Topic: noninvasive brain stimulation

Jennie Erin Smith discusses research on noninvasive brain stimulation in women’s health, including postpartum depression, menstrual pain and fertility-related questions. Liisa Galea reviews the evidence on hormone therapy during perimenopause and associations between menopausal symptoms and later health outcomes, including dementia and cardiovascular disease. The discussion concerns research findings and open questions rather than individual treatment recommendations.

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 stimula