We are pleased announce the minisymposium “Current state of Transcranial Electrical Stimulation: progress & challenges” at Tisch NYU Langone Health (550 First Avenue, Smilow Seminar room) on Tuesday, November 12th, from 8am - 1:30pm.

Transcranial electrical stimulation has widespread clinical and research applications, yet behavioral effects in humans are often weak and difficult to replicate. Experiments using this technique differ widely in stimulation and experimental parameters, contributing to these diverse outcomes. However, we argue that a lack of basic mechanistic understanding of how externally applied electrical fields affect neural activity is a primary contributor to outcome variability. This meeting intends to bring together researchers aiming to understand the mechanisms of action of transcranial electrical stimulation in full brains and hippocampal slices, primates and humans, and ex vivo and in vivo. A range of potential mechanisms will be proposed, discussed, and evaluated. The diverse views and insights from different fields are expected to provide best practice recommendations that can guide clinicians and scientists interested in developing the next generation of transcranial electrical stimulation experiments.

REGISTER ONLINE: Registration is free but advance registration is required.

Venue: Smilow Seminar Room, Tisch NYU Langone Health

Address: 550 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016

Parking: click here for parking options

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PROGRAM

Date: Tuesday, 12th of December, 2017

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8:00 - 8:15 Breakfast

8:15 - 8:30 Welcome

8:30 - 9:10. Anli Liu [Neurology, NYU Langone Health]

Mechanisms of Transcranial Electrical Stimulation as Measured in Humans

9:10 - 9:50 Gyuri Buzsaki [NYU Neuroscience Institute, NYU Langone Health]

Transcranial Electrical Stimulation (TES): instantaneous effects on spiking and local networks

9:50 - 10:30. Ashesh Mehta [School of Medicine Hofstra/Northwell]

Assessment of noninvasive electrical stimulation using intracranial electrodes in (live) humans

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10:30 - 11:00 coffee break

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11:00 - 11:40 Bart Krekelberg [Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, Rutgers University

Neuromodulation by transcranial alternating current stimulation in human and nonhuman primates

11:40 - 12:20 Christopher Pack [Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University]

Behavioral and neural effects of transcranial current stimulation in macaque monkeys

12:20 - 13:00 Lucas Parra [Biomedical Engineering, City College of New York]

Synaptic plasticity mechanism explains the specificity of direct current stimulation

13:00 - 13:30 Panel discussion

We are grateful to FACES for supporting this event!