ProjectClosed-loop TMS triggered by real-time cortical excitability states for neural rehabilitation of patients with…
Basic data
Title:
Closed-loop TMS triggered by real-time cortical excitability states for neural rehabilitation of patients with disorders of consciousness
Duration:
01/10/2019 to 31/03/2021
Abstract / short description:
This project aims at establishing a more efficient rTMS protocol for neural rehabilitation of DOC patients, by testing an EEG-TMS closed-loop system in DOC patients. The main aims are:
(1) To evaluate the effects of rTMS triggered by different phases of the ongoing alpha rhythm in the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) on the DOC patients;
(2) To investigate the interaction between the instantaneous excitability state with the cortical responses to rTMS by characteristics derived from resting-state EEG and TMS-EEG;
(3) To improve the traditional open-loop rTMS strategy and develop methods for applying an EEG-TMS protocol on neural rehabilitation of DOC patients.
(1) To evaluate the effects of rTMS triggered by different phases of the ongoing alpha rhythm in the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) on the DOC patients;
(2) To investigate the interaction between the instantaneous excitability state with the cortical responses to rTMS by characteristics derived from resting-state EEG and TMS-EEG;
(3) To improve the traditional open-loop rTMS strategy and develop methods for applying an EEG-TMS protocol on neural rehabilitation of DOC patients.
Involved staff
Managers
University Department of Neurology
Hospitals and clinical institutes, Faculty of Medicine
Hospitals and clinical institutes, Faculty of Medicine
Local organizational units
Department of Neurology with Focus on Neurovascular Diseases
University Department of Neurology
Hospitals and clinical institutes, Faculty of Medicine
Hospitals and clinical institutes, Faculty of Medicine
Funders
Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany