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Inspiring technology for the human brain: ANT’s journey in shaping the future of neurotechnology
Dr. Frank ZanowDone
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Frontiers in Non-invasive Brain Stimulation: Clinical Applications and Future Directions
Surjo SoekadarDone
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Optically pumped magnetometers for neuroscience - disruptive or evolutionary?
Dr. Tilmann Sander-ThömmesDone
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Motor reorganization after stroke: From pathophysiology to treatment strategies
Caroline TscherpelDone
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Modelling the electrophysiology of hierarchical speech and language processing
Associate Prof. Edmund LalorDone
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Keynote: Cardiac and auditory regularity encoding in human wakefulness, sleep and coma
Dr. Marzia De LuciaDone
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EEG microstates as a tool to capture brain network dynamics
Prof. Dr. Christoph M. MichelDone
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Flower electrodes for comfortable dry electroencephalography
Prof. Dr. Jens HaueisenDone
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Measuring the Effects of Amazonian Ayahuasca Retreats with EEG: The Challenges and Rewards of Naturalistic Neuroscience
Caspar MontgomeryDone
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Neural bases of individual differences in sensorimotor plasticity
Prof. Dr. Jacinta O'SheaDone
Jitka Veldema obtained a MA and a PhD in sport science from the Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic (Prof. Ing. Stanislav Otáhal CSc.). She was a visiting researcher in the department of sport science at the Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany (Prof. Dr. Günter Tidow), before joining the Neurological Clinic in Kipfenberg, Germany (Prof. Dr.med. Dennis Alexander Nowak). From there, she continued her career as a postdoctoral fellow at the Faculty of Psychology, Education and Sport Science, University of Regensburg, Germany (Prof. Dr. Petra Jansen), and Institute for Neuromodulation and Neurotechnology, University Hospital and University of Tübingen, Germany (Prof. Dr.med. Alireza Gharabaghi). Jitka Veldema is since 2022 a Junior Professor in the Department of Sport Science, Bielefeld University, Germany. She investigated repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation and direct current stimulation in stroke hand motor rehabilitation for many years. Currently, she focusses on the application of non-invasive brain stimulation methods in the modulation of balance and gait in both healthy and disabled people. She also tested the potential of these methods in supporting sport performance.sport students. While spinal tDCS supported the balance ability of both legs, M1 and cerebellar tDCS supported right leg stand only
This talk focuses on non-invasive brain stimulation in the modulation of motor performance in healthy people and stroke patients. I present four placebo-controlled interventional studies and one longitudinal observational study performed in the last few years. (1) A single session of 1 Hz rTMS (900 pulses, 100% of rMT) over the contralesional dorsal premotor cortex improved hand function in a stroke cohort. (2) Fifteen sessions of 1 Hz rTMS (900 pulses, 100% of rMT) over the contralesional M1 improved the affected hand after a dominant hemispheric stroke but not after a non-dominant hemispheric injury. (3) The size and the location of the contralesional cortical hand motor representation and its changes over six weeks correlates with hand motor disability/recovery in stroke patients. (4) 1 mA tDCS (20 minutes) over the dominant M1 improved basketball shooting precision, dribbling and agility in sport students. (5) 1.5 mA tDCS (20 minutes) applied over (a) M1 (b) cerebellum and (c) spinal cord supported balance ability in sport students. While spinal tDCS supported the balance ability of both legs, M1 and cerebellar tDCS supported right leg stand only.