Penn Brain Science, Translation, Innovation, and Modulation Center

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The Penn Brain Science, Translation, Innovation, and Modulation (brainSTIM) Center brings together a team of leading neuroscientists, neurologists, psychiatrists, psychologists, and engineers from the University of Pennsylvania who use groundbreaking neuromodulation techniques to research, repair, and enhance human brain function. In order to accomplish this goal, the brainSTIM Center has created a framework for cooperation that cuts across departmental and institutional boundaries. The center promotes intellectually rewarding, productive, and novel scientific collaborations in the field of neuromodulation by leveraging critical skills and resources, creating unique opportunities for growth, innovation, and sustainability for neuromodulation research.

The brainSTIM Center successfully held its second annual Intensive 3-Day TMS Workshop from Wednesday, September 25th to Friday, September 27, 2024. The workshop featured hands-on training and didactic lectures on the principles and mechanisms of TMS, covering topics such as safety, clinical and research advances, TMS targeting and experimental design, TMS/fMRI, and TMS/EEG. Six expert speakers delivered lectures: Roy Hamilton, MD; Sudha Kessler, MD; Yvette Sheline, MD; Nicholas Balderston, PhD; Desmond Oathes, PhD; and John Medaglia, PhD. Please go to the TMS Workshop 2024 tab for more information - pictures of the event will be posted soon!

brainSTIM News

  • Congratulations to Dr. Flavia Vitale, 2024 NSF CAREER Award Recipient! Wednesday, July 24, 2024

    The brainSTIM Center would like to congratulate Dr. Flavia Vitale who is the 2024 recipient of a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award! Dr. Vitale's work at Penn Engineering entails developing accessible and affordable solutions for the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of people with neurological disorders. Read more at Penn Today & Penn Engineering Today!

  • Dr. Yvette Sheline's aiTBS therapy study for bipolar disorder featured on Penn Today Wednesday, July 17, 2024

    Dr. Yvette Sheline was featured in a Penn Today article titled "New form of repetitive magnetic brain stimulation reduces treatment time for bipolar disorder." Dr. Sheline discusses how accelerated intermittent theta burst stimulation (aiTBS) therapy can be used for depressed patients with bipolar disorder who may not respond well to drugs or cannot tolerate their side effects while also shortening the treatment window.

  • National Institute of Mental Health Research Highlight: "Noninvasively Stimulating Deep Brain Areas to Treat Depression Symptoms" Wednesday, June 5, 2024

    Drs. Desmond Oathes, Yvette Sheline, and the Center for Brain Imaging and Stimulation were featured on June 5th in a research highlight titled "Noninvasively Stimulating Deep Brain Areas to Treat Depression Symptoms." A neuroimaging study funded by the National Institute of Mental Health explored whether a brain stimulation therapy known as repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) could target regions deep in the brain via their surface connections. The study offers new evidence that stimulating deeper brain areas can reduce depression symptoms and identifies a possible target for improved depression treatment. Click here for more!

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