Accelerated Intermittent Theta Burst Stimulation: Antidepressant and anti-suicidal effects
11/3/22, 2:30 PM - 11/3/22, 3:00 PM (Europe/Amsterdam) (30 minutes)

Roberto Goya-Maldonado, MD
Research Group Leader of the Laboratory of Systems Neuroscience and Imaging in Psychiatry (SNIP-Lab) University Medical Center Göttingen
Research Group Leader of the Laboratory of Systems Neuroscience and Imaging in Psychiatry (SNIP-Lab) University Medical Center Göttingen

The Laboratory of Systems Neuroscience and Imaging in Psychiatry (SNIP-Lab) was established to bridge the research

fields of Systems Neuroscience and Translational Neuroimaging. We are convinced that a substantial improvement in differential

diagnoses and therapies in psychiatry will be achieved through a deeper understanding of neural systems and their functions. In

my lab, we are particularly engaged in the multimodal investigation of neural networks and their dynamic interactions, the effects of

pharmacological treatments and repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation. Another research area is the development of potential

biomarkers from functional magnetic resonance imaging data, which can be integrated with phenotypic and genetic / epigenetic

information for improved classification and prediction of the response to treatments of psychiatric disorders.


Major depressive disorder and suicide are challenging global issues. Gaining insights into mechanistic brain network

modulations and related clinical benefits may change this alarming situation. In my talk, I will present the first clinical results of a protocol

that combines functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data and accelerated iTBS to modulate spatially selected sites for each

participant.