Tuesday, December 7, 2021

NETP Seminar Series - Dr. Mihaly Voroslakos

1:00 PM

His research talk, titled "Can neuromodulation improve our life: Modulating brain activity with electrical stimulation", will be given at 1 pm in the Johnson Room at the Lurie Engineering Center.

We are excited to announce that Dr. Mihaly Voroslakos will be visiting the University of Michigan on December 7. Dr. Voroslakos is a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Gyorgy Buzsaki at the Neuroscience Institute, NYU. He completed his M.D. and Ph.D. in neuroscience in Hungary. During his graduate training, he focused on immediate effects of transcranial electrical stimulation (TES) in rodents and humans. His current research focuses on how TES can improve cognitive functions and induce long-term neuroplasticity in freely moving rodents. He is performing large-scale electrophysiology combined with TES. His work also includes magnetic resonance imaging for measuring the whole brain effects of TES. Before joining NYU, Dr. Voroslakos was a Kavli Scholar, working under the mentorship of Euisik Yoon and Gyorgy Buzsaki. He performed cross- and trans-disciplinary research to advance neuroscience tool developments for optogenetic experiments
 
His research talk, titled "Can neuromodulation improve our life: Modulating brain activity with electrical stimulation", will be given at 1 pm in the Johnson Room at the Lurie Engineering Center. If you are unable to attend in person, a Zoom link is provided below. 
 
Thank you,
 
Kate Kish and Elizabeth Bottorff
 
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Join Zoom Meeting https://umich.zoom.us/j/98759555310 Meeting ID: 987 5955 5310
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Abstract: Recent years have seen increasing interest in neuromodulation methods. Transcranial Electrical Stimulation (TES) is a noninvasive technique that can boost learning new skills and ameliorate the symptoms of patients with neuropsychiatric and neurological disorders. Despite 20 years of intensive research, the basic mechanisms through which TES can influence brain function and change behavior in humans is not well understood.
In this talk, I will examine 1) how stimulation parameters can be optimized for a given condition (e.g., epilepsy), 2) how to account for interindividual differences and 3) how to translate animal data to human applications. To address these issues, I will present my findings from human cadavers, healthy individuals and freely moving rodents. I will show the effects of TES in rodents at single-neuron level (large-scale electrophysiology data) and at whole brain scale (functional magnetic resonance imaging data).
I will describe the importance of investigating the effects of neuromodulation in rodents and humans simultaneously to bridge the gap between basic research and clinical science. I will show that successful technological innovation requires a merging of visions from medicine, neuroscience, and engineering.