Oberman then obtained a mentored postdoctoral fellowship at the Berenson - Allen Center
for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation at Harvard Medical School where she developed paradigms using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to study brain plasticity and excitability in individuals with autism spectrum disorders.
«These results suggest that brain networks might be used to help us better understand why brain stimulation works and to improve therapy by identifying the best place to stimulate the brain for each individual patient and given disease,» says senior author Alvaro Pascual - Leone, MD, PhD, the Director of the Berenson - Allen Center
for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation at BIDMC and Professor of Neurology at HMS.
«Although different types of brain stimulation are currently applied in different locations, we found that the targets used to treat the same disease are nodes in the same connected brain network,» says first author Michael D. Fox, MD, PhD, an investigator in the Berenson - Allen Center
for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation and in the Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Center at BIDMC.
Not exact matches
A
noninvasive technique
for brain stimulation, tDCS is applied using two small electrodes placed on the scalp, delivering short bursts of extremely low - intensity electrical currents.
A study, published today in Science Advances, found that when scientists used
noninvasive brain stimulation to disrupt a
brain region called the temporoparietal junction (TPJ), people appeared less able to see things from the point of view of their future selves or of another person, and consequently were less likely to share money with others and more inclined to opt
for immediate cash instead of waiting
for a larger bounty at a later date.
This
noninvasive system
for leg muscle
stimulation is a promising method and is an advance of our current
brain - controlled systems that use virtual reality or a robotic exoskeleton.»
«If the trial proves successful, it represents a big moment in this field of medicine:
For the first time we could have an FDA - approved form of
noninvasive brain stimulation to help people with stroke by promoting concrete motor improvements.»
Noninvasive brain stimulation is having its heyday, as scientists and hobbyists alike look
for ways to change the activity of neurons without cutting into the
brain and implanting electrodes.
Also speaking at the event are Dr. Ken Lacovara (Insights from the biggest dinosaur skeleton ever found), Dr. Roy Hamilton (Enhancing human mental performance with
noninvasive brain stimulation), Dr. George Brainard (Better lighting
for better sleep in space), Denise Wong (Tiny bio-robots
for microscale medicine and engineering), Dr. Melinda Keefe (The chemistry of art conservation), and Dr. Michel Barsoum (Molding conductive «clay» into the next generation of batteries)
Demonstrated in Science in 2015, the system represents a
noninvasive prototype that could help researchers unravel the neuronal underpinnings of
brain disorders and someday help treat recalcitrant psychiatric and neurological diseases — without resorting to the bulky electrodes currently used
for deep
brain stimulation in the treatment of Parkinson's disease and some forms of depression.
Freitas C, Mondragón - Llorca H, Pascual - Leone A.
Noninvasive brain stimulation in Alzheimer's disease: Systematic review and perspectives
for the future.