • A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Brief Versus Ultrabrief Right Unilateral Electroconvulsive Therapy for Depression.

    Phern-Chern Tor;Alison Bautovich;Min-Jung Wang;Donel Martin

  • An investigation of working memory deficits in depression using the n-back task: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Stevan Nikolin;Stevan Nikolin;Yi Yin Tan;Andreas Schwaab;Adriano Moffa

  • Neuroplasticity in Depressed Individuals Compared with Healthy Controls

    Michael J Player;Janet L Taylor;Janet L Taylor;Cynthia Shannon Weickert;Cynthia Shannon Weickert;Angelo Alonzo;Angelo Alonzo

  • Focalised stimulation using high definition transcranial direct current stimulation (HD-tDCS) to investigate declarative verbal learning and memory functioning

    Stevan Nikolin;Colleen K. Loo;Siwei Bai;Socrates Dokos

  • Cognitive enhancing effects of rTMS administered to the prefrontal cortex in patients with depression: A systematic review and meta-analysis of individual task effects.

    Donel M. Martin;Shawn M. McClintock;Shawn M. McClintock;Jane J. Forster;Tin Yan Lo

  • Efficacy and acceptability of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) for major depressive disorder: An individual patient data meta-analysis

    Adriano H. Moffa;Donel Martin;Angelo Alonzo;Djamila Bennabi

  • Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of Titrated Subcutaneous Ketamine in Older Patients with Treatment-Resistant Depression.

    Duncan George;Duncan George;Verònica Gálvez;Verònica Gálvez;Donel Martin;Donel Martin;Divya Kumar

  • Safety of repeated sessions of transcranial direct current stimulation: A systematic review.

    Stevan Nikolin;Christina Huggins;Donel Martin;Angelo Alonzo

  • Effects of TDCS dosage on working memory in healthy participants

    Stevan Nikolin;Stevan Nikolin;Donel Martin;Colleen K. Loo;Tjeerd W. Boonstra

  • A systematic review of transcranial electrical stimulation combined with cognitive training

    Jessica Elmasry;Colleen Loo;Colleen Loo;Colleen Loo;Donel Martin;Donel Martin

  • Fronto-extracephalic transcranial direct current stimulation as a treatment for major depression: an open-label pilot study.

    Donel M. Martin;Angelo Alonzo;Philip B. Mitchell;Perminder Sachdev

  • Avoiding skin burns with transcranial direct current stimulation: preliminary considerations.

    C. K. Loo;C. K. Loo;C. K. Loo;D. M Martin;A. Alonzo;S. Gandevia

  • Predicting tDCS treatment outcomes of patients with major depressive disorder using automated EEG classification

    Alaa M. Al-Kaysi;Ahmed Al-Ani;Colleen K. Loo;Colleen K. Loo;Tamara Y. Powell;Tamara Y. Powell

  • Repeated intranasal ketamine for treatment-resistant depression - the way to go? Results from a pilot randomised controlled trial.

    Verònica Gálvez;Verònica Gálvez;Adrienne Li;Christina Huggins;Paul Glue

Frequent Co-Authors

Shawn M. McClintock
Shawn M. McClintock The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Andre R. Brunoni
Andre R. Brunoni Universidade de São Paulo
Henry Brodaty
Henry Brodaty University of New South Wales
Melissa J. Green
Melissa J. Green University of New South Wales
Frank Padberg
Frank Padberg Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Adam J. Woods
Adam J. Woods University of Florida
Jacqueline A. Rushby
Jacqueline A. Rushby University of New South Wales
Skye McDonald
Skye McDonald University of New South Wales
Siow Ann Chong
Siow Ann Chong National University of Singapore
Mythily Subramaniam
Mythily Subramaniam Institute of Mental Health

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