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Overview

Martin Walter is affiliated with Friedrich Schiller University Jena in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Neuroscience and Medicine, with notable contributions in subfields such as Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Neurology.

Their work encompasses several main research topics, including:

  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Treatment of Major Depression
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications

Martin Walter's publication record includes a number of research papers with significant citation impact. Notable recent publications include:

  • "ENIGMA MDD: seven years of global neuroimaging studies of major depression through worldwide data sharing," 2020, Translational Psychiatry
  • "Neural networks and the anti-inflammatory effect of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation in depression," 2020, Journal of Neuroinflammation
  • "Brain structural abnormalities in obesity: relation to age, genetic risk, and common psychiatric disorders," 2020, Molecular Psychiatry
  • "Altered resting-state functional connectome in major depressive disorder: a mega-analysis from the PsyMRI consortium," 2021, Translational Psychiatry
  • "Predicting women with depressive symptoms postpartum with machine learning methods," 2021, Scientific Reports

The venues in which Martin Walter frequently publishes include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Translational Psychiatry
  • Molecular Psychiatry
  • Human Brain Mapping
  • Scientific Reports

Throughout their career, Martin Walter has collaborated extensively with a group of frequent co-authors, such as:

  • Meng Li
  • Nils Opel
  • Lejla Čolić
  • Hamidreza Jamalabadi
  • Lena Vera Danyeli

Best Publications

  • Toward discovery science of human brain function

    Bharat B. Biswal;Maarten Mennes;Xi Nian Zuo;Suril Gohel

  • Dynamic functional connectivity: Promise, issues, and interpretations

    R. Matthew Hutchison;Thilo Womelsdorf;Elena A. Allen;Elena A. Allen;Peter A. Bandettini

  • Cortical abnormalities in adults and adolescents with major depression based on brain scans from 20 cohorts worldwide in the ENIGMA Major Depressive Disorder Working Group.

    L Schmaal;D P Hibar;P G Sämann;G B Hall

  • Subcortical brain alterations in major depressive disorder : findings from the ENIGMA Major Depressive Disorder working group

    Tiffany C. Ho;Boris Gutman;Elena Pozzi;Hans J. Grabe

  • Severe depression is associated with increased microglial quinolinic acid in subregions of the anterior cingulate gyrus: Evidence for an immune-modulated glutamatergic neurotransmission?

    Johann Steiner;Johann Steiner;Martin Walter;Tomasz Gos;Tomasz Gos;Gilles J Guillemin

  • Increased prevalence of diverse N-methyl-D-aspartate glutamate receptor antibodies in patients with an initial diagnosis of schizophrenia: specific relevance of IgG NR1a antibodies for distinction from N-methyl-D-aspartate glutamate receptor encephalitis.

    Johann Steiner;Martin Walter;Wenzel Glanz;Zoltán Sarnyai

  • GABA concentrations in the human anterior cingulate cortex predict negative BOLD responses in fMRI

    Georg Northoff;Martin Walter;Rolf F Schulte;Johannes Beck

  • Altered Negative BOLD Responses in the Default-Mode Network during Emotion Processing in Depressed Subjects

    Simone Grimm;Peter Boesiger;Johannes Beck;Daniel Schuepbach

  • Association between heart rate variability and fluctuations in resting-state functional connectivity.

    Catie Chang;Coraline D. Metzger;Gary H. Glover;Jeff H. Duyn

  • The relationship between aberrant neuronal activation in the pregenual anterior cingulate, altered glutamatergic metabolism, and anhedonia in major depression.

    Martin Walter;Anke Henning;Simone Grimm;Rolf F. Schulte

  • White matter disturbances in major depressive disorder: a coordinated analysis across 20 international cohorts in the ENIGMA MDD working group

    Laura S. van Velzen;Sinead Kelly;Sinead Kelly;Dmitry Isaev;Andre Aleman

  • Functional mapping of thalamic nuclei and their integration into cortico-striatal-thalamo-cortical loops via ultra-high resolution imaging-from animal anatomy to in vivo imaging in humans.

    Coraline D. Metzger;Coraline D. Metzger;Ysbrand D. van der Werf;Ysbrand D. van der Werf;Martin Walter;Martin Walter

  • The resting brain and our self: self-relatedness modulates resting state neural activity in cortical midline structures

    F. Schneider;F. Bermpohl;A. Heinzel;M. Rotte

  • Ketamine decreases resting state functional network connectivity in healthy subjects: implications for antidepressant drug action.

    Milan Scheidegger;Martin Walter;Martin Walter;Mick Lehmann;Coraline Metzger

  • Glutamatergic and Resting-State Functional Connectivity Correlates of Severity in Major Depression – The Role of Pregenual Anterior Cingulate Cortex and Anterior Insula

    Dorothea I. Horn;Chunshui Yu;Johann Steiner;Julia Buchmann

  • State and Training Effects of Mindfulness Meditation on Brain Networks Reflect Neuronal Mechanisms of Its Antidepressant Effect

    Chuan-Chih Yang;Alfonso Barrós-Loscertales;Daniel Pinazo;Noelia Ventura-Campos

  • Distinguishing specific sexual and general emotional effects in fMRI-subcortical and cortical arousal during erotic picture viewing.

    Martin Walter;Felix Bermpohl;Harold Mouras;Kolja Schiltz

  • Functional segregation of the human cingulate cortex is confirmed by functional connectivity based neuroanatomical parcellation

    Chunshui Yu;Yuan Zhou;Yong Liu;Tianzi Jiang

  • Altered Effective Connectivity Network of the Amygdala in Social Anxiety Disorder: A Resting-State fMRI Study

    Wei Liao;Changjian Qiu;Claudio Gentili;Martin Walter

  • Detecting Neuroimaging Biomarkers for Depression: A Meta-analysis of Multivariate Pattern Recognition Studies.

    Joseph Kambeitz;Carlos Cabral;Matthew D. Sacchet;Ian H. Gotlib

  • ENIGMA MDD: seven years of global neuroimaging studies of major depression through worldwide data sharing

    Lianne Schmaal;Elena Pozzi;Tiffany C Ho;Tiffany C Ho;Laura S van Velzen

Frequent Co-Authors

Henrik Walter
Henrik Walter Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Bernhard Bogerts
Bernhard Bogerts Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Hans-Jochen Heinze
Hans-Jochen Heinze Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Udo Dannlowski
Udo Dannlowski University of Münster
Bernhard T. Baune
Bernhard T. Baune University of Münster
Matthew D. Sacchet
Matthew D. Sacchet Harvard University
Ian H. Gotlib
Ian H. Gotlib Stanford University
Lianne Schmaal
Lianne Schmaal University of Melbourne
Georg Northoff
Georg Northoff University of Ottawa
Birgit Abler
Birgit Abler University of Ulm

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