The next meeting of TMSMultiLab 🧠🧲:
Friday 25th July 14:00 (GMT+1)
Dr Roisin McMackin on how to use the EMG baseline period before a TMS pulse.
Join us on Github or Slack to get the monthly meeting link (or email).
#BrainStim #EMG #TMS
www.mcmackinlab.com/people/dr-ro...
Friday 25th July 14:00 (GMT+1)
Dr Roisin McMackin on how to use the EMG baseline period before a TMS pulse.
Join us on Github or Slack to get the monthly meeting link (or email).
#BrainStim #EMG #TMS
www.mcmackinlab.com/people/dr-ro...
McMackin Lab - Dr Roisin McMackin
Roisin is the Principal Investigator for the lab. She is an Assistant Professor in the Discipline of Physiology at Trinity College Dublin and works in close collaboration with the Academic Unit of Neu...
www.mcmackinlab.com
July 14, 2025 at 5:52 AM
The next meeting of TMSMultiLab 🧠🧲:
Friday 25th July 14:00 (GMT+1)
Dr Roisin McMackin on how to use the EMG baseline period before a TMS pulse.
Join us on Github or Slack to get the monthly meeting link (or email).
#BrainStim #EMG #TMS
www.mcmackinlab.com/people/dr-ro...
Friday 25th July 14:00 (GMT+1)
Dr Roisin McMackin on how to use the EMG baseline period before a TMS pulse.
Join us on Github or Slack to get the monthly meeting link (or email).
#BrainStim #EMG #TMS
www.mcmackinlab.com/people/dr-ro...
The *final* stage of the TMS-RAT 🐀 v1.0 is happening... data are being compiled. 😬...
#TMS #BrainStim #SystematicReview
tms-rat.org
#TMS #BrainStim #SystematicReview
tms-rat.org
tms-rat.org
August 6, 2025 at 11:26 AM
The *final* stage of the TMS-RAT 🐀 v1.0 is happening... data are being compiled. 😬...
#TMS #BrainStim #SystematicReview
tms-rat.org
#TMS #BrainStim #SystematicReview
tms-rat.org
This Friday's Monthly Meeting is given by Solya Szekely @solyas.bsky.social who will tell us about the TMS-RAT 🐀 Project.
In this project, 18 members of TMSMultiLab created, developed & tested a tool for #SystematicReview #MeyaAnalysis & reporting in #TMS research
Join us!
tms-rat.org
In this project, 18 members of TMSMultiLab created, developed & tested a tool for #SystematicReview #MeyaAnalysis & reporting in #TMS research
Join us!
tms-rat.org
tms-rat.org
September 26, 2025 at 6:59 AM
... & allowing Chambers & co to push for Registered Reports.
I'll be handling (mostly) brain & nerve stimulation papers, & will do whatever I can to promote:
- Good methods
- Good stats
- Clear reporting
- Replications
- Non-glamour
- Debunking
So, #BrainStim scientists, submit your best work!
I'll be handling (mostly) brain & nerve stimulation papers, & will do whatever I can to promote:
- Good methods
- Good stats
- Clear reporting
- Replications
- Non-glamour
- Debunking
So, #BrainStim scientists, submit your best work!
January 1, 2025 at 12:40 PM
... & allowing Chambers & co to push for Registered Reports.
I'll be handling (mostly) brain & nerve stimulation papers, & will do whatever I can to promote:
- Good methods
- Good stats
- Clear reporting
- Replications
- Non-glamour
- Debunking
So, #BrainStim scientists, submit your best work!
I'll be handling (mostly) brain & nerve stimulation papers, & will do whatever I can to promote:
- Good methods
- Good stats
- Clear reporting
- Replications
- Non-glamour
- Debunking
So, #BrainStim scientists, submit your best work!
Happy Theta Burst Day, everyone!
20 years old today 🥳 #TMS #BrainStim
a colleague sent this present for you all:
doi.org/10.1162/jocn...
20 years old today 🥳 #TMS #BrainStim
a colleague sent this present for you all:
doi.org/10.1162/jocn...
Debunking the Myth of Excitatory and Inhibitory Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Cognitive Neuroscience Research
Abstract. Repetitive TMS (rTMS) is a powerful neuroscientific tool with the potential to noninvasively identify brain–behavior relationships in humans. Early work suggested that certain rTMS protocols...
doi.org
January 20, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Happy Theta Burst Day, everyone!
20 years old today 🥳 #TMS #BrainStim
a colleague sent this present for you all:
doi.org/10.1162/jocn...
20 years old today 🥳 #TMS #BrainStim
a colleague sent this present for you all:
doi.org/10.1162/jocn...
I'm writing a paper, trying to condense ~23k words written by ~57 people into a coherent narrative summary of what they discussed.
It's bloody hard, tiring work.
And it *should be*. Because writing is thinking, & thinking is hard.
And it's why I only write ~1 paper a year on average now.
🧪 ⌨️✍️😓
It's bloody hard, tiring work.
And it *should be*. Because writing is thinking, & thinking is hard.
And it's why I only write ~1 paper a year on average now.
🧪 ⌨️✍️😓
July 30, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Our next monthly meeting:
Dr Daniel T Corp will talk about:
Big NIBS data: a repository and pipeline for big data analyses in NIBS
bignibsdata.com
Friday 31st 🎃ctober at 14:00 GMT
Meeting link via Slack & GitHub (link in profile) - join us!
#TMS #BrainStim #NIBS
Dr Daniel T Corp will talk about:
Big NIBS data: a repository and pipeline for big data analyses in NIBS
bignibsdata.com
Friday 31st 🎃ctober at 14:00 GMT
Meeting link via Slack & GitHub (link in profile) - join us!
#TMS #BrainStim #NIBS
bignibsdata.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Our next monthly meeting:
Dr Daniel T Corp will talk about:
Big NIBS data: a repository and pipeline for big data analyses in NIBS
bignibsdata.com
Friday 31st 🎃ctober at 14:00 GMT
Meeting link via Slack & GitHub (link in profile) - join us!
#TMS #BrainStim #NIBS
Dr Daniel T Corp will talk about:
Big NIBS data: a repository and pipeline for big data analyses in NIBS
bignibsdata.com
Friday 31st 🎃ctober at 14:00 GMT
Meeting link via Slack & GitHub (link in profile) - join us!
#TMS #BrainStim #NIBS
Are you doing TMS 🧲 research in or near the UK?
Is your diary free 23-25 April 2025?
Do you like talking & writing about TMS, coding, sharing data & using github?
Yes, yes, yes? Then you have 8 days to apply to attend our Birmingham TMS workshop:
Details:
github.com/TMSMultiLab/...
#BrainStim
Is your diary free 23-25 April 2025?
Do you like talking & writing about TMS, coding, sharing data & using github?
Yes, yes, yes? Then you have 8 days to apply to attend our Birmingham TMS workshop:
Details:
github.com/TMSMultiLab/...
#BrainStim
TMS@40
Resources, data and code to help you run a TMS laboratory - TMSMultiLab/TMSMultiLab
github.com
November 22, 2024 at 8:36 AM
Are you doing TMS 🧲 research in or near the UK?
Is your diary free 23-25 April 2025?
Do you like talking & writing about TMS, coding, sharing data & using github?
Yes, yes, yes? Then you have 8 days to apply to attend our Birmingham TMS workshop:
Details:
github.com/TMSMultiLab/...
#BrainStim
Is your diary free 23-25 April 2025?
Do you like talking & writing about TMS, coding, sharing data & using github?
Yes, yes, yes? Then you have 8 days to apply to attend our Birmingham TMS workshop:
Details:
github.com/TMSMultiLab/...
#BrainStim
Hold on to your transducers, TUS community! We've focused on managing what participants can hear during stimulation… but how about what they feel?! Our BrainStim paper maps tactile, thermal, & painful sensations during transcranial ultrasonic stimulation - and reveals how to minimize them. Thread👇
Parameter optimisation for mitigating somatosensory confounds during transcranial ultrasonic stimulation
Transcranial ultrasonic stimulation (TUS) redefines what is possible with non-invasive
neuromodulation by offering unparalleled spatial precision and flexible targeting
capabilities. However, peripher...
www.brainstimjrnl.com
June 19, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Hold on to your transducers, TUS community! We've focused on managing what participants can hear during stimulation… but how about what they feel?! Our BrainStim paper maps tactile, thermal, & painful sensations during transcranial ultrasonic stimulation - and reveals how to minimize them. Thread👇
I'm no TDCS expert, so can't comment. All brainstim methods can push energy into the brain, so that's not really in doubt I think.
More important - & less certain - is can that current actually interfere with ongoing processing in meaningful ways? Tricky! Blanket statements will likely be wrong.
More important - & less certain - is can that current actually interfere with ongoing processing in meaningful ways? Tricky! Blanket statements will likely be wrong.
January 2, 2025 at 7:14 AM
I'm no TDCS expert, so can't comment. All brainstim methods can push energy into the brain, so that's not really in doubt I think.
More important - & less certain - is can that current actually interfere with ongoing processing in meaningful ways? Tricky! Blanket statements will likely be wrong.
More important - & less certain - is can that current actually interfere with ongoing processing in meaningful ways? Tricky! Blanket statements will likely be wrong.
We all need to watch out for this - one of the most common errors - in our own & others' work.
It's often described in the paper as:
"Patients with the lowest baseline scores improved the most after the intervention."
⚠️🚩🚨
#RegressionToTheMean #BrainStim
It's often described in the paper as:
"Patients with the lowest baseline scores improved the most after the intervention."
⚠️🚩🚨
#RegressionToTheMean #BrainStim
October 14, 2025 at 7:52 AM
We all need to watch out for this - one of the most common errors - in our own & others' work.
It's often described in the paper as:
"Patients with the lowest baseline scores improved the most after the intervention."
⚠️🚩🚨
#RegressionToTheMean #BrainStim
It's often described in the paper as:
"Patients with the lowest baseline scores improved the most after the intervention."
⚠️🚩🚨
#RegressionToTheMean #BrainStim
🔔#PublicationAlert🔔 Former #ActiveBrainUC student Aidan, has published a review investigating #TranscranialDirectCurrentStimulation in an exercise context. Check it out here: buff.ly/b0NF20p
#AcademicSky #BrainStimulation #BrainStim #tdcs
#AcademicSky #BrainStimulation #BrainStim #tdcs
October 2, 2025 at 7:30 AM
🔔#PublicationAlert🔔 Former #ActiveBrainUC student Aidan, has published a review investigating #TranscranialDirectCurrentStimulation in an exercise context. Check it out here: buff.ly/b0NF20p
#AcademicSky #BrainStimulation #BrainStim #tdcs
#AcademicSky #BrainStimulation #BrainStim #tdcs
Happy 40th Birthday #TMS 🥳🧲🎈
Published in the Lancet on 11th May 1985, a 1-page report of a new device & the 1st TMS-evoked MEP changed brain stimulation research & treatment forever
We celebrated with Professor Barker two weeks ago in Birmingham
Here's to 40 more years!
doi.org/10.1016/s014...
Published in the Lancet on 11th May 1985, a 1-page report of a new device & the 1st TMS-evoked MEP changed brain stimulation research & treatment forever
We celebrated with Professor Barker two weeks ago in Birmingham
Here's to 40 more years!
doi.org/10.1016/s014...
May 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Happy birthday Short-latency Afferent Inhibition (SAI): 25 years young today! 🥳
Following a peripheral stimulus to the hand, corticospinal excitability is inhibited around 20-30ms later.
After 25 years' research, what is the mechanism of this inhibition?
#TMS #BrainStim
doi.org/10.1111/j.14...
Following a peripheral stimulus to the hand, corticospinal excitability is inhibited around 20-30ms later.
After 25 years' research, what is the mechanism of this inhibition?
#TMS #BrainStim
doi.org/10.1111/j.14...
Short latency inhibition of human hand motor cortex by somatosensory input from the hand
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doi.org
March 1, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Happy birthday Short-latency Afferent Inhibition (SAI): 25 years young today! 🥳
Following a peripheral stimulus to the hand, corticospinal excitability is inhibited around 20-30ms later.
After 25 years' research, what is the mechanism of this inhibition?
#TMS #BrainStim
doi.org/10.1111/j.14...
Following a peripheral stimulus to the hand, corticospinal excitability is inhibited around 20-30ms later.
After 25 years' research, what is the mechanism of this inhibition?
#TMS #BrainStim
doi.org/10.1111/j.14...
It seems a trivial thing, but whether it's 4 or 8 makes the difference between theory A and theory B.
A is my theory, the boring one. Theory B is the exciting one. Most/all *authors* support theory B. But viewed critically, most *data* support theory A.
Paper to follow, one day...
#Brainstim
A is my theory, the boring one. Theory B is the exciting one. Most/all *authors* support theory B. But viewed critically, most *data* support theory A.
Paper to follow, one day...
#Brainstim
September 30, 2024 at 7:13 PM
It seems a trivial thing, but whether it's 4 or 8 makes the difference between theory A and theory B.
A is my theory, the boring one. Theory B is the exciting one. Most/all *authors* support theory B. But viewed critically, most *data* support theory A.
Paper to follow, one day...
#Brainstim
A is my theory, the boring one. Theory B is the exciting one. Most/all *authors* support theory B. But viewed critically, most *data* support theory A.
Paper to follow, one day...
#Brainstim
I left twitter pretty early after the takeover, I’ve missed the community and interactions. Looking forward to finding that again here 🦋.
By way of intro 👋, I’m a Clinical Neuropsychologist in private practice and research - focussed on improving function and seeing if brainstim can help do that.
By way of intro 👋, I’m a Clinical Neuropsychologist in private practice and research - focussed on improving function and seeing if brainstim can help do that.
a colorful brain on a black background with a galaxy in the middle
ALT: a colorful brain on a black background with a galaxy in the middle
media.tenor.com
November 20, 2024 at 7:25 AM
I left twitter pretty early after the takeover, I’ve missed the community and interactions. Looking forward to finding that again here 🦋.
By way of intro 👋, I’m a Clinical Neuropsychologist in private practice and research - focussed on improving function and seeing if brainstim can help do that.
By way of intro 👋, I’m a Clinical Neuropsychologist in private practice and research - focussed on improving function and seeing if brainstim can help do that.
It starts TODAY!
Follow here for semi-regular updates about what we're doing at the TMSMultiLab launch party 🥳 over the next few days.
✅️ celebrate 40 years of TMS
✅️ forge a new consensus on TMS
✅️ write a paper
#TMS@40 #RealTMS@40 #TMS #BrainStim
Follow here for semi-regular updates about what we're doing at the TMSMultiLab launch party 🥳 over the next few days.
✅️ celebrate 40 years of TMS
✅️ forge a new consensus on TMS
✅️ write a paper
#TMS@40 #RealTMS@40 #TMS #BrainStim
April 23, 2025 at 7:02 AM
It starts TODAY!
Follow here for semi-regular updates about what we're doing at the TMSMultiLab launch party 🥳 over the next few days.
✅️ celebrate 40 years of TMS
✅️ forge a new consensus on TMS
✅️ write a paper
#TMS@40 #RealTMS@40 #TMS #BrainStim
Follow here for semi-regular updates about what we're doing at the TMSMultiLab launch party 🥳 over the next few days.
✅️ celebrate 40 years of TMS
✅️ forge a new consensus on TMS
✅️ write a paper
#TMS@40 #RealTMS@40 #TMS #BrainStim
#article: Report Approval for Transcranial Electrical Stimulation (#RATES): expert recommendation based on a Delphi consensus study
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41044265/
in #NatureProtocols
#NIBS #brainstim
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41044265/
in #NatureProtocols
#NIBS #brainstim
Report Approval for Transcranial Electrical Stimulation (RATES): expert recommendation based on a Delphi consensus study - PubMed
Transcranial electrical stimulation (tES) has gained substantial momentum as a research and therapeutic tool; however, it suffers from challenges related to reproducibility and quality assessment due to the absence of standardized reporting practices. Here we aim to develop a comprehensive and conse …
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
October 28, 2025 at 10:11 AM
#article: Report Approval for Transcranial Electrical Stimulation (#RATES): expert recommendation based on a Delphi consensus study
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41044265/
in #NatureProtocols
#NIBS #brainstim
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41044265/
in #NatureProtocols
#NIBS #brainstim
March 3, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The #TMSat40 reminiscimeeting is over.
There is much work to do.
If you want to join the effort, see @tmsmultilab.bsky.social and:
github.com/TMSMultiLab/...
#BrainStim #OpenScience
There is much work to do.
If you want to join the effort, see @tmsmultilab.bsky.social and:
github.com/TMSMultiLab/...
#BrainStim #OpenScience
Home
Resources, data and code to help you run a TMS laboratory - TMSMultiLab/TMSMultiLab
github.com
September 8, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The #TMSat40 reminiscimeeting is over.
There is much work to do.
If you want to join the effort, see @tmsmultilab.bsky.social and:
github.com/TMSMultiLab/...
#BrainStim #OpenScience
There is much work to do.
If you want to join the effort, see @tmsmultilab.bsky.social and:
github.com/TMSMultiLab/...
#BrainStim #OpenScience
if you use transcranial magnetic stimulation #TMS #BrainStim research methods, then we need to hear from you!
this is a new venture that i am a part of: to reach consensus, embed best practice, & share data code & resources
please like, re-post, see the thread below
Workshop, 23-25 April 2025, UK
this is a new venture that i am a part of: to reach consensus, embed best practice, & share data code & resources
please like, re-post, see the thread below
Workshop, 23-25 April 2025, UK
Hello world.
We are TMSMultiLab - a new collaboration between multiple laboratories using Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) 🧲 to study the human brain & behaviour.
The following thread will explain why we exist.
You can find everything free & open on our GitHub:
github.com/TMSMultiLab/...
We are TMSMultiLab - a new collaboration between multiple laboratories using Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) 🧲 to study the human brain & behaviour.
The following thread will explain why we exist.
You can find everything free & open on our GitHub:
github.com/TMSMultiLab/...
Home
Resources, data and code to help you run a TMS laboratory - TMSMultiLab/TMSMultiLab
github.com
October 14, 2024 at 6:50 AM
if you use transcranial magnetic stimulation #TMS #BrainStim research methods, then we need to hear from you!
this is a new venture that i am a part of: to reach consensus, embed best practice, & share data code & resources
please like, re-post, see the thread below
Workshop, 23-25 April 2025, UK
this is a new venture that i am a part of: to reach consensus, embed best practice, & share data code & resources
please like, re-post, see the thread below
Workshop, 23-25 April 2025, UK
MindCORE & brainSTIM Seminar
Friday, Nov 1 at Noon
111 Levin & via Zoom
Aging & the Depressed Brain
Katharine Dunlop
Assist Prof, U of Toronto Neurosciences & Clinical Translation
Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science
St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto
mindcore.sas.upenn.edu/calendar_eve...
Friday, Nov 1 at Noon
111 Levin & via Zoom
Aging & the Depressed Brain
Katharine Dunlop
Assist Prof, U of Toronto Neurosciences & Clinical Translation
Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science
St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto
mindcore.sas.upenn.edu/calendar_eve...
October 30, 2024 at 3:07 PM
MindCORE & brainSTIM Seminar
Friday, Nov 1 at Noon
111 Levin & via Zoom
Aging & the Depressed Brain
Katharine Dunlop
Assist Prof, U of Toronto Neurosciences & Clinical Translation
Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science
St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto
mindcore.sas.upenn.edu/calendar_eve...
Friday, Nov 1 at Noon
111 Levin & via Zoom
Aging & the Depressed Brain
Katharine Dunlop
Assist Prof, U of Toronto Neurosciences & Clinical Translation
Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science
St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto
mindcore.sas.upenn.edu/calendar_eve...
... effect sizes & so now we have to do it all again but i don't want to do it on my own so please get in touch if you want to help.
hello 2025.
#BrainStim #Stats #MetaAnalysis
hello 2025.
#BrainStim #Stats #MetaAnalysis
January 1, 2025 at 4:27 PM
... effect sizes & so now we have to do it all again but i don't want to do it on my own so please get in touch if you want to help.
hello 2025.
#BrainStim #Stats #MetaAnalysis
hello 2025.
#BrainStim #Stats #MetaAnalysis
New preprint out, where we show that TMS-induced pupil dilations can be used as a measurable proxy of cortical excitability.
With:
@frasermacrae.bsky.social
@freekvanede.bsky.social
@daspainbrain.bsky.social
@drsmschabrun.bsky.social
et al.
Details below 🧵 [1/n]
With:
@frasermacrae.bsky.social
@freekvanede.bsky.social
@daspainbrain.bsky.social
@drsmschabrun.bsky.social
et al.
Details below 🧵 [1/n]
Transcranial magnetic stimulation induced pupil dilations can serve as a cortical excitability measure https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.02.668303v1
August 3, 2025 at 2:10 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
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