Current Topics in the Neurobiology of Disease - GS14 1021

UTHealth Houston Neuroscience Research Center and UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Current Topics in the Neurobiology of Disease - GS14 1021
Neuromodulation and Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCI)

Directors: John Seymour, PhD, Heather Webber, PhD, and John Byrne, PhD

Lecture Time: Tuesday, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Location: UTHealth Houston McGovern Medical School  

Course Description: This course is an integrated approach to neurological diseases, which includes background information as well the diagnosis, the treatment, and the biological mechanisms of the diseases under study. The topic for Fall 2023 will explore the rapidly growing field of “Neuromodulation and Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCI).” This course will provide students with a broad understanding and appreciation for invasive (e.g., electrocorticography (ECoG), stere-electroencephalography (sEEG), local field potential (LFP), deep brain stimulation (DBS)) and non-invasive (surface EEG, transcranial magnetic stimulation, transcranial current stimulation) recording and stimulation modalities as they relate to brain mapping, neurological/psychiatric diseases and disorders (e.g., stroke, epilepsy, depression, PTSD) as well as the augmentation and/or restoration of certain functions. Importantly, discussion of ethical implications as well as the future of these emerging technologies will be threaded throughout and specifically addressed. Lectures will be given by leading experts in the field from UTHealth Houston, Rice University, and Baylor College of Medicine.

This course is open to graduate students, medical students, residents and postdoctoral fellows.

Course Requirements: Attendance (Postdocs are exempt from completing the final essay). 

Directors:

Lecture Date & Location  Speaker Affiliation Lecture Title/Topic

29-Aug

John Seymour, PhD

Heather Webber, PhD

UTHealth Neurosurgery

UTHealth PSY-Behavioral Sciences

Introduction

  • Principles of electrode recording in nervous tissue (spikes, field potentials, CSD, dipoles, lead field theory)
  • Overview of non-invasive stimulation modalities for SCI, stroke, depression, addiction
  • Overview of invasive stimulation for epilepsy, SCI, depression, Parkinson’s

5-Sept

 Nitin Tandon, MD

UTHealth Neurosurgery

Speech, language, and BCI

12-Sept

 Yosefa Modiano, PhD UTHealth Neurosurgery Language mapping using intracranial stimulation in a clinical context

19-Sept

MSB B.625

 Kelly Bijanki, PhD BCM Neurosurgery Characterizing depression circuits in the brain using intracranial recordings in human neurosurgery patients

26-Sept

 Dimitry Sayenko, MD, PhD Methodist Neurosurgery Neuromodulation of spinal sensorimotor networks: Electrophysiology and clinical translations

3-Oct

 Jacob Robinson, PhD Rice ECE Minimally invasive stimulation to treat depression

10-Oct

 Joao de Quevedo, MD, PhD UTHealth PSY-Behavioral Sciences Non-invasive brain stimulation for treatment-resistant depression

17-Oct

 Nicholas Murphy, PhD BCM PSY-Behavioral Sciences Combined TMS and EEG: holding a candle to the darkness of mixed brain signals

24-Oct

 Mohammed “Moh” Milad, PhD UTHealth PSY-Behavioral Sciences Learning not to fear: where and how in the brain

31-Oct

 Fabricio Do Monte, DVM, PhD UTHealth NBA Emerging trends in optogenetic manipulation

7-Nov

 Sandipan Pati, MD UTHealth Neurology Intracranial Neuromodulation in Epilepsy
14-Nov No Lecture – SfN Conference
21-Nov No Lecture – Thanksgiving Holiday

28-Nov

 Chong Xie, PhD Rice ECE Ultraflexible, minimally invasive BCI

5-Dec

 Kristin Kostick-Quenet, PhD BCM Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy Ethics