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Noninvasive Brain Stimulation Techniques
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Hakjoo Kim

Hakjoo Kim

Harvard Medical School, McLean Hospital; Department of Psychiatry, Division of Depression and Anxiety Disorders

<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Dr. Hakjoo Kim obtained his MS and PhD degrees from Texas A&amp;M University. He is currently a postdoctoral research fellow at McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School. His research has focused on noninvasive brain stimulation techniques and neuroplasticity in healthy participants, patients, and animal models.</span></p>

Collection Overview

Noninvasive brain stimulation (NIBS) techniques, such as transcranial electrical stimulation (TES), transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), and transcranial ultrasound stimulation (TUS), are emerging as valuable tools in neuroscience and clinical practice. This growing recognition is largely due to their relative safety, ease of application, and cost-effectiveness, making them more accessible for research and clinical use. While some NIBS techniques are already widely used in psychiatric treatments, these approaches also show increasing potential for neurological rehabilitation (e.g., stroke recovery) by modulating neuroplasticity. 

This collection aims to standardize and advance NIBS methodologies by showcasing protocols for basic research in animal and human models, therapeutic applications, and multimodal integrations (e.g., combined with EEG, fMRI, or pharmacological interventions). By promoting reproducibility and collaboration, we facilitate the efficient transfer of NIBS techniques across research and clinical communities.

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Fixation of Ultrasound Transducers for Spinal Cord Neuromodulation in Mice
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Fixation of Ultrasound Transducers for Spinal Cord Neuromodulation in Mice

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Abstracts

Protocol for treating obsessive-compulsive disorder with repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation.

Nelson Descalco*1

1Champalimaud Foundation

Individualized Brain Network Targeting in Bipolar Disorder: A Protocol for Robotic Neuronavigated Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

Hetong Zhou*1

1Zhejiang University School of Medicine

Non-Invasive Temporal Interference Electrical Stimulation for Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation

Minmin Wang*1

1Zhejiang University

Primary motor cortex excitability modulation by pairing Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation with Electromyography.

Daniel Rodrigues da Silva*1

1Champalimaud Foundation

Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) for Depression: A Step-by-Step Protocol.

Goncalo Cotovio*1

1Champalimaud Foundation

Corticobulbar Tract Stimulation Using Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to Record Submental Motor Evoked Potentials: A Practical Protocol

Carmelo M Vicario*1

1University of Messina, Messina, Italy.

Methodological guidelines for low-intensity focused ultrasound stimulation in neurological patients and neurotypical individuals

Ziping Huang*1,

Mengyue Chen2,

Allen Song1,

Shashank Shekhar1,

Jody Feld1,

Charalambos Charalambous1,

Xiaoning Jiang2,

Wuwei Feng*1

1Duke University,

2North Carolina State University

Investigating Accelerated Intermittent Theta Burst Stimulation for Adolescent Depression

Sean O'Sullivan*1

1Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin