Food for thought on the use of the "active" sham in several systems - creative take on the current situation from a great group of thinkers. Trigeminal Nerve Stimulation as a Semi-Active Control Condition in TMS... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Our new perspective in Nature Mental Health on TMS to the “dark side” of the brain is out now! TMS is usually delivered to the frontal lobes, yet neuroimaging often links posterior brain regions to psychiatric illness - maybe valuable new TMS targets? nature.com/articles/s4422…

[Pain] Lefaucheur et al.: "The study by Hodkinson et al. (2025) paves the way for potential changes in rTMS procedures applied to other targets to treat chronic pain in the future." Editorial: doi.org/10.1016/j.clin… Hodkinson et al.: doi.org/10.1016/j.clin… #TMS: transcranial

Brain research, electrical muscle stimulation, and robotics topped Tuesday's schedule helping researchers keep the crew healthy and assist them on long-term missions. nasa.gov/blogs/spacesta…

[Depression] Bailey et al.: "Results suggest our methods could be used to inform treatment selection." Open access: doi.org/10.1016/j.clin… #rTMS: Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation

🎵⚡ Musical beats can enhance TMS effects! Our "Sensory Entrained TMS" uses music to optimize brain stimulation timing - a simple, accessible approach that could improve plasticity protocols and TMS treatments. Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Jessica M Ross, PhD Corey Keller

[Highlight of the Month] Ewen JB, Babiloni C, Collins GS, Ethridge LE, Gotman J, Ikeda A, Karoly PJ, Potter WZ, Rampp S, Seeck M, Beniczky S. The GREENBEAN checklist for reporting studies evaluating the effectiveness of EEG-based biomarkers. Clin Neurophysiol 2025;176:2110777.

[Mild cognitive impairment] Rochas et al.: "MRI-individualized, multi-electrode tACS enhances the induced electrical field strength in the targeted area of mild cognitive impairment patients." Open access: sciencedirect.com/science/articl… #tACS: Transcranial alternating current

Brain stimulation helps millions with depression, but we still don't know HOW it works. Enter TMS-iEEG: directly measure human brain activity during stimulation with ms and mm precision. New guide: lnkd.in/gDjkirR 🧠Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Aaron Boes Nick Trapp Precision Neurotherapeutics Lab @ Stanford

[Neuromodulation] Parchure et al.: "TMS motor evoked potential input-output curves predict the neuroplasticity effects of continuous theta burst stimulation." doi.org/10.1016/j.clin…

🧠 We treat depression with TMS, but don't understand how it works. Our team tracked brain changes during Stanford Neuromodulation Therapy (SNT) and found treatment reduced brain excitability by 40%, with predictive changes by day 3. Progress moving from guesswork to precision

[Depression] Schwartzmann et al.: "Our study offers comprehensive solutions for EEG practices across multiple sites, providing valuable insights and inspiration for establishing standardization approaches in collaborative neuroimaging efforts beyond depression research."

🔥How does GENETIC RISK FOR DEPRESSION affect your brain? 🔥Extraordinary paper, out today [1], examines genetic risk for depression and brain MRI in 50,975 participants pooled from 11 studies within the ENIGMA Major Depressive Disorder Working Group 🔥People with higher genetic