Workshop on TMS and its applications in neuroscience, neurorehabilitation, psychology, and neurology

NBML held the workshop on TMS and its applications in neuroscience, neurorehabilitation, psychology, and neurology on 19 February 2020. The instructors were Dr. Leila Ali-Biglou, the Post-doctor in neurosciences at Northwestern University and assistant professor at Iran University of Medical Sciences, and Narges Sadegh Beigi, MSc of Physics and the expert of NBML. The following topics were taught to MSc and doctoral audiences in neuroscience, rehabilitation, psychology and psychiatry, cognitive neuroscience, bio-engineering, neurology, physical medicine and rehabilitation:

The history of TMS
How TMS performs
Types of TMS stimulations
Arguments for and against TMS in comparison to other brain stimulations techniques
Applications of TMS in research studies on patients suffering from neurological disorders
Applications of TMS in research studies on neurorehabilitation
Applications of TMS in research studies on psychology and psychiatry
Therapeutic applications of TMS
TMS and brain mapping
Dos and don’ts and ethical concerns of applying TMS
How to adjust the TMS system
TMS registration and determination of motor threshold