Dr Muzaffer Kaser University positionVisiting Researcher DepartmentsInstitutesBehavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute Research ThemeInterestsI am a psychiatrist interested in brain substrates of cognitive impairments associated with psychiatric disorders, I investigate the mechanisms underlying cognitive dysfunction in depression and potential treatments. Research Focus
EquipmentNeuropsychological testing Collaborators
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Key publicationsKaser M, Deakin JB, Michael A, Zapata C, Bansal R, Ryan D, Cormack F, Rowe JB, Sahakian BJ (2017), “Modafinil Improves Episodic Memory and Working Memory Cognition in Patients with Remitted Depression: A Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo Controlled Study” Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging Volume 2, Issue 2, Pages 115122 Publications2016Kaser M, Zaman R, Sahakian BJ (2016), “Cognition as a treatment target for depression.” Psych Med 2014Gillan CM, Morein-Zamir S, Kaser M, Fineberg NA, Sule A, Sahakian BJ, Cardinal RN, Robbins TW (2014), “Counterfactual processing of economic action-outcome alternatives in obsessive-compulsive disorder: further evidence of impaired goal-directed behavior.” Biol Psychiatry 75(8):639-46 Details Hacioglu Yildirim M, Yildirim EA, Kaser M, Guduk M, Fistikci N, Cinar O, Yuksel S (2014), “The relationship between adulthood traumatic experiences and psychotic symptoms in female patients with schizophrenia.” Compr Psychiatry 55(8):1847-54 Details 2013Goss AJ, Kaser M, Costafreda SG, Sahakian BJ, Fu CH (2013), “Modafinil augmentation therapy in unipolar and bipolar depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.” J Clin Psychiatry 74(11):1101-7 Details Kaser M, Soltesz F, Lawrence P, Miller S, Dodds C, Croft R, Dudas RB, Zaman R, Fernandez-Egea E, Müller U, Dean A, Bullmore ET, Nathan PJ (2013), “Oscillatory underpinnings of mismatch negativity and their relationship with cognitive function in patients with schizophrenia.” PLoS One 8(12):e83255 Details 2011Y?ld?r?m EA, Ka?ar M, Güdük M, Ate? E, Küçükparlak I, Ozalmete EO (2011), “Investigation of the reliability of the "reading the mind in the eyes test" in a Turkish population.” Turk Psikiyatri Derg 22(3):177-86 Details 2010Kasar M, Gleichgerrcht E, Keskinkilic C, Tabo A, Manes FF (2010), “Decision-making in people who relapsed to driving under the influence of alcohol.” Alcohol Clin Exp Res 34(12):2162-8 Details 2009Kasar M, Mengi M, Yildirim EA, Yurdakos E (2009), “Different effects of tianeptine pretreatment in rats exposed to acute stress and repeated severe stress.” Methods Find Exp Clin Pharmacol 31(3):157-63 Details 2007Kasar M, Saatcioglu O, Kutlar T (2007), “Electroconvulsive therapy use in pregnancy.” J ECT 23(3):183-4 Details |