Opitz Lab

@Opitz_Lab Kicking off the double session on #tACS at #Brainstim2025 in room 501. Join us!

International Brain Stimulation Conference starts with @Opitz_Lab talk in Kobe Japan

#UMNproud to receive a $4 million grant to advance transcranial magnetic stimulation. The project is co-led by @Opitz_Lab & aims to develop innovative technologies that could revolutionize treatment for psychiatric disorders. cse.umn.edu/bme/news/alexa…

🚨New Publication!🚨 Are you interest in combining TMS with real-time analysis of EEG? Check out our review on the latest methods. LINK to paper: doi.org/10.1088/1741-2… In JNE (@IOPPublishing) with a.o. @Opitz_Lab @SShiripour @IvanAlekseichuk @DrPaulCroarkin

We are delighted to announce that Walter Paulus is the recipient of the 2025 International Brain Stimulation Award. Join us at #BrainStimConf Feb 23-26, 2025, Kobe, Japan, where Dr. Paulus will deliver a plenary lecture. poster/symposia deadline 27 Sept. elsevier.com/events/confere…

Congrats Ivan! Second lab alumni who is starting their own independent position this year!

Congratulations to Dr. Sangjun Lee (Mentor: Dr. Alex Opitz) who received the 2024-2025 #MnDRIVE Neuromodulation Research Fellowship for his project titled, "A novel method for modulation of cognitive functions using traveling wave transcranial alternating current stimulation".

Please consider applying if you are interested in joining a team focused on adapting and innovating neurotherapeutics for youth Research Fellow - Psychology & Psychiatry jobs.mayoclinic.org/job/rochester/…

5/n Synaptic connections affect the entrainment of the postsynaptic neuron with excitatory synapses enhancing neural entrainment

4/n These de-entrainment and re-entrainment effects are frequency-specific. Furthermore, phase-locking depends also on the natural firing rate of the neurons, with higher firing rates resulting in higher phase-locking values.

‼️Check out our new paper‼️ spearheaded by our fantastic PhD candidate @Zhao1505. We modeled the effects of transcranial alternating current stimulation (#tACS) in a neuronal network model using intensities that are realistically achievable in humans. iopscience.iop.org/article/10.108…

CSE researchers showed that non-invasive brain stimulation can change a specific brain mechanism that is directly related to human behavior. This could lead to new therapies for brain disorders. Read more at z.umn.edu/BrainStimulati… @Opitz_Lab @UMNBME @UMNResearch @UMNews @NIH

Check out our new paper from the lab!

Very proud of your success! Well deserved!

Great work by Nipun Perera (@nipunWD), as well as all the others, @IvanAlekseichuk, @SShirinpour, @MilesWischnews1, and our collaborators in NY, Gary Linn, Kurt Masiello, Brent Butler, @RussBEneuro, Charles Schroeder, and Arnaud Falchier!

Our findings hopefully provide insights to TMS-evoked potential research in human using non-invasive #EEG recordings, as well as clinical research using EEG-guided #TMStherapy. 5/5

❗️Our new #research paper ❗️ on the mesoscale neural effects of transcranial magnetic stimulation #TMS in non-human primates is now out in @SFNjournals #JNeurosci #neuromodulation #neuroscience 1/5 doi.org/10.1523/JNEURO…