We are delighted to announce a two-day Summer School on Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Cognition (TMSC), supported by The Magstim Company Limited and hosted by Dr Heidi Johansen-Berg (FMRIB Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford) and Professor Vincent Walsh (UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience). It will take place on Friday 30 May and Saturday 31 May 2008. The venue will be The Kennedy Lecture Theatre at the UCL Institute of Child Health, 30 Guildford Street, London, WC1.

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Cognition Summer School)

DAY 1 Friday 30 May 2008

REGISTRATION & WELCOME

Morning

Professor Paolo Rossini, L’ Associazione Fatebenefratelli per la Ricerca, Italy – Plenary Lecture: An overview of brain stimulation and rehabilitation

Session One: Brain stimulation for modifying and monitoring brain plasticity in healthy subjects

Professor Joseph Classen, Department of Neurology, University of Würzburg, Germany: Paired Associative Stimulation

COFFEE

Professsor Walter Paulus, Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, Georg-August-Universität, Germany: Monitoring plasticity and excitability with tDCS

Professor Marcello Massimini, Department of Clinical Sciences, Hosp. L. Sacco, Milan, Italy: TMS induced oscillations during sleep: implications for learning and memory

LUNCH

Session Two: Monitoring adaptive and maladaptive plasticity in disease

Afternoon

Dr Nick Ward, Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, University College London: Brain stimulation and CST integrity post stroke

Professor Hartwig Siebner, Klinik für Neurologie, Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel, Germany: TMS and dystonia

TEA

Professor Alexander Thiel, Dept Neurology & Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montreal, Canada: Brain Stimulation and language networks in patients with focal brain lesions

Professor Simone Rossi, Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Università di Siena, Italy: The physiological basis of cross-modal interactions on human motor system

Reception and Prize Givings

DAY 2 Saturday 31 May 2008

Morning

Session Three: Physiological and pharmacological measures of induced change

Professor Ulf Ziemann, Klinikum der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main: Pharmacological modulations of stimulation induced plasticity

Dr Charlie Stagg, Centre for Functional Brain Imaging, University of Oxford: Neurochemical changes following brain stimulation

COFFEE

Awarded Student Presentations
> Student Presentation One
> Student Presentation Two

LUNCH

Session Four: Therapeutic brain stimulation for rehabilitation

Afternoon

Professor John Rothwell, Sobell Dept, Institute of Neurology, University College London: Can rTMS really work as therapy?

Professor Gottfried Schlaug, The Music and Neuroimaging Laboratory, Harvard Medical School: tDCS and stroke

TEA

Dr Friedhelm Hummel, Department of Neurology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf: TMS/tDCS in stroke patients

Professor Mark George, Medical University of South Carolina: TMS and depression

REGISTRATION: To attend the SUMMER SCHOOL you MUST register. Please contact: Rosalyn Lawrence, Secretary, ICN, UCL. Email: rosalyn.lawrence [ at ] ucl.ac.uk

There will be displays of magnetic stimulation, neuronavigation and electrophysiological products by: The Magstim Company and Rogue Research

The winner of the Magstim Young Investigator Award will be announced at the meeting. Nominations, including self nominations, should be sent to Vincent Walsh (v.walsh [ at ] ucl.ac.uk)

Registration required:

Yes

Free:

No