Transcranial Brain Stimulation

Description

Recent years have seen the introduction and rapid development of non-invasive brain stimulation techniques, such as transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and transcranial electrical stimulation. This book reviews these recent advances made in the understanding of brain stimulation techniques. The text presents the wide range of possible brain stimulation applications in combination with neuroimaging and discusses what new information can be gained from using this technique on the dynamics of brain functions, hierarchical organization, and effective connectivity. With this timely resource, the authors aim to make a substantial impact on many areas of clinical and basic neuroscience.

Features

• Reviews the advances made in our understanding of brain stimulation techniques
• Presents a wide range of possible brain stimulation applications in combination with neuroimaging
• Discusses what new information may be gained using this technique on the dynamics of brain functions, hierarchical organization, and effective connectivity
• Promises to have a substantial impact on many areas of clinical and basic neuroscience

Table of Contents

BASIC ASPECTS

• Methodological Aspects of TMS (Including Coils Design), Abram Zangen, Risto Ilmoniemi
• Physiological Basis of TMS (Including Waveform and Current Direction Induced Effects etc.), John C Rothwell, Martin Sommer, Vincenzo Di Lazzaro
• Effects of Electric and Magnetic Fields: Study in Animal Models and In Slice, Antoni Valero-Cabre, Marom Bikson
• Methodological Aspects and Physiological Basis and of tES (i.e., tDCS; tRNS; tACS), Walter Panlns, Andrea Antal, Michael Nitsche
• Biophysical Foundations: From Neuronal to Current Distribution Model of TMS and tES, Tim A. Wagner, Pedro Cavalerio Miranda
• Patterned Protocols of TMS, Yoshikazu Ugawa, Ying-Zu Huang, Walter Paulus
• Motor Cortical and Corticospinal Measures in Health and Disease, Massimo Cincotta,Giovanni Abruzzese, Angelo Quartarone
• Brain Stimulation, Functional Neuroanatomy of Cortico Connectivity and Mechanisms of Neuroplasticity, Paolo M. Rossini, Giulio Tononi
• Understanding Homeostatic Plasticity, Joseph Classen, Hartwig Siebner, Michael Nitsche, Ulf Ziemann
• Safety ofTMS and tES, Simone Rossi, David Liebetanz

BIOLOGY

• Brain Stimulation and Molecular Markers, Luisella Bocchio-Chiavetto, Binith Cheeran

IMAGING-BRAIN MAPPING

• Non Invasive Brain Stimulation and Neuroimaging (Including Navigated Brain Stimulation), Gregor Thut, Jacinta O'Shea, Carlo Miniussi, Sven Bestmann

PERCEPTION AND COGNITION

• TMS - tES in Perception and Cognitive Functions, Carlo Mininssi, Luigi De Gennaro, MariaConcetta Pellicciari, Vincent Walsh, Andrea Antal

THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS

• TMS - tES Therapeutic Applications in Psychiatry, Sara H. Lisanby, Colleen Loo
• TMS - tES Therapeutic Application in Neurology, Leonardo G Cohen, Alvaro PascualLeone, Joachim Liepert

Author Bio(s)

Carlo Miniussi is an Associate Professor of Human Physiology at the Department of Biomedical Sciences and Biotechnologies, School of Medicine, University of Brescia, Italy.

Walter Paulus is a Professor of Clinical Neurophysiology and Head of the Department of Clinical Neurophysiology at Georg-August University in Gottingen, Germany.

Paolo M. Rossini is a Professor of Clinical Neurology at the University of Campus Biomedico in Rome, Italy.