Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Mentor: Alik Widge, M.D., Ph.D.
Project: Neural Mechanisms of Closed-loop Phase-locked Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
Güldamla Kalender's research aims to develop a personalized transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) protocol that delivers stimulation timed to a certain phase of an endogenous brain rhythm and explores the utility of physiologically informed neuromodulation in psychiatric disorders. Carrying this phase-dependent approach into TMS for neuropsychiatric disorders may enhance the TMS-induced neuroplasticity and lead to the optimization of its therapeutic effects, which would be beneficial both in developing a theoretical understanding of clinically relevant neuroplasticity and in providing direction for clinicians to maximize the benefit of neuromodulation techniques.
