Seminar Series
Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences (IMHANS)
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December 2, 2022, 14:00 (IST), Friday
Venue: Seminar hall IMHANS |
Use of Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation (NIBS) for the modulation of Post Stroke Brain |
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Fayaz R Khan, MPT, PhD
Associate Professor Department of Physical Therapy Faculty of Medical Rehabilitation Sciences King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia |
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Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation (NIBS) is an umbrella term used for any mechanism which stimulates the brain non-invasively. Among them, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) is a technique for noninvasive stimulation of the human brain where the stimulation is produced by generating a brief, high-intensity magnetic field by passing a brief electric current through a magnetic coil. TMS can be used for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. Single pulse TMS is used for diagnostic, however, rTMS is used for therapeutic either by facilitating or inhibiting the brain area. Here, I will talk about our research group’s work on TMS in stroke rehabilitation.
#brain stimulation #noninvasive #brain #rehabilitation |
| August 12, 2022, 14:00 (IST), Friday | Public Mental Health in India - Challenges and Opportunities |
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Vikram Patel MBBS, PhD
The Pershing Square Professor of Global Health and Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School Professor, Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health Co-Founder and Member of Managing Committee, Sangath, India |
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#psychiatry #SocialMedicine #publichealth #globalmentalhealth |
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| July 26, 2022, 14:00 (IST), Tuesday | Role of Muscarinic Receptors in the Pathology and Treatment of Schizophrenia. |
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Prof. Brian Dean HND Appl.Biol., LI Biol., MSc., PhD., FRSB, CBiol.
Professor Head, Mental Health Theme, Professorial Fellow, the Synaptic Biology and Cognition Laboratory, The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Australia |
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#schizophrenia #muscarinicreceptors #psychiatry #treatment |
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| June 24, 2022, 14:00 (IST), Friday | Mental Health of LGBTQIA+ |
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Prof. Dinesh Bhugra MBBS, LMSSA, MRCPsych, MA, MSc, MPhil, PhD, FRCPsych
Emeritus Professor Mental Health and Cultural Diversity, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience King’s College London |
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#LGBTQIA #mentalhealth #psychiatry #publichealth |
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| June 03, 2022, 15:00 (IST), Friday | The effects of social stress on circadian rhythms and sleep-wake cycle |
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Dipesh Chaudhury PhD
Assistant Professor New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD), United Arab Emirates |
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There is a close association between mood, the circadian system and sleep regulation. Sleep is necessary for normal functioning of the brain during the wake state and disrupted sleep is a core feature of many psychiatric diseases including major depressive disorder (MDD). Moreover, chronic stress has detrimental effects on sleep. We assessed the link between stress and sleep in mice using a chronic social defeat stress (CSDS) paradigm. Stress-susceptible mice displayed increased fragmentation of Non-Rapid Eye Movement (NREM) sleep both pre- and post-stress. Moreover, we found that stress susceptible mice exhibited: (i) blunted diurnal rhythms in activity in neural circuits that may play a role in regulating daily rhythms in mood and (ii) decreased rate of photoentrainment. Our findings emphasized an interaction between stressed induced mood disorders, circadian rhythms and sleep.
#mooddisorders #sleep #circadian #optogenetics #rodentmodel |
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| May 09, 2022 14:00 (IST), Monday | Caregiver-Infant Brain Interaction across Mammalian Species |
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Gianluca Esposito, PhD
Professor, Chair of the Ph.D program in Cognitve Science Affiliative Behavior and Physiology, University of Trento, Italy |
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Interaction between mother and infant is the earliest and most critical social relationship in mammalians. Specific automatic brain patterns regulate infants seeking proximity to mother and prompt protest on separation from mother. These mechanisms promote bonding through physiological, hormonal and behavioral communications. Reciprocally, enhanced brain activity in caregivers is associated with increase in movement and speech to infants and, more generally, with their propensity to nurture. Infant and maternal brains “respond” to one another, and they follow a dynamic synchronous “dance”. During the seminar, I will illustrate these mother-infant dynamics with new findings from animal and human studies that employ a variety of techniques from genetic engineering to neuroimaging hyper-scanning.
#maternalcare #autism #behavior #eyetracking |