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All things neurotech 🧠| Postdoc in transcranial ultrasound stimulation 🔊 University of Oxford | jaketoth.tech
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Yes - but I also think we tend to discount the value of the work we do during those years. Both PhDs and postdocs are basically just jobs producing economic value! If anything PhD's are a hyper-efficient use of resources as skilled workers produce public goods for very low pay.
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Congratulations!
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No, but given the responses to this post I guess I should!
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Generally, NIBS + antidepressants can have better outcomes than just NIBS or antidepressants alone. But it isn't always the case. There's a recent review on this here:
www.thelancet.com/journals/ecl...
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All great questions!
Magnetic stimulation (TMS) is typically used over a 4-6 week period for less than an hour per day but a recent protocol shows good efficacy over 5 days with many sessions per day (all in the clinic). tDCS is roughly 20 mins per day for 6 weeks at home.
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Any predictions on AI for drug discovery, material science or science in general?
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I squeeze, stretch and push on brains
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It feels like travelling back in time!
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The full paper is available here: doi.org/10.3389/fnhu....
Would love to hear your thoughts or questions!
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We also discuss areas of opportunity for future work including multimodal stimulation, addressing biases and the issue of small sample sizes. I learned a lot writing this paper. I hope it provides some useful information for people interested in this area!
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One challenging area in NIBS is understanding why it works differently across the population. Key factors include:
💠Head and brain structure
💠Neuron type and orientation
💠Brain activity at the time of stimulation
💠Stimulation parameters
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Would love to be added to this, thanks!