Our Research
The TOBergmannLab (AG Neurostimulation) is part of the Leibniz Institute for Resilience Research (LIR). We investigate the function of neuronal oscillations in cognition (in particularly attention and memory), trying to understand their role in defining brain states, organizing information processing, and gating synaptic plasticity in the wake and sleeping human brain, as well as the neuronal mechanisms mediating their top-down control. To answer our research questions, we follow a multimodal approach, combining non-invasive transcranial brain stimulation techniques (TMS, TDCS, TACS) with electrophysiological recordings (EEG, MEG) and neuroimaging (fMRI). The methodological focus of the group lies on the simultaneous application of these techniques (including concurrent EEG-fMRI, TMS-fMRI, TMS-EEG, TCS-MEG, TCS-TMS) as well as brain state dependent brain stimulation approaches, such as real-time EEG-triggered TMS.
News and Events
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Major Grant received from the Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation to start a robot-navigated transcranial ultrasound stimulation (TUS) lab at the NIC!
21 Sep 2020 -
New review paper with Gesa Hartwigsen out in the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience on “Inferring Causality From Noninvasive Brain Stimulation in Cognitive Neuroscience”.
12 Jun 2020 -
Using real-time EEG-triggered TMS of the human primary motor cortex we found that the sensorimotor mu-alpha (8-14 Hz) rhythm exerts pulsed facilitation (sic!) rather than inhibition of corticospinal excitability. Now out in J Neurosci!
11 Dec 2019 -
New JoVE Paper Out: Brain State-dependent Brain Stimulation with Real-time EEG-Triggered TMS
20 Aug 2019 -
Organized a 3-day workshop on Transcranial Brain Stimulation: From Basics to Advanced Applications
25 Jun 2019
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