Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) is a non-invasive neurostimulation technique where a low direct current is applied to the brain through electrodes placed on a targeted area. Powered by a 5V battery, tDCS uses a constant current flow from electrode to...
The Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health will be hosting a free public talk on Nov. 18th 2015. The talk will provide an insight of how funds from Movember are being used to help find innovative solutions to help manage and treat mood disorders. The format of the...
The NINET lab is happy to announce the publication of the paper “ECT Treatment in patients with Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders: A Case Series”. This is the largest series published on the use of ECT for in patients suffering severe somatic symptom disorders. We...
We are very excited to announce that interleaved TMS-fMRI has arrived at the NINET lab, University of British Columbia (UBC). Interleaved TMS-fMRI is a technique that allows to obtain brain images of the brain while stimulated with TMS. This is a cutting-edge...
Knowledge Translation At the NINET lab in Vancouver we continue to reach out and translate knowledge to the general public. This presentation provides an overview on the current state of knowledge with regards to the use of Non-INvasive Neurostimulation Therapies...
Meet Olivia. I am a second-year medical student at UBC with a background in Chemical & Biological engineering (also from UBC). I am currently doing a part-time research project at NINET that focuses on seizure adequacy in electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). My main...
The Temerty Centre for Therapeutic Brain Intervention at CAMH, the rTMS Clinic at Toronto Western Hospital and the NINET Lab at UBC/Centre for Brain Health presented preliminary results at the 1st International Conference in Singapore (work published in abstract...
Meet Jamie. I am supervised by Dr. Fidel Vila-Rodriguez and Dr. Z. Jane Wang. I focus on the applying machine learning and statistical tools in computational neuroscience, and I hope to find statistically significant results and scientific explanations in Medicine...