Upcoming Webinar: Transcranial Ultrasound Stimulation: A Cutting-Edge Approach To Neural Circuit Exploration
Transcranial Ultrasound Stimulation (TUS) is a novel, noninvasive technique capable of stimulating both cortical and deep brain structures with high spatial precision. In this webinar, Dr Takahiro Osada will discuss the mechanisms underlying TUS, its safety considerations, and its applications in human studies. Specifically, he will highlight the modulation of motor cortex excitability through TUS, the role of the basal ganglia in response inhibition, and the macroscopic cerebral circuits involved in response inhibition, spanning perceptual to control processing. The integral approach, combining TUS and neuroimaging, demonstrates the potential of TUS to advance our understanding of cortical and subcortical networks.
Speaker: Dr Takahiro Osada
Dr Takahiro Osada is an Associate Professor in the Department of Neurophysiology at Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. He earned his Ph.D. in 2007 from the University of Tokyo. His research interests encompass human cognitive functions and the autonomic nervous system, utilizing neuroimaging and noninvasive brain stimulation techniques such as Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS). In recent years, he has expanded his work to include Transcranial Ultrasound Stimulation (TUS), a cutting-edge technique for noninvasively targeting both cortical and deep brain structures. He received the Promotion Award for Young Scientists from The Physiological Society of Japan in 2022.