Trainings

Brain Stimulation Therapies

Course description: course offers understanding of different modalities using Brain Stimulation as their basis of function. The course is essential for anyone who is interested in learning the most up to date information on Brain Stimulation Modalities and their Therapeutic uses. Through this course we will discuss how each of the brain stimulation modality is used, understand their basic function and effect on brain and review the therapeutic use in different disorders.

Day 1: How Brain Stimulation Works

• Basis of Electricity and Brain
• Overview of different brain stimulation modalities
• Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) and Memory

Day 2: Electrical Brain

• Rhythms of Brain and EEG
• Sleep Brainwaves
• Brainwave alteration in neuropsychiatric disorders

Day 3: Parameters for Brain Stimulation

• Directionality, Intensity, Frequency and Duration of Stimulation
• Pulse Width and Morphology
• Duration and Intertrain Interval
• Unipolar vs Bipolar Stimulation technique

Day 4: How to Determine the Right Dosing of Brain Stimulation

• Electrical Current Density and Charge Density
• Specific Absorption Rate of Currents
• How to Determine Basal Motor Threshold

Day 5: Basics of Electroconvulsive Therapy

• Electroconvulsive Therapy: How it works
• Dosing and Waveforms of ECT
• Therapeutic Uses of ECT

Day 6: Effects of ECT on Brain

• Anticonvulsant Effect
• Safety and Adverse events of ECT
• Application of ECT in Neuropsychiatric Disorders

Day 7: Basics of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

• Mechanism of Action of TMS
• How to Perform the Procedure
• Effects on Brain
• Safety and Adverse Events

Day 8: Application of TMS in Neuropsychiatric Disorders

• Use in Depression and FDA Approval
• Current Guidelines and Ongoing Research on Preservation rTMS(Repetitive TMS)
• TMS for Schizophrenia
• TMS for Headaches and Tinnitus
• TMS for Stroke

Day 9: Deep Brain Stimulation and Cortical Stimulation

• Basics of Deep Brain Stimulation
• Basics of Cortical Brain Stimulation
• Effects on Brain Physiology
• Application in Parkinson’s Disease
• Safety and Adverse Events
• Neuropsychiatric Applications

Day 10: Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation

• Basics of TDCS
• Effects on Brain physiology
• FEAt and FEAST
• Applications

Day 11: Summery and comparison of Brain Stimulation Modalities

• ECT vs TMS
• DBS vs Cortical Stimulation and TDCS

Course Delivery:

Course will be delivered by lectures involving interactive methods, review of case studies, critical review of ongoing research studies. The comprehensive literature on Brain Stimulation will be administered in easy to understand manner, with the use of graphs and images.

Assessment:

Participants will be assessed during the course and at the end of the course by administration of online test.

Certification:

Participants who successfully complete the course will be rewarded with a certificate.

Eligibility:

Anyone who has background in healthcare or currently involved in undergraduate program.

After the successful completion of the training , you will receive international certificate.