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Stimulating Brains
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A podcast & talk series about brain stimulation and stimulating brains. Home at the @netstim.org
Loading...the Oct edition of the Talk series!
When --> Thurs, Oct 30th, 2025/ 12:00 PM EST / 6:30 PM CET
Ft. Alessia Cavallo & Svjetlana Miocinovic who will deep dive into all things electrophysiology - from state dependent effects to optimization!
Register here: mgb-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
October 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
🧠✨Join us Thurs, Sept 25 — 12 PM EST / 6 PM CET to explore how fronto-basal ganglia circuits drive goal-directed behavior in Parkinson’s & how adaptive DBS moves from pathophysiology to clinical care, with @colinwhoy.bsky.social & Andrea Kühn!
👉 Register here: mgb-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
September 15, 2025 at 10:24 PM
The talk series is back after a summer break! 🌞 Join us Aug 28 at noon ET / 6 PM CET for a fascinating session with the academic power duo @dorahermes.bsky.social & Kai Miller! 🧠✨ They’ll explore how single-pulse signals reveal biomarkers and map brain connectivity. Don’t miss it!
August 21, 2025 at 12:16 AM
We had a wonderful time talking to @rolstonjohn.bsky.social, the Director of Epilepsy Surgery at Brigham & Women's Hospital. We talk about RNS for epilepsy, DBS for coma, traveling waves in the brain, stem cell therapy, closed loop DBS & more! Tune in 👇

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August 1, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Excited to be featured as one of the best neuroscience podcasts on millionpodcasts: www.millionpodcasts.com/neuroscience...
June 18, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Happening today! We have two amazing speakers, Nicole Provenza and Martijn Figee who will share their thoughts on engineering for Neuromodulation and circuit based DBS for OCD respectively.

Be sure to tune in on May 29th, 12 noon EST/6:00 PM CET

Register here: partners.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
May 29, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Mark your calendar: May 29 🧠

@nicoleprovenza.bsky.social & @mfigee.bsky.social are joining Stimulating Brains this month!

Register now 👉 stimulatingbrains.org/talk-series/
May 13, 2025 at 8:42 PM
It was a great honor to talk with the founding editor of Brain Stimulation, Dr. Harold Sackeim!
Beyond the past, present and future of ECT, we covered the entire field of neuromodulation.

Priceless insights from a key leader in the field!

Tune in here 👇

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April 25, 2025 at 2:12 AM
We had a truly inspiring and insightful conversation with Dr. Rees Cosgrove, Director of Epilepsy and Functional Neurosurgery at @brighamandwomens.bsky.social & Professor of Neurosurgery @harvardmed.bsky.social

Rediscovering the lost art of brain lesions…!

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April 22, 2025 at 8:31 PM
🧠 Big brains, big moves!
Join us 📆 April 24 for a Stimulating Brains sesh with Dr. Rees Cosgrove & @bassamalfatly.bsky.social ⚡️
We will dive into topics of mapping causal brain networks & the evolution of movement disorder surgery!
Where: partners.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
🕛 Thurs, 12 PM ET / 6 PM CET
April 21, 2025 at 2:49 PM
We had a wonderful conversation with Dr. Terry Sanger from CHOC who is a very inspirational figure and innovator in the field of DBS – with a special focus on treating pediatric forms dystonia / cerebral palsy.

Tune in here 👇👇

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March 27, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Adaptive DBS was recently approved by the FDA – in this episode, we talk with @toddherrington.bsky.social about the underlying ADAPT-PD trial, the mechanism of action of DBS, and the potential role of stem cell therapy in movement disorders. Tune in here 👇🎧👇🎧
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March 18, 2025 at 3:04 AM
March‘s Stimulating Brains is here!

Joins us on March 27th for talks by Molly Hermiller and Ziad Nahas at noon ET/ 5 PM CET.

*Please be aware that the time has changed to 5 PM CET for those in Europe.
March 17, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Can an entire treatment course of TMS for depression be condensed into a single day? Find out in this very inspiring conversation with Jonathan Downar here:

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March 3, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Happy New Year 2025! We're starting off the year with a banger of a talk by our very own Aysu Sahin and Dr. Aysegul Gunduz!

📆: January 30th, Thursday
⏰: 12 ET/ 6 PM CET
Register here for free: stimulatingbrains.org/talk-series/
January 17, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Had a fantastic conversation with Roxanne Lofredi on human (invasive) striatal recordings & her new @naturecomms.bsky.social paper, confirming & extending @russpoldrack.bsky.social's 'Stopping Triangle' using DBS stimulation mapping – tune in here:

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January 4, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Happy New Year from Stimulating Brains!

And we say thank you to 45,000 plays and the fantastic guests that took part in our neuromodulation podcast!
January 1, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I had a wonderful conversation with Jim McNasby, who is the Chief Counsel at the MJFF.

Jim is also living with Parkinson's Disease and Deep Brain Stimulation, and shares invaluable insights about his journey, his 'wishlist for DBS' and his work at MJFF:

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December 23, 2024 at 2:19 PM
With CereGate, Bálint Varkuti explores how we can use DBS induced side effects – such as tingling paraesthesias – to communicate with the brain. Or to use spinal cord stimulation to enable hearing.

Yep, you heard that right – pretty cool, eh?

Tune in here! 👇👇
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December 13, 2024 at 7:23 PM
The final (& an amazing!) installment of the 2024 talk series is here! Join us on Thursday, Dec 19 to hear @bahnebahners.bsky.social and @allisonwatersphd.bsky.social discuss bridging the gap between electrophysiology and neuromodulation! Register for free here: stimulatingbrains.org/talk-series/
December 12, 2024 at 10:16 PM
In case you missed the excellent talk from @fredschaper.bsky.social and Robert Fisher last month, the recording has been uploaded: youtu.be/pjIfTYQkqUE
Mark your calendars for the next installment on December 19th with the fantastic @bahnebahners.bsky.social and @allisonwatersphd.bsky.social!
November 30, 2024 at 7:24 PM
Mark McAuley is a successful CEO but also has Parkinson's Disease and DBS. To learn more about it, he started a research project in Susan Boehnke's course at Queens University. A fantastic journey about patient-led research and fantastic science education…!

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November 20, 2024 at 3:29 AM
We're new here (plz RT) – and have a new episode out!
In this captivating conversation, Daniela Popa and Clement Lena tell us about how the cerebellum could be used to treat dyskinesia and what it role may be in fear extinction!
Tune in here: 🎧
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November 11, 2024 at 5:33 PM
Stimulating Brains is on @bsky.app – we're hosting a podcast and talk series about stimulating brains and stimulating brains!
Check it out @ www.stimulatingbrains.org
November 11, 2024 at 2:28 PM