Currents of Hope: how noninvasive brain stimulation is reshaping modern psychiatric care; Adapting to diversity: Integrating variability in brain structure and function into personalized / closed-loop non-invasive brain stimulation for substance use disorders
In March we will focus on TMS and host Ghazaleh Soleimani and Colleen Hanlon. The talks will talk place on Thursday, March 28th at noon ET – please be aware that this means 5PM CET since Boston already switched to summer time! Ghazaleh Soleimani, PhD, is a postdoctoral fellow in Dr Hamed Ekhtiari’s lab at the University of Minnesota. She is also the executive director of the International Network of tES/TMS for Addiction Medicine (INTAM). She will discuss “Adapting to diversity: Integrating variability in brain structure and function into personalized / closed-loop non-invasive brain stimulation for substance use disorders”. Colleen Hanlon, PhD, currently serves as a Vice President of Medical Affairs for BrainsWay, a company specializing in medical devices for mental health, including TMS. Colleen previously worked at the Medical University of South Carolina and Wake Forest School of Medicine. She received the International Brain Stimulation Early Career Award in 2023. She will discuss “Currents of Hope: how noninvasive brain stimulation is reshaping modern psychiatric care”. As always, we will also get a glimpse at the “Person behind the science”. Please register va talks.stimulatingbrains.org to receive the (free) Zoom link, subscribe to our newsletter, or follow us on Twitter/X for further updates!
Closed-loop deep brain stimulation as a neuroprosthetic of dopaminergic circuits – Current evidence and future opportunities; Spatial filtering to enhance signal processing in invasive neurophysiology
On Thursday February 15th, we will host Victoria Peterson and Julian Neumann. Victoria will tell us about “Spatial filtering to enhance signal processing in invasive neurophysiology”. Besides his scientific presentation on “Closed-loop deep brain stimulation as a neuroprosthetic of dopaminergic circuits – Current evidence and future opportunities”, Julian will give us a glimpse at the person behind the science. The talks will be followed by a shared discussion. Note: The talks will exceptionally be held at 10 ET / 4PM CET. You can register via talks.stimulatingbrains.org to receive the (free) Zoom link!
Neuropunk revolution and its implementation via real-time neurosimulations and their integrations
In this talk I present the perspectives of the "neuropunk revolution'' technologies. One could understand the "neuropunk revolution'' as the integration of real-time neurosimulations into biological nervous/motor systems via neurostimulation or artificial robotic systems via integration with actuators. I see the added value of the real-time neurosimulations as bridge technology for the set of developed technologies: BCI, neuroprosthetics, AI, robotics to provide bio-compatible integration into biological or artificial limbs. Here I present the three types of integration of the "neuropunk revolution'' technologies as inbound, outbound and closed-loop in-outbound systems. I see the shift of the perspective of how we see now the set of technologies including AI, BCI, neuroprosthetics and robotics due to the proposed concept for example the integration of external to a body simulated part of the nervous system back into the biological nervous system or muscles.
Electrophysiologic Monitoring and Modulation of Enteric Nervous System
We will highlight recent technological and methodological advances in deploying miniaturized technologies that can monitor the spatial electrophysiologic patterns of the visceral nervous system. As an example, we will discuss recent developments of thin, stretchable, wireless biosensor patches that can be embedded within routinely used medical adhesives for recording electrophysiologic patterns of the GI tract. We will also showcase recent developments in array signal processing that enable non-invasive tracking, and source localization, of the slow wave patterns associated with the GI tract. We will illustrate how such systems can also be used in tandem with novel miniaturized pacing devices to can enable closed-loop neuromodulation of the enteric nervous system. We will conclude with a summary of the knowns and unknowns in how multi-organ physiology research, technology miniaturization, and data science may create unique opportunities for the intersection of electrical engineering and neuroscience.