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Andrew H. Smith MD, PhD @smithandrewh.bsky.social · Aug 22

How far can we push transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) for those most in need? Our new accelerated TMS protocol delivers more pulses than has ever previously been reported, enabling a patient to cancel planned deep brain stimulation surgery.

Safety and tolerability of dual-site accelerated transcranial magnetic stimulation treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder and major depressive disorder

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Umair Hassan @neuro-engineer.bsky.social · Jun 9

Congratulations @esolomon.bsky.social 🚀🚀🚀🚀 so well deserved!! 👏👏👏🎉

Ethan Solomon @esolomon.bsky.social · Jun 9

Excited to announce award of my K99/R00 "Theta burst modulation of hippocampal-cortical rhythms in schizophrenia," under amazing mentors at Stanford including @coreykeller.bsky.social! We will ask whether hippocampal oscillations can be systematically influenced by stimulation in schizophrenia.

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Umair Hassan @neuro-engineer.bsky.social · May 23

Excellent opportunity for top notch graduate research! 🚀🚀

tobergmann.bsky.social @tobergmann.bsky.social · May 21

Open PhD position in the Collaborative Research Center on "Neuropsychobiology of Aggression". The position is located at the Neuroimaging Center (NIC) in Mainz and involves working with Transcranial Ultrasonic Stimulation (TUS) in combination with EEG. Check out bit.ly/43qrDIh

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Precision Neurotherapeutics Lab @ Stanford @stanfordpntlab.bsky.social · Apr 4

Preprint alert! Check out our latest work in @stanfordpntlab.bsky.social, with @coreykeller.bsky.social @neuro-engineer.bsky.social @esolomon.bsky.social Nick Trapp Aaron Boes (UIowa) 👏

Ethan Solomon @esolomon.bsky.social · Apr 3

When we use TMS to treat depression, we think it alters neural activity in a deep brain structure known as the subgenual anterior cingulate (sgACC). But this is hard to test directly, until our preprint with @coreykeller.bsky.social, @neuro-engineer.bsky.social, Nick Trapp, and Aaron Boes (UIowa) 1/

DLPFC Stimulation Suppresses High-Frequency Neural Activity in the Human sgACC

Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) is hypothesized to relieve symptoms of depression by inhibiting activity in the subgenual anterior cingulate corte...

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Corey Keller @coreykeller.bsky.social · Apr 3

Fantastic work by @esolomon.bsky.social @neuro-engineer.bsky.social & team in uncovering a potential way in which TMS can change neural activity in the subgenual cingulate cortex! Implications for TMS treatment in depression

Ethan Solomon @esolomon.bsky.social · Apr 3

When we use TMS to treat depression, we think it alters neural activity in a deep brain structure known as the subgenual anterior cingulate (sgACC). But this is hard to test directly, until our preprint with @coreykeller.bsky.social, @neuro-engineer.bsky.social, Nick Trapp, and Aaron Boes (UIowa) 1/

DLPFC Stimulation Suppresses High-Frequency Neural Activity in the Human sgACC

Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) is hypothesized to relieve symptoms of depression by inhibiting activity in the subgenual anterior cingulate corte...

www.biorxiv.org

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Umair Hassan @neuro-engineer.bsky.social · Apr 3

Really proud of this work bridging electrophysiology and neuroimaging of prefrontal cortex! 🚀

Ethan Solomon @esolomon.bsky.social · Apr 3

When we use TMS to treat depression, we think it alters neural activity in a deep brain structure known as the subgenual anterior cingulate (sgACC). But this is hard to test directly, until our preprint with @coreykeller.bsky.social, @neuro-engineer.bsky.social, Nick Trapp, and Aaron Boes (UIowa) 1/

DLPFC Stimulation Suppresses High-Frequency Neural Activity in the Human sgACC

Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) is hypothesized to relieve symptoms of depression by inhibiting activity in the subgenual anterior cingulate corte...

www.biorxiv.org

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Umair Hassan @neuro-engineer.bsky.social · Feb 28

This enables future work to characterize E/I profile of spindles, investigate their interaction with SOs, test their role as windows of phase-dependent synaptic plasticity & causal relevance for systems memory consolidation to build effective therapies in psychiatry & neurology.

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Umair Hassan @neuro-engineer.bsky.social · Feb 28

Our findings suggests spindles exerts asymmetrical “pulsed inhibition” on corticospinal excitability, complementing previous reports of phasic modulation of MEPs by the sleep SO as well as asymmetrical “pulsed facilitation” by the sensorimotor mu-alpha rhythm during wakefulness.

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Umair Hassan @neuro-engineer.bsky.social · Feb 28

We provide the first in-human demonstration of the feasibility of real-time sleep spindle phase-triggered TMS in humans and of a phasic modulation of corticospinal excitability by the sleep spindle.

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Umair Hassan @neuro-engineer.bsky.social · Feb 28

Our new paper is out in @braistimjournal.bsky.social

"Pulsed inhibition of corticospinal excitability by the thalamocortical sleep spindle"

With an amazing team @tobergmann.bsky.social , @ Ulf Ziemann @ Christoph Zrenner @ Prince Okyere & @ Milad Amini

www.brainstimjrnl.com/article/S193...

Pulsed inhibition of corticospinal excitability by the thalamocortical sleep spindle

Thalamocortical sleep spindles, i.e., oscillatory bursts at ∼12-15 Hz of waxing and waning amplitude, are a hallmark feature of non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep and believed to play a key role in m...

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Precision Neurotherapeutics Lab @ Stanford @stanfordpntlab.bsky.social · Feb 18

🧠 We are #hiring! Postdoc @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social: help us develop closed-loop EEG platforms to improve TMS treatment for depression! Coding and neuroscience / engineering backgrounds required. Join our team! precisionneuro.stanford.edu email: [email protected]

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Precision Neurotherapeutics Lab @ Stanford @stanfordpntlab.bsky.social · Dec 9

We're excited to share NaviNIBS, our new open-source tool 🔨 for neuronavigated noninvasive #brainstim 🧠⚡️

🎉Congrats to our co-director Chris Cline, lead developer of NaviNIBS!

We hope to enable new possibilities for innovations in neuronavigation #TMSEEG @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social (1/5)

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Precision Neurotherapeutics Lab @ Stanford @stanfordpntlab.bsky.social · Dec 7

🚨 New preprint alert 🚨 Musical rhythms can boost brain stimulation effects! ⚡️ Sensory-entrained #TMS (seTMS) synchronizes TMS pulses with auditory rhythm-induced high-excitability brain states 🎶🧠

Thread below 👇 @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social #StanfordMed #StanfordBrain (1/10)

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