Graduate Course & Laboratory

Instructor: Dr Mahdi Alavi

Institute for Cognitive & Brain Sciences 

Shahid Bebeshti University

Fall 2018

Syllabus:

– Historical Background
– Commercial Devices
– Physics and Neural Activation
– Electronics
– Coils and Cooling System
– Repetitive and Controllable TMS (rTMS and cTMS) 
– Neuro-Navigated and Robotized TMS
– Input-Output Curve and Motor Threshold 
– IO curve and Motor Threshold Detection Methods
– Experimental Design
– Therapeutic Applications 
– Safety and Regulations 
– Lab Session

Evaluation Policy:

  • Written Exam: %40
  • Lab Exam: %40
  • Project: %20

References:

  • Oxford Handbook of Transcranial Stimulation, Editors: E. Wassermann, C. Epstein, U. Ziemann, V. Walsh, T. Paus, and S.H. Lisanby, Oxford University Press, 2008.
  • TRANSCRANIAL BRAIN STIMULATION, Edited by Carlo Miniussi, Walter Paulus, Paolo M. Rossini, CRC Press, 2013.
  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Edited by A.Rotenberg, J. C. Horvath, A. Pascual-Leone, Humana Press (Springer), 2014.
  • L. Richter, Robotized Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Springer, 2013
  • S.M. Goetz, B. Luber, S.H. Lisanby, and A.V. Peterchev, “A novel model incorporating two variability sources for describing motor evoked potentials,” Brain stimulation, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 541–552, 2014.
  • A.V. Peterchev, S.M. Goetz, G.G. Westin, B. Luber, and S.H. Lisanby, “Pulse width dependence of motor threshold and input–output curve characterized with controllable pulse parameter ranscranial magnetic stimulation,” Clinical Neurophysiology, vol. 124, no. 7, pp. 1364–1372, 2013.
  • B. Treutwein, “Adaptive psychophysical procedures,” Vision research, vol. 35, no. 17, pp. 2503–2522, 1995.
  • SM Goetz, SMM Alavi, Z-D Deng, AV Peterchev, “Statistical Model of Motor Evoked Potentials”, IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 27(8), pp. 1539 – 1545, 2019.
  • SMM Alavi, SM Goetz, AV Peterchev, “Optimal estimation of neural recruitment curves using Fisher information: application to transcranial magnetic stimulation,” IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering,  27(6), pp. 1320 – 1330, 2019.