By Professor Colleen Loo

Journal articles

Powell TY; Boonstra TW; Martin DM; Loo CL; Breakspear M, 2014, 'Modulation of cortical activity by transcranial direct current stimulation in patients with affective disorder', PLoS One, 9, pp. e98503, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0098503

Corry J; Green M; Roberts G; Frankland A; Wright A; Lau P; Loo C; Breakspear M; Mitchell PB, 2013, 'Anxiety, stress and perfectionism in bipolar disorder', Journal of Affective Disorders, 151, pp. 1016 - 1024, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2013.08.029

Gálvez V; Loo CK; Alonzo A; Cerrillo E; Menchón JM; Crespo JM; Urretavizcaya M, 2013, 'Do benzodiazepines moderate the effectiveness of bitemporal electroconvulsive therapy in major depression?', Journal of Affective Disorders, 150, pp. 686 - 690, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2013.03.028

Chan HN; Alonzo A; Martin DM; Mitchell PB; Sachdev P; Loo CK, 2013, 'Augmenting transcranial direct current stimulation with D-cycloserine for depression: A pilot study', Journal of ECT, 29, pp. 196 - 200, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/YCT.0b013e3182801b09

Alonzo A; Chan G; Martin D; Mitchell PB; Loo C, 2013, 'Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) for depression: Analysis of response using a three-factor structure of the Montgomery-Åsberg depression rating scale', Journal of Affective Disorders, 150, pp. 91 - 95, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2013.02.027

Katalinic N; Lai R; Somogyi A; Mitchell PB; Glue P; Loo CK, 2013, 'Ketamine as a new treatment for depression: A review of its efficacy and adverse effects', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 47, pp. 710 - 727, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0004867413486842

Martin DM; Liu R; Alonzo A; Green M; Player MJ; Sachdev PS; Loo CK, 2013, 'Can transcranial direct current stimulation enhance outcomes from cognitive training? A randomized controlled trial in healthy participants', International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 16, pp. 1927 - 1936, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1461145713000539

Player MJ; Weickert CS; Alonzo A; Sachdev P; Martin D; Mitchell PB; Loo CK; Taylor JL, 2013, 'Neuroplasticity in Depressed Individuals Compared with Healthy Controls', Neuropsychopharmacology, 38, pp. 2101 - 2108, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/npp.2013.126

Paterson T; Schweitzer I; Clarke P; Loo C; Martin D, 2013, 'ECT: NEW ADVANCES IN TREATMENT', AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY, 47, pp. 33 - 33, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000329542900076&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Galletly C; Fitzgerald P; Gill S; Rigby A; Loo C; Martin D, 2013, 'REPETITIVE TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION (rTMS) AND DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION (DCS) TREATMENTS FOR PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS - AN UPDATE FOR CLINICIANS', AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY, 47, pp. 20 - 21, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000329542900049&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Martin DM; Katalinic N; Ingram A; Schweitzer I; Smith DJ; Hadzi-Pavlovic D; Loo CK, 2013, 'A new early cognitive screening measure to detect cognitive side-effects of electroconvulsive therapy?', Journal of Psychiatric Research, 47, pp. 1967 - 1974, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2013.08.021

Loo C, 2013, 'ECT in the 21st century: Ultrabrief pulse stimulation', Australian Prescriber, 36, pp. 22 - 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.18773/austprescr.2013.009

Bai S; Loo CK; Dokos S, 2013, 'A review of computational models of transcranial electrical stimulation', Critical Reviews in Biomedical Engineering, 41, pp. 21 - 35, http://dx.doi.org/10.1615/CritRevBiomedEng.2013007163

Rae CD; Lee VH; Ordidge RJ; Alonzo A; Loo C, 2013, 'Anodal transcranial direct current stimulation increases brain intracellular pH and modulates bioenergetics', International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 16, pp. 1695 - 1706, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1461145713000084

Cupina D; Patil S; Loo C, 2013, 'Chronic catatonic schizophrenia treated successfully with right unilateral ultrabrief pulse electroconvulsive therapy', Journal of ECT, 29, pp. 134 - 136, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/YCT.0b013e31827659e4

Perich T; Mitchell PB; Loo CK; Hadzi-Pavlovic D; Roberts G; Frankland A; Lau P; Wright A; Lau P, 2013, 'Clinical and demographic features associated with the detection of early warning signs in bipolar disorder', Journal of Affective Disorders, 145, pp. 336 - 340, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2012.08.014

Martin D; Alonzo A; Ho K; Player M; Mitchell PB; Sachdev PS; Loo CK, 2013, 'Continuation transcranial direct current stimulation for the prevention of relapse in major depression', Journal of Affective Disorders, 144, pp. 274 - 278, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2012.10.012

Ho K-A; Taylor J; Loo C, 2013, 'P 209. Transcranial random noise stimulation: A new approach to stimulating the brain', Clinical Neurophysiology, 124, pp. e163 - e163, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2013.04.286

Loo CK; Garfield JB; Katalinic N; Schweitzer I; Hadzi-Pavlovic D, 2013, 'Speed of Response in Ultrabrief and Brief Pulse Width Right Unilateral ECT', International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, [Epub ahead of print], http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1461145712000806

Galvez V; Alonzo A; Martin D; Loo CK, 2013, 'Transcranial direct current stimulation treatment protocols: Should stimulus intensity be constant or incremental over multiple sessions?', International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 16, pp. 13 - 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1461145712000041

Galvez V; Alonzo A; Martin D; Player MJ; Loo CK, 2012, 'Assessing subjective acute effects of transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) over a treatment course in a depressed sample', JOURNAL OF ECT, 28, pp. 148 - 148, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000304434800048&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Chan G; Alonzo A; Martin D; Loo CK, 2012, 'Investigation of changes in Montgomery Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) factors during a course of transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS)', JOURNAL OF ECT, 28, pp. 146 - 146, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000304434800042&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Tiller J; Loo C; Fitzgerald P; Clarke P, 2012, 'NEUROSTIMULATION SYMPOSIUM', AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY, 46, pp. 11 - 11, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000324742400025&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Bai S; Loo CK; Al Abed A; Dokos S, 2012, 'A computational model of direct brain excitation induced by electroconvulsive therapy: Comparison among three conventional electrode placements', Brain Stimulation, 5, pp. 408 - 421, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.brs.2011.07.004

Loo CK; Katalinic N; Martin D; Schweitzer I, 2012, 'A review of ultrabrief pulse width electroconvulsive therapy', Therapeutic advances in chronic disease, 3, pp. 69 - 85, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2040622311432493

Loo CK; Martin D, 2012, 'Could transcranial direct stimulation have unexpected additional benefits in the treatment of depressed patients?', Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics, 12, pp. 751 - 753, http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/769494%5B6/12/2012%202:12:44%20PM%5D

Alonzo A; Brassil J; Taylor JL; Martin D; Loo CK, 2012, 'Daily transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) leads to greater increases in cortical excitability than second daily tDCS', Brain Stimulation, 5, pp. 208 - 213

Loo CK; Katalinic N; Garfield JB; Sainsbury K; Hadzi-Pavlovic D; MacPherson R, 2012, 'Neuropsychological and mood effects of ketamine in electroconvulsive therapy: A randomised controlled trial', Journal of Affective Disorders, 142, pp. 233 - 240, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2012.04.032

Player MJ; Taylor JL; Alonzo A; Loo CK, 2012, 'Paired associative stimulation increases motor cortex excitability more effectively than theta-burst stimulation', Clinical Neurophysiology, 123, pp. 2220 - 2226, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2012.03.081

Chan H-N; Mitchell PB; Loo CK; Harvey SB, 2012, 'Pharmacological treatment approaches to difficult-to-treat depression', MJA Open, 1, pp. 44 - 47, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja12.10495

Smith DJ; Schweitzer I; Ingram N; Loo CK, 2012, 'Successful ultrabrief ECT for a mixed episode of bipolar disorder', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 46, pp. 388 - 388

Loo CK; Alonzo A; Martin D; Mitchell PB; Galvez V; Sachdev PS, 2012, 'Transcranial direct current stimulation for depression: 3-Week, randomised, sham-controlled trial', British Journal of Psychiatry, 200, pp. 51 - 59, http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.111.097634

Kalu U; Sexton C; Loo CK; Ebmeier K, 2012, 'Transcranial direct current stimulation in the treatment of major depression: A meta-Analysis', Psychological Medicine, 42, pp. 1791 - 1800, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0004867411433954

Schweitzer I; Smith D; Ingram A; Katalinic N; Loo C, 2011, 'A Randomised Controlled Study of Ultra-brief Electroconvulsive Therapy at Eight Times Seizure Threshold', INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY IN CLINICAL PRACTICE, 15, pp. 36 - 37, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000296780400076&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Loo C; Trollor J; Alonzo A; Rendina N; Kayess R, 2011, 'Response', Australasian Psychiatry, 19, pp. 85, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/10398562.2010.539225

Loo CK; Martin D; Alonzo A; Gandevia SC; Mitchell PB; Sachdev PS, 2011, 'Avoiding skin burns with transcranial direct current stimulation: preliminary considerations', International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 14, pp. 425 - 426, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1461145710001197

Mitchell PB; Frankland A; Hadzi-Pavlovic D; Roberts G; Corry J; Wright A; Loo CK; Breakspear M, 2011, 'Comparison of depressive episodes in bipolar disorder and in major depressive disorder within bipolar disorder pedigrees', The British Journal of Psychiatry, 199, pp. 303 - 309

Rushby J; Vercammen A; Loo CK; Short B; Weickert T; Shannon Weickert C, 2011, 'Frontal and parietal contributions to probabilistic association learning', Cerebral Cortex, 21, pp. 1879 - 1888, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhq255

Martin D; Alonzo A; Mitchell PB; Sachdev PS; Galvez V; Loo CK, 2011, 'Fronto-extracephalic transcranial direct current stimulation as a treatment for major depression: An open-label pilot study', Journal of Affective Disorders, 134, pp. 459 - 463, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2011.05.018

Galvez V; Alonzo A; Martin D; Mitchell PB; Sachdev PS; Loo CK, 2011, 'Hypomania induction in a bipolar II patient by transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)', Journal of ECT, 27, pp. 256 - 258, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/YCT.0b013e3182012b89

Ehnvall A; Mitchell PB; Hadzi‐Pavlovic D; Loo C; Breakspear M; Wright A; Roberts G; Frankland A; Corry J, 2011, 'Pain and rejection sensitivity in bipolar depression', Bipolar disorders, 13, pp. 59 - 66

Loo CK; Katalinic N; Mitchell PB; Greenberg B, 2011, 'Physical treatments for bipolar disorder: A review of electroconvulsive therapy, stereotactic surgery and other brain stimulation techniques', Journal of Affective Disorders, 132, pp. 1 - 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2010.08.017

Loo CK; Mahon M; Katalinic N; Lyndon B; Hadzi-Pavlovic D, 2011, 'Predictors of response to ultrabrief right unilateral electroconvulsive therapy', Journal of Affective Disorders, 130, pp. 192 - 197, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2010.09.016

Loo CK, 2011, 'Reply to "ECT in the 21st Century: Same as in the previous century"', Journal of ECT, 27, pp. 338 - 339

Loo CK; Kavess R; Alonzo A; Rendina N; Trollor JN, 2011, 'Response to "NSW Law,ECT and DBS"', Australasian Psychiatry, 19, pp. 85 - 85

Stewart P; Loo CK; MacPherson R; Hadzi-Pavlovic D, 2011, 'The effect of electrode placement and pulsewidth on asystole and bradycardia during the electroconvulsive therapy stimulus', International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 14, pp. 585 - 594, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1461145710001458

Vercammen A; Rushby J; Loo CK; Short B; Shannon Weickert C; Weickert T, 2011, 'Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) influences probabalistic association learning in schizophrenia', Schizophrenia Research, 131, pp. 198 - 205, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2011.06.021

Bai S; Loo C; Dokos S, 2010, 'A computational model of direct brain stimulation by electroconvulsive therapy.', Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Conference, pp. 2069 - 2072

Mitchell PB; Loo CK; Gould BM, 2010, 'Diagnosis and monitoring of bipolar disorder in general practice.', Med J Aust, 193, pp. S10 - S13, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03890.x

Matheson SL; Green MJ; Loo CK; Carr VJ, 2010, 'A change in the conclusions of a recent systematic meta-review: repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation is effective for the negative symptoms of schizophrenia.', Schizophrenia Research, 122, pp. 276 - 277

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