Jake Toth
@jaketoth.bsky.social
All things neurotech 🧠 | Postdoc in transcranial ultrasound stimulation 🔊 University of Oxford | jaketoth.tech
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Jake Toth
@jaketoth.bsky.social
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How Can We Change Brain Activity With Sound? | Jake Toth | Spotlight: Illuminating Engineering
YouTube video by Oxford Engineering
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My recent talk on how we can change brain activity without surgery or drugs is live!
youtu.be/EpnMdwZ7lFo?...
youtu.be/EpnMdwZ7lFo?...
“Huntington’s disease successfully treated for the first time” has got to be the best headline of 2025!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time
One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
“Huntington’s disease successfully treated for the first time” has got to be the best headline of 2025!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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My review paper on temporal interference brain stimulation just came out in Frontiers in Neurology! 🧠⚡
We cover what’s been learned from 2017–2024 and where the field is heading next.
Read it here 👉 : doi.org/10.3389/fneu...
#Neuroscience #BrainStimulation #DeepBrainModulation #Publication #TI
We cover what’s been learned from 2017–2024 and where the field is heading next.
Read it here 👉 : doi.org/10.3389/fneu...
#Neuroscience #BrainStimulation #DeepBrainModulation #Publication #TI
Frontiers | Beyond the surface: a review of transcranial temporal interference stimulation for deep brain modulation
Temporal Interference (TI) stimulation has emerged as a novel, non-invasive technique for selectively modulating deep brain regions while minimizing stimulat...
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September 23, 2025 at 2:57 PM
My review paper on temporal interference brain stimulation just came out in Frontiers in Neurology! 🧠⚡
We cover what’s been learned from 2017–2024 and where the field is heading next.
Read it here 👉 : doi.org/10.3389/fneu...
#Neuroscience #BrainStimulation #DeepBrainModulation #Publication #TI
We cover what’s been learned from 2017–2024 and where the field is heading next.
Read it here 👉 : doi.org/10.3389/fneu...
#Neuroscience #BrainStimulation #DeepBrainModulation #Publication #TI
My recent talk on how we can change brain activity without surgery or drugs is live!
youtu.be/EpnMdwZ7lFo?...
youtu.be/EpnMdwZ7lFo?...
How Can We Change Brain Activity With Sound? | Jake Toth | Spotlight: Illuminating Engineering
YouTube video by Oxford Engineering
youtu.be
July 22, 2025 at 2:43 PM
My recent talk on how we can change brain activity without surgery or drugs is live!
youtu.be/EpnMdwZ7lFo?...
youtu.be/EpnMdwZ7lFo?...
Last week I gave my first public talk on non-invasive brain stimulation. It was an exciting (but slightly terrifying) experience. I spoke about how we can change brain activity without surgery or drugs and the incredible potential of these technologies!
All tickets sold out. Big questions asked. Even bigger ideas shared.🎤
After #SpotlightIE, 95% of attendees strongly agreed engineering shapes the world - up from 70% before.
Swipe to see our brilliant speakers📸
Talks coming soon on YouTube!
#OxfordEngineering #PublicEngagement
After #SpotlightIE, 95% of attendees strongly agreed engineering shapes the world - up from 70% before.
Swipe to see our brilliant speakers📸
Talks coming soon on YouTube!
#OxfordEngineering #PublicEngagement
May 7, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Last week I gave my first public talk on non-invasive brain stimulation. It was an exciting (but slightly terrifying) experience. I spoke about how we can change brain activity without surgery or drugs and the incredible potential of these technologies!
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What does engineering sound like when it’s reshaping your world?
Get a sneak peek from our Spotlight speakers!
🗓️ 30 April, Old Fire Station
🎟️ Book now: https://eng.ox.ac.uk/events/spotlight-illuminating-engineering-2025/
#SpotlightIE
Get a sneak peek from our Spotlight speakers!
🗓️ 30 April, Old Fire Station
🎟️ Book now: https://eng.ox.ac.uk/events/spotlight-illuminating-engineering-2025/
#SpotlightIE
Enjoy the videos and music that you love, upload original content and share it all with friends, family and the world on YouTube.
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April 20, 2025 at 8:06 AM
What does engineering sound like when it’s reshaping your world?
Get a sneak peek from our Spotlight speakers!
🗓️ 30 April, Old Fire Station
🎟️ Book now: https://eng.ox.ac.uk/events/spotlight-illuminating-engineering-2025/
#SpotlightIE
Get a sneak peek from our Spotlight speakers!
🗓️ 30 April, Old Fire Station
🎟️ Book now: https://eng.ox.ac.uk/events/spotlight-illuminating-engineering-2025/
#SpotlightIE
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What brain regions are involved in causing psychotic symptoms?
Take a moment away from the existential dread about the future of science, and join me in this summary of some incredibly cool stuff that could help patients!
1/n🧵
Take a moment away from the existential dread about the future of science, and join me in this summary of some incredibly cool stuff that could help patients!
1/n🧵
February 12, 2025 at 8:23 PM
What brain regions are involved in causing psychotic symptoms?
Take a moment away from the existential dread about the future of science, and join me in this summary of some incredibly cool stuff that could help patients!
1/n🧵
Take a moment away from the existential dread about the future of science, and join me in this summary of some incredibly cool stuff that could help patients!
1/n🧵
EU reclassification of non-medical tES/TMS to Class III (high-risk) was based on shockingly weak evidence. Full details are here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Note of concern regarding the sources of scientific evidence used to justify the Reclassification of Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation (NIBS) Devices without an intended medical purpose into Class III
www.sciencedirect.com
January 28, 2025 at 8:02 PM
EU reclassification of non-medical tES/TMS to Class III (high-risk) was based on shockingly weak evidence. Full details are here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
It’s so exciting to see all the newly funded ARIA Precision Neurotechnologies projects get announced!
A full list can be found here:
www.aria.org.uk/opportunity-...
A full list can be found here:
www.aria.org.uk/opportunity-...
Precision Neurotechnologies
Backed by £69m, this programme aims to unlock new methods to interface with the human brain at the cellular level, with unprecedented precision.
www.aria.org.uk
January 20, 2025 at 1:52 PM
It’s so exciting to see all the newly funded ARIA Precision Neurotechnologies projects get announced!
A full list can be found here:
www.aria.org.uk/opportunity-...
A full list can be found here:
www.aria.org.uk/opportunity-...
Pleased to share that I have been selected for the 2025 Foresight Fellowship Program!
I'm excited to network with fellow Foresight members and to discuss how non-invasive brain stimulation technologies can be used and scaled in the long term. 🧠
foresight.org/fellowship/2...
I'm excited to network with fellow Foresight members and to discuss how non-invasive brain stimulation technologies can be used and scaled in the long term. 🧠
foresight.org/fellowship/2...
2025 Fellow Jake Toth
foresight.org
January 14, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Pleased to share that I have been selected for the 2025 Foresight Fellowship Program!
I'm excited to network with fellow Foresight members and to discuss how non-invasive brain stimulation technologies can be used and scaled in the long term. 🧠
foresight.org/fellowship/2...
I'm excited to network with fellow Foresight members and to discuss how non-invasive brain stimulation technologies can be used and scaled in the long term. 🧠
foresight.org/fellowship/2...
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Hundreds of Caltech and Caltech/Nasa Jet Propulsion Lab scientists, professors, and students have lost their homes in the LA fires.
The Disaster Relief Fund is organized to help. Please share.
giving.caltech.edu/areas-to-sup...
The Disaster Relief Fund is organized to help. Please share.
giving.caltech.edu/areas-to-sup...
The Caltech and JPL Disaster Relief Fund
giving.caltech.edu
January 11, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Hundreds of Caltech and Caltech/Nasa Jet Propulsion Lab scientists, professors, and students have lost their homes in the LA fires.
The Disaster Relief Fund is organized to help. Please share.
giving.caltech.edu/areas-to-sup...
The Disaster Relief Fund is organized to help. Please share.
giving.caltech.edu/areas-to-sup...
Interested in inclusive neurotechnology design?
I highly recommend applying for this postdoc position.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLJ593/r...
I highly recommend applying for this postdoc position.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLJ593/r...
Research Associate in Inclusive Neurotechnology Design at University of Sheffield
Apply now for the Research Associate in Inclusive Neurotechnology Design role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details.
www.jobs.ac.uk
January 11, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Interested in inclusive neurotechnology design?
I highly recommend applying for this postdoc position.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLJ593/r...
I highly recommend applying for this postdoc position.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLJ593/r...
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If you use brain (or nerve!) stimulation methods in human (or animal!) neuroscience, then maybe you need (to be on) this list...
#BrainStim
(please ask to be added)
go.bsky.app/395SGxh
#BrainStim
(please ask to be added)
go.bsky.app/395SGxh
January 8, 2025 at 10:36 PM
If you use brain (or nerve!) stimulation methods in human (or animal!) neuroscience, then maybe you need (to be on) this list...
#BrainStim
(please ask to be added)
go.bsky.app/395SGxh
#BrainStim
(please ask to be added)
go.bsky.app/395SGxh
For those who don’t know, focused research organisations (FROs) strike a balance between the openness of research, the dynamism of start-ups, and the scale of industry. If you have a big idea in neurotechnology, consider applying to open an FRO in the UK!
January 9, 2025 at 12:51 PM
For those who don’t know, focused research organisations (FROs) strike a balance between the openness of research, the dynamism of start-ups, and the scale of industry. If you have a big idea in neurotechnology, consider applying to open an FRO in the UK!
What % of people with tetraplegia would turn down an implanted device to recover hand movement?
Surprisingly (to me at least) it was 29% in this survey!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Surprisingly (to me at least) it was 29% in this survey!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Needs of individuals with tetraplegia and expectations regarding implanted neuroprosthesis
www.sciencedirect.com
January 6, 2025 at 11:38 AM
What % of people with tetraplegia would turn down an implanted device to recover hand movement?
Surprisingly (to me at least) it was 29% in this survey!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Surprisingly (to me at least) it was 29% in this survey!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
What will the world look in 30 years?
I’m not so sure about this prediction: “By 2055, she thinks many people will be "cognitively connected" - a hive mind of humans and technology via servers, which will help in the sharing of ideas.”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I’m not so sure about this prediction: “By 2055, she thinks many people will be "cognitively connected" - a hive mind of humans and technology via servers, which will help in the sharing of ideas.”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
January 1, 2025 at 10:18 AM
What will the world look in 30 years?
I’m not so sure about this prediction: “By 2055, she thinks many people will be "cognitively connected" - a hive mind of humans and technology via servers, which will help in the sharing of ideas.”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I’m not so sure about this prediction: “By 2055, she thinks many people will be "cognitively connected" - a hive mind of humans and technology via servers, which will help in the sharing of ideas.”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Our new publication in Human Brain Mapping is a roadmap to implanting stimulation electrodes to evoke tactile sensations on the fingers of Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) users. We share the plan and results for 5 study participants across a decade at 2 sites.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
December 30, 2024 at 8:01 PM
Our new publication in Human Brain Mapping is a roadmap to implanting stimulation electrodes to evoke tactile sensations on the fingers of Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) users. We share the plan and results for 5 study participants across a decade at 2 sites.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Human cortical pyramidal neurons are larger, with more elaborate branching, and distinct nonlinear biophysical properties compared to rat cortical pyramidal neurons.
Are they more functionally complex? Could that boost the human brain’s computational power? and is that what makes us human? (1/11)
Are they more functionally complex? Could that boost the human brain’s computational power? and is that what makes us human? (1/11)
December 26, 2024 at 5:31 PM
Human cortical pyramidal neurons are larger, with more elaborate branching, and distinct nonlinear biophysical properties compared to rat cortical pyramidal neurons.
Are they more functionally complex? Could that boost the human brain’s computational power? and is that what makes us human? (1/11)
Are they more functionally complex? Could that boost the human brain’s computational power? and is that what makes us human? (1/11)
Non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) is a promising but challenging field of research. I recently joined Bluesky, so thought I would share one of my recent papers exploring electrical, magnetic, ultrasonic and light-based brain stimulation and where the field might go next ⬇️
December 6, 2024 at 4:30 PM
Non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) is a promising but challenging field of research. I recently joined Bluesky, so thought I would share one of my recent papers exploring electrical, magnetic, ultrasonic and light-based brain stimulation and where the field might go next ⬇️
Reposted by Jake Toth
Please share: ARIA is offering £500k seed awards for neural interface projects. Apply by 13 Feb 2025.
I've been impressed with ARIA's scientific team and overall execution so far. They deserve your best ideas!
www.aria.org.uk/scalable-neu...
I've been impressed with ARIA's scientific team and overall execution so far. They deserve your best ideas!
www.aria.org.uk/scalable-neu...
Scalable Neural Interfaces – Opportunity seeds - ARIA
To support scientific and technological breakthroughs, outside of programmes, ARIA Programme Directors can award opportunity seeds to support ambitious research aligned to the opportunity spaces they’...
www.aria.org.uk
December 2, 2024 at 4:33 PM
Please share: ARIA is offering £500k seed awards for neural interface projects. Apply by 13 Feb 2025.
I've been impressed with ARIA's scientific team and overall execution so far. They deserve your best ideas!
www.aria.org.uk/scalable-neu...
I've been impressed with ARIA's scientific team and overall execution so far. They deserve your best ideas!
www.aria.org.uk/scalable-neu...
Hi everyone! I'm a postdoc at the University of Oxford working with transcranial ultrasound stimulation (TUS)🔊🧠. I'm interested in neurotechnology, particularly non-invasive brain stimulation.
Excited to discuss all the amazing research and innovation in this space!
#NeuroSky #Neurotech
Excited to discuss all the amazing research and innovation in this space!
#NeuroSky #Neurotech
December 1, 2024 at 6:48 PM
Hi everyone! I'm a postdoc at the University of Oxford working with transcranial ultrasound stimulation (TUS)🔊🧠. I'm interested in neurotechnology, particularly non-invasive brain stimulation.
Excited to discuss all the amazing research and innovation in this space!
#NeuroSky #Neurotech
Excited to discuss all the amazing research and innovation in this space!
#NeuroSky #Neurotech
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Effects of 5Hz-rTUS (tbTUS) on corticospinal excitability are less robust than we initially thought. Check out my new preprint with @drcarysevans.bsky.social and Po-Yu Fong showing that offline excitatory TUS-TMS effects don't replicate. Thread below 👇 doi.org/10.1101/2024...
November 28, 2024 at 2:21 PM
Effects of 5Hz-rTUS (tbTUS) on corticospinal excitability are less robust than we initially thought. Check out my new preprint with @drcarysevans.bsky.social and Po-Yu Fong showing that offline excitatory TUS-TMS effects don't replicate. Thread below 👇 doi.org/10.1101/2024...