Brain-state-controlled #TMS promises more robust neuromodulation but it hasn’t reached clinical protocols like #iTBS yet. Here, we personalized iTBS by syncing delivery to each person’s #EEG theta rhythm - method + rationale inside, clinical results to follow: www.brainstimjrnl.com/article/S193...

Personalized, EEG-controlled intermittent theta burst stimulation

Brain state-controlled and closed-loop approaches to transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) have emerged as a promising frontier in precision psychiatry [1]. Multiple groups have demonstrated that th...

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Are you looking for a postdoc position or research assistant experience in the bleeding-edge closed-loop, robotic TMS-EEG? Email me or check out my lab's website for more details. #TMS #Neuromodulation

🚨New Publication!🚨Using phase-targeted TMS-EEG we tested the cortical excitability of stroke survivors at various oscillation phases (mu rhythm). Published in Clinical Neurophysiology: doi.org/10.1016/j.cl... @alekseichuk.bsky.social #TMS #brain #brainstimulation #neuroscience

🚨New Publication🚨 From the Opitz Lab (w/ @alekseichuk.bsky.social). A new closed-loop TMS-EEG algorithm that targets specific neural oscillation phases and is flexible across different brain regions and frequency bands. doi.org/10.1109/TBME... #brain #brainstimulation #neuroscience

Bayesian Temporal Prediction: A Robust Algorithm for Real-time EEG Phase-dependent Brain Stimulation

Objective: Real-time estimation of brain state is essential for efficient brain stimulation. Specifically, the electroencephalography (EEG) oscillation phase arose as a promising biomarker for instant...

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A liability framework for high-risk neural devices | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

A liability framework for high-risk neural devices

A no-fault compensation scheme may help balance innovation and patient protection

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🚨 New paper: Motor cortex excitability is shaped by traveling alpha & beta waves 🧠🌊 Using EEG-triggered TMS & ECoG in humans + a non-human primate, we show excitability depends on phase and direction of neural rhythms. w/ Zach Haigh & Alex Opitz 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.ce... #Neuroscience

Are you interested in meta-modeling of #BrainStimulation? Now, we’re sharing head models and code in Scientific Data: www.nature.com/articles/s41... E.g., that's how we meta-analyzed tACS studies on memory recently (www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...). Together with @miles2708.bsky.social and Opitz Lab.

Human head models and populational framework for simulating brain stimulations - Scientific Data

Scientific Data - Human head models and populational framework for simulating brain stimulations

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Happy New Year! (my cartoon for @newscientist.bsky.social)

Excited to share that I will start as an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Northwestern University this fall! My lab will focus on closed-loop brain stimulation and neuroimaging. I look forward to doing cool science together with brilliant colleagues at Northwestern.

What brain oscillations are the causal "bottlenecks" of human #WorkingMemory? Check our meta-model of existing oscillatory brain stimulation (tACS) + working memory studies. Now online in PNAS by Miles Wischnewski, Taylor Berger, Alex Opitz, and me: www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...

Methodological choices matter: A systematic comparison of TMS-EEG studies targeting the primary motor cortex https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.03.08.583873v1

Methodological choices matter: A systematic comparison of TMS-EEG studies targeting the primary motor cortex https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.03.08.583873v1

Background: Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) triggers time-locked cortical activity that can

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