Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) for geriatric depression

D Cappon, T den Boer, C Jordan, W Yu… - Ageing research …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background The prevalence of treatment-resistant geriatric depression (GD) highlights the
need for treatments that preserve cognitive functions and recognize polypharmacy in elderly …

[HTML][HTML] Brain-heart interactions in the neurobiology of consciousness

D Candia-Rivera - Current Research in Neurobiology, 2022 - Elsevier
Recent experimental evidence on patients with disorders of consciousness revealed that
observing brain-heart interactions helps to detect residual consciousness, even in patients …

[HTML][HTML] Functional assessment of bidirectional cortical and peripheral neural control on heartbeat dynamics: A brain-heart study on thermal stress

D Candia-Rivera, V Catrambone, R Barbieri… - NeuroImage, 2022 - Elsevier
The study of functional Brain-Heart Interplay (BHI) from non-invasive recordings has gained
much interest in recent years. Previous endeavors aimed at understanding how the two …

[HTML][HTML] Optimizing TMS coil placement approaches for targeting the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in depressed adolescents: an electric field modeling study

ZD Deng, PL Robins, M Dannhauer, LM Haugen… - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
High-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) to the left dorsolateral
prefrontal cortex (L-DLPFC) shows promise as a treatment for treatment-resistant depression …

[HTML][HTML] Cardiac activity impacts cortical motor excitability

E Al, T Stephani, M Engelhardt, S Haegens… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Human cognition and action can be influenced by internal bodily processes such as
heartbeats. For instance, somatosensory perception is impaired both during the systolic …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling brain-heart interactions from Poincaré plot-derived measures of sympathetic-vagal activity

D Candia-Rivera - MethodsX, 2023 - Elsevier
Recent studies suggest that the interaction between the brain and heart plays a key role in
cognitive processes, and measuring these interactions is crucial for understanding the …

[HTML][HTML] Physiologically informed neuromodulation

K Wendt, T Denison, G Foster, L Krinke… - Journal of the …, 2022 - Elsevier
The rapid evolution of neuromodulation techniques includes an increasing amount of
research into stimulation paradigms that are guided by patients' neurophysiology, to …

[HTML][HTML] Transcranial magnetic stimulation–induced heart-brain coupling: Implications for site selection and frontal thresholding—Preliminary findings

E Dijkstra, H van Dijk, F Vila-Rodriguez… - … Psychiatry Global Open …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Neurocardiac-guided transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) uses repetitive
TMS (rTMS)–induced heart rate deceleration to confirm activation of the frontal-vagal …

Comparison of coil placement approaches targeting dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in depressed adolescents receiving repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation: an …

ZD Deng, PL Robins, M Dannhauer, LM Haugen… - medRxiv, 2023 - medrxiv.org
Background A promising treatment option for adolescents with treatment-resistant
depression is high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) delivered to …

[HTML][HTML] Brain mechanisms underlying the modulation of heart rate variability when accepting and reappraising emotions

S Guendelman, L Kaltwasser, M Bayer, V Gallese… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Heart rate variability (HRV) has been linked to resilience and emotion regulation (ER). How
HRV and brain processing interact during ER, however, has remained elusive. Sixty-two …