2020 Conference

A language research plan about sustained attention through the influence of TMS on right DLPFC with first phase of results

Yangyang Jiang, Doctor Candidate¹; Haosu Zhang, Doctor Candidate¹, Severin Schramm, Doctor Candidate¹;

Nico Sollmann ,MD¹ Chiara Negwer, MD¹;  Sandro Krieg, Professor Dr. med, Master of Business Administration ¹

¹.Department ofNeurosurgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Ismaninger Str. 22,81675 Munich, Germany

Clinical and functional connectivity outcomes of 5-Hz repeated transcranial magnetic stimulation as an add-on treatment in cocaine use disorder: a double-blind randomized control trial

Eduardo A. Garza-Villarreal^1,2, Ruth Alcala-Lozano², Sofía Fernandez-Lozano;2,3, Erik Morelos-Santana^2,3, Alan Dávalos^2,3, Viviana Villicaña^2,5, Sarael Alcauter¹, F. Xavier Castellanos^5,6, Jorge J. Gonzalez Olvera²

¹Instituto de Neurobiología, Universidad Nacional Aútonoma de México ²Instituto Nacional de Psiquitaría, Mexico ³Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México ⁴Faculty of Psychology, Univiersidad Anahuac Sur, Mexico ⁵Department of Child and Adolescnet Psychiatry, NYU Grossman School of Medicine ⁶Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, NY

Functional features of the Bereitschaftspotential Potential: a TMS-EEG study on cortical excitability and connectivity of the SMA in Go/No-go tasks

Alberto Pisoni¹,, Valentina Bianco³, Eleonora Arrigoni¹, Francesco DI Russo², Leonor J Romero Lauro^1,2

¹Dep. Psychology, University of Milano-Bicocca, It. ²Dept. of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, University of Rome “Foro Italico”, Rome – It. ³Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Languages and Literatures, Communication, Education and Society, University of Udine-It.

A two stage process for improving Brain-Computer Interface outcomes

C. Simon, K. Ruddy

Institute of Neuroscience, Trinity College Dublin

Bilateral TMS demonstrates a functional interaction between the left and right pSTS during expression processing

Ryan Elson¹, David Pitcher², Magdalena Sliwinska³

¹ University of Nottingham, ² University of York, ³ Liverpool John Moores University

Investigating the link between prefrontal cortex plasticity, cortical thickness and memory: a multimodal approach

Jessica Drodge ^1,2 , Olivia Turner ^1,3, Feng Gu ¹, Manon Desforges ^1,4, Sara Tremblay ^1-4, Synthia Guimond ^1-5

¹The Royal’s Institute of Mental Health Research, Ottawa, Canada

²Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Canada

³Department of Neuroscience, Faculty of Science, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada

⁴Département de psychoéducation et de psychologie, Université du Québec en Outaouais, Gatineau, Québec

⁵Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Canada

Programmable Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation: A Modulation Approach for the Generation of Controllable Magnetic Stimuli

Majid Memarian Sorkhabi¹, Karen Wendt¹, Jacinta O’Shea², Daniel J. Rogers³, and Timothy Denison^{1, 3}

¹Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3TH, UK

²Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging (WIN), Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford

³Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3PJ, UK

Prefrontal theta burst stimulation modulates metabolic activity in the core depression network

Ines Jani,¹ Cecelia Shvetz¹, Abir Gebara¹, Juho Joutsa MD/PhD3, Lauri Tuominen, MD/PHD¹, Sara Tremblay, PHD^1,2,

¹Molecular Imaging Laboratory, The Royal’s institute of Mental Health Research, Ottawa, Canada

²Département de psychoéducation et psychologie, Université du Québec en Outaouais, Gatineau, Canada

³University of Turku, Turku, Finland

A naturalistic trial comparing the efficacy of uni-and bi-lateral theta burst stimulation in treating major depression, a study protocol

Antoinette Broomfield¹, Molly Watson^1,2, Abir Gebara¹, Manon Desforges^{1, 4}, Kelly Schincariol¹, Jyllenna Wilke^1,5, Derin Gokbayrak^1,6, Shehan Katuwapitiya³, Asif Khan³, Zafiris J. Daskalakis⁷, Lisa McMurray³, Sara Tremblay^1,2,4

¹The Royal’s Institute of Mental Health Research, Ottawa, Canada; ²Neuroscience Department, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada; ³The Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre, Ottawa, Canada; ⁴Département de psychoéducation et psychologie, Université du Québec en Outaouais, Gatineau, Canada; ⁵Psychology Department, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada; ⁶Biology Department, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada; ⁷Department of Psychiatry, University California San Diego, USA

Alterations in cortical excitability during acute musculoskeletal pain: Research Proposal for a Combined TMS-EEG Study

Nahian S. Chowdhury, Samantha K. Millard, Alan Chiang, Patrick Skippen, David A Seminowicz , Wei-Ju Chang, Katarzyna Bilska & Siobhan M Schabrun

Investigating the temporality of gesture/speech integration with transcranial magnetic stimulation: Building of a study

Kandana Arachchige, K.¹, Simoes Loureiro, I.¹& Lefebvre, L.¹

¹Department of Cognitive Psychology and Neuropsychology, University of Mons, Belgium

Self-other emotional congruency and visual perspective taking in immersive VR: A TMS and eye-tracking study

B Ford, A Qureshi, D Litchfield

Department of Psychology, Edge Hill University

Moderate test re-test reliability of supplementary motor area-primary motor cortex connectivity measured using dual-site TMS in younger and older adults

Brittany Rurak¹, Dr Julian Rodrigues², Dr Brian Power^2,3, Prof Peter Drummond¹,and Dr Ann-Maree Vallence¹

¹College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education, Murdoch University, Australia;  ²Hollywood Private Hospital, Australia;³ School of Medicine Fremantle, University of Notre Dame, Australia

Exploring the effects of cerebellar transcranial direct-current stimulation on thalamo-cortical networks during command-following

Davide Aloi^a,b, Roya Jalali^a,b, R Chris Mialla, Davinia Fernández-Espejo^a,b

^aSchool of Psychology, University of Birmingham, B15 2TT, Birmingham, UK

^bCentre for Human Brain Health, University of Birmingham, B15 2TT, Birmingham,

Resting State fMRI and EEG Functional Connectivity Before and After a Course of rTMS for Major Depressive Disorder

Godfrey, Kate¹, Hoeh, Nicholas²; Stinear, Cathy², Muthukumaraswamy, Suresh¹

¹School of Pharmacy, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, ²School of Medicine, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Non-Invasive, Targeted Overexpression of AAV2.SIRT3-myc using MR-guided Focused Ultrasound: A Disease-Modification Strategy in Parkinson’s Disease

Dennison Trinh^1,2, Ahmad Israwi^1,2, Sharshi Bulner³, Kristina Mikloska³, Nicolas Giguère⁴, Louis- Éric Trudeau⁴, James Keenan⁵, Kullervo Hynynen³, Joanne E. Nash^1,2

¹ Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada ² Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, Canada ³ Sunnybrook Research Institute, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Canada ⁴ Department of Neuroscience, University of Montréal, Montréal, Canada ⁵ Artenga Inc., Ottawa, Canada

Disorder-Specific & Transdiagnostic Functional Neuroimaging Abnormalities in Major Depressive Disorder: A Meta-Analysis

Chris H. Miller, Ph.D.

California State University, Fresno

Rhyme and Rhythm Modulation in Dyslexia

Carlos A. Mugruza-Vassallo¹, Keith A. Schneider¹

^1. University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA

“My mother’s touch”: Neural processing of affective touch in 6-month-old infants

Mateus, V.1, Petrovitch, I. 1, Camillo, J. 1, Wirth, K. 1, Novi, S. L. 2,3, Scavariello, G. 2,3, De Mendonça, J. S. 1, Mesquita, R. C. 2,3, & Osório, A. 1

1Social and Cognitive Neuroscience Lab, Developmental Disorders Graduate Program, Mackenzie Presbyterian University, São Paulo, Brazil;
2“Gleb Wataghin” Institute of Physics, University of Campinas, Campinas –São Paulo, Brazil;
3Brazilian Institute of Neuroscience and Neurotechnology, Campinas, Brazil.

Structural neuroadaptative changes as a consequence of alcohol use disorder: A pilot study

Angeles-Valdez, Diego¹, López-Castro Alejandra¹, Alcauter Sarael ¹, Garza-Villarreal, Eduardo A¹

¹Institute of Neurobiology, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Campus Juriquilla, Querétaro.

BRAIN PLASTICITY IN THE PERIPARTUM: A MULTI-METHOD LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF MOTHERS AND FATHERS

Guiomar, R.¹, Pacheco, F.¹, Silva, A.¹, Fonseca, A.¹, Mateus, V.², Pereira, M.¹, Osório, A.², Ganho-Ávila, A.¹

¹University of Coimbra, Center for Research in Neuropsychology and Cognitive Behavioral Intervention, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Portugal; ² Social and Cognitive Neuroscience Lab, Developmental Disorders Graduate Program, Mackenzie Presbyterian University, Brazil

Free-water imaging in cocaine use disorder

Rasgado-Toledo, J¹, Apurva Shah², Madhura Ingalhalikar², Eduardo A. Garza-Villarreal¹

¹ Instituto de Neurobiologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM) campus Juriquilla, Queretaro, Mexico.

² Symbiosis Center for Medical Image Analysis, Symbiosis International University, Pune, Maharashtra, India.

Mechanical Affective Touch Therapy (MATT) for Anxiety Disorders: Effects on Resting State Functional Connectivity

Meghan A. Gonsalves, ScM^{1, 2}, Quincy Beck, ScB², Andrew M. Fukuda, MD, PhD^{2, 3}, Eric Tirrell, BA², Fatih Kokdere, MD^{2, 3}, Eugenia F. Kronenberg, ScB², Nicolas D. Iadarola, MS^{2, 4}, Sean Hagberg, PhD^{5, 6}, Linda L. Carpenter, MD^{2, 3}, Jennifer Barredo, PhD^{2, 3, 7}

^1, Neuroscience Graduate Program, Brown University, Providence, RI; ² Butler Hospital Neuromodulation Research Facility, Providence, RI; ³ Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI; ⁴ University of Arizona College of Medicine- Tucson, Tucson, AZ; ⁵ Affect Neuro, Brooklyn, NY; ⁶ University of New Mexico Department of Neurosurgery, Albuquerque, NM; ⁷ Center for Neurorestoration and Neurotechnology, Providence VA Medical Center, Providence, RI

BEST Toolbox: Brain Electrophysiological recording & STimulation Toolbox

Umair Hassan^1,3, Steven Pillen¹, Christoph Zrenner^2,3, Til Ole Bergmann¹

¹Leibniz Institute for Resilience Research (LIR),Mainz, Germany

²Department of Neurology & Stroke, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

³sync2brain GmbH, Tübingen, Germany

The Neurocognitive Correlates of Political Incivility in Prime Minister’s Questions

Roast, L., Weinberg, A. and Bull, P. (manuscript in preparation).
University of Bournemouth, University of Salford

Novel Diffusion Imaging Predictors of Stroke Recovery

Kah Long Aw, supervised by Prof. Marco Catani
King’s College London

The Importance of the Flocculonodular Lobe of Cerebellum in Predicting Time Perception Performance

Hayriye AKTAŞ-DİNÇER¹, Didem GÖKÇAY²

¹Department of Biomedical Engineering, Middle East Technical University
²21 yyÜrünleri

Attention modulates visual perception during moving visual scenes: a daily challenge

Angela Mastropasqua ^a,b,c,hGizem Vural ^e, Marianne Dieterich ^b,c,d,h Paul C.J. Taylor ^b,c,f,g,h

^aDanish Research Centre for Magnetic Resonance, Centre for Functional and Diagnostic Imaging and Research, Copenhagen UniversityHospital Hvidovre, Denmark ^bDepartment of Neurology, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Germany, ^cGerman Centerfor Vertigo and Balance Disorders, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Germany, ^dSyNergy–Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology, Munich, Germany,^eDepartment of Psychology, LMU Munich, Germany, ^f Faculty of Philosophy and Philosophy of Science, LMU Munich, Germany, ^g Munich Centerfor Neuroscience, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany, ^hGraduate School of SystemicNeurosciences (GSN)

Functional brain organisation during ocular and oculo-manual pursuit: an fNIRS study

Lénaic Borot & Simon J. Bennett

RISES, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK

The Neural Effects of Antidepressants on Adults with Major Depressive Disorder: A Meta-Analysis

Shay Santos, Marisol Duran, & Chris Miller

California State University, Fresno

Findings, limitations and new directions in tACS studies in schizophrenia research: a scoping review

Adriana Farcas, PhD Candidate, Centre for Neuroscience Studies, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada and Felicia Iftene MD, PhD, FRCPC, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Psychology and Center of Neuroscience, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Findings, limitations and new directions in tACS studies in schizophrenia research: a scoping review

Adriana Farcas, PhD Candidate, Centre for Neuroscience Studies, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada and Felicia Iftene MD, PhD, FRCPC, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Psychology and Center of Neuroscience, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Personalized frequency-modulated brain stimulation for associative memory improvement

Dunja Paunović, Katarina Vulić, Marko Živanović, Jovana Bjekić & Saša R Filipović

Institute for Medical Research and Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade

Cognitive enhancement using tDCS in high and low rumination individuals: the role of cognitive profiles and psychological traits

Sobral, M., Silva, A., Vanderhasselt, M. , Canavarro, M. C. , & Ganho-Ávila, A.

University of Coimbra (Portugal), Center for Research in Neuropsychology and Cognitive Behavioral Intervention, Faculty of

Psychology and Educational Sciences; Department of Experimental Clinical and Health Psychology, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent,

Belgium; Department of Head and Skin, Unit of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Neuromodulation (tDCS) of the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (L-DLPFC) flattens gender differences in the sensitivity to facial expressions

Annalisa Palmisano¹, Francesco Bossi², Cecilia Barlabà¹, Francesco Febbraio¹, Riccardo Loconte¹, Antonella Lupo¹, Michael A. Nitsche^3,4 & Davide Rivolta¹

^1. Department of Education, Psychology and Communication, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy.

^2. Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), Lucca, Italy.

^3. Department of Psychology and Neurosciences, Leibniz Research Center for Working Environment and Human Factors (IfADo), Dortmund, Germany.

^4. Department of Neurology, University Medical Hospital Bergmannsheil, Bochum.

Focal Repetitive Stimulation As A Therapeutic Intervention On Preclinical Alcohol Model: A Prospective Study

Alejandra Lopez-Castro, Diego Angeles-Valdez, Gerard Rojas-Piloni, Eduardo A. Garza-Villarreal

Instituto de Neurobiología, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México

Enhancing steady state visually evoked potentials with tACS: precise frequency control with LCD glasses

James Dowsett and Paul C.J. Taylor

Faculty of Philosophy and Philosophy of Science, LMU Munich, Germany.

Munich Center for Neuroscience, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.

Department of Neurology, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Germany

German Center for Vertigo and Balance Disorders, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Germany

Dose-dependent effects of transcranial alternating current stimulation on spike timing in awake nonhuman primates

Ivan Alekseichuk¹, Luke Johnson²*, Jordan Krieg¹, Alex Doyle³, Ying Yu², Jerrold Vitek², Matthew Johnson¹, Alexander Opitz¹

¹Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA; ²Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA; ³Department of Neuroscience, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA; *Equal contribution

Low Glx: GABAratio at baseline predicts greater tDCS gains in verbal episodic memory

Annegret Habich^1,2, Johannes Slotboom³, Stefan Klöppel⁴

¹ University Hospital of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
² Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
³ University Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
⁴ University Hospital of Old Age Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

M1-tDCS Modulates Dynamic Effective Connectivity in the Motor Network

Sara Calzolari, Roya Jalali, Davinia Fernández-Espejo

Centre for Human Brain Health, University of Birmingham, B15 2TT, Birmingham, UK
School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, B15 2TT, Birmingham, UK

Integrated Diagnosis for Disorders of Consciousness

Paola Di Maio

Center for Systems Knowledge Representation and Neuroscience

Selective modulation of interhemispheric connectivity by TACS stimulation influences auditory perception

Basil Preisig^1,2,3, Lars Riecke⁴, Matthias Sjerps^1,2, Anne Kösem^1,2,5, Benjamin Kop¹, Bob Bramson¹, Peter Hagoort^1,2& Alexis Hervais-Adelman³

¹Donders Institute for Cognitive Neuroimaging, RadboudUniversity, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; ²Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; ³Department of Psychology, Neurolinguistics, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; ⁴Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, the Netherlands; ⁵Lyon Neuroscience Research Center (CRNL), Brain Dynamics and Cognition Team, UniversitéClaude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France

Using Optical Neuroimaging to Reveal Mechanisms of Augmentation by Transcranial Electrical Stimulation (tES): A Systematic Review

Dawidziuk A¹, Patel R¹, Darzi A¹, Leff DR¹, Singh H¹

¹Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, United Kingdom

Combining interventions to foster recovery in Severe Mental Illness: A Cognitive Remediation and tDCS pilot trial

A. Poppe^1,2, L. Bais¹, D. van Duin^3,4, B. Ćurčić-Blake ⁵, G.H.M. Pijnenborg^2,6,L. van der Meer^1,2

¹ LentisPsychiatric Institute, Department of Rehabilitation; ² University of Groningen, Department of Clinical and Developmental Neuropsychology; ³ Trimbos-Institute; ⁴PhrenosCenter of Expertise; ⁵University Medical Center Groningen, Department of BSCS Neuroscience; ⁶GGZ Drenthe, Department of Psychotic Disorders, The Netherlands.

Cerebellar inhibition disrupts prism adaptation by impairing feedforward error correction

Verena Sarrazin^a, Matthieu Kandel^b, Valerie Gaveau^b, Gershon Spitz^c,d, Pierre Petitet^c, Yves Rossetti^b & Jacinta O’Shea^a

^aOHBA, Department of Psychiatry, Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, ^bIMPACT, Lyon Neuroscience Research Center, ^cFMRIB, NDCN, Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging,
^dMonash Institute of Cognitive and Clinical Neurosciences and School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University

Investigating the interaction between white matter and brain state in tDCS-induced changes in brain network activity

Danielle L. Kurtin, Ines R. Violante, Karl Zimmerman, Rob Leech, Adam Hampshire, Maneesh C. Patel, David W. Carmichael, David J. Sharp, Lucia M. Li

Investigating tACS-induced neural entrainment in a computational model of morphologically realistic neurons

Harry Tran¹, Sina Shirinpour¹, Alexander Opitz¹

¹Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, MN, USA

Is the ‘end-of-study-guess’ a valid measure of sham blinding during tDCS?

Christopher Turner, Catherine Jackson & Gemma Learmonth

Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology, University of Glasgow

Investigating phase synchrony of sensorimotor cortices while learning a novel bimanual motor task

Marleen J. Schoenfeld^1,2,3, Ioana Grigoras^1,2,3, Charlotte J. Stagg^1,2,3, Catharina Zich^1,2

¹WellcomeCentre for Integrative Neuroimaging, FMRIB, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford

²Oxford Centre for Human Brain Activity, WellcomeCentre for Integrative Neuroimaging, Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford

³Medical Research Council Brain Network Dynamics Unit, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neuroscience, University of Oxford

Timing is Everything: event-related TDCS improves context-dependent motor adaptation

Matthew Weightman ^1,3,4 John-Stuart Brittain ^2,4 Alison Hall ^1,4 Chris Miall ^2,3,4 & Ned Jenkinson ^1,3,4

¹ School of Sport, Exercise & Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Birmingham

² School of Psychology, University of Birmingham

³ MRC-Versus Arthritis Centre for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research

⁴ Centre for Human Brain Health, University of Birmingham

Bilateral motor cortex tDCS effects on post-stroke pain and spasticity: A pilot study

Ángeles Salas Sánchez¹, Belén Álvarez Batista¹, Carlos Cordero García², José R. Alameda Bailén¹, Rafael Andújar Barroso¹, Michael Nitsche^3,4, G. Nathzidy Rivera-Urbina⁵, A. Molero-Chamizo¹

¹University of Huelva. Department of Psychology. Spain

²Rehabilitation Area, Hospital Juan Ramón Jiménez, Huelva

³Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors, Dortmund, Germany

⁴Department of Neurology, University Medical Hospital Bergmannsheil, Bochum, Germany

⁵Autonomous University of Baja California, Mexico

Bi-directional tDCS produces anterior and posterior current flow in neighbouring cortical targets

Jenny Lee¹, Carys Evans¹, Nick Ward¹, Sven Bestmann^1,2

¹Department of Clinical and Movement Neurosciences, Queen Square Institute of Neurology, UCL
²Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging