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20/02/2025

Secure your ticket for the March edition of the PlatoScience Webinar:

The 12th of March at 4 PM CET we are discussing how non-invasive brain stimulation such as the PlatoWork tDCS headset, can influence neural oscillations and behavior. While TES has been studied as a potential tool for mental health interventions, this session will take a fundamental neuroscience perspective on how brain signals relate to cognitive functions like memory and decision-making.

To enlighten us on the potential of maintenance therapy, we are delighted to present Asst. Prof. Miles Wischnewski from the University of Groningen, an expert in neural oscillations and non-invasive brain stimulation. His research explores how brain signals relate to memory and decision-making, and whether altering these signals can change behavior.

Dr. Wischnewski employs TMS, tDCS, and tACS to study and influence neural activity, shedding light on the potential of TES in shaping cognitive processes.
Don't miss this opportunity to learn, connect, and explore the future of brain stimulation!

As always, the webinar is an opportunity for you to share experiences from your clinic, ask questions to the PlatoScience team and strengthen your professional network of clinicians working with neuromodulation in the private healthcare sector.

Sign up by clicking link below for a free ticket!

Join us for our quarterly webinar March 12th with Miles Wischnewski, a researcher in neural oscillations and non-invasive brain stimulation.

25/09/2024

Join us for the October edition of the PlatoScience Webinar:

This time Prof Dr Alexander Sack will be in conversation with Dr Michael Bull from the Black Dog Institute and Ramsay Clinics in Australia. They will be discussing how at-home TES devices, such as the PlatoWork tDCS headset, can serve as an effective maintenance tool to complement TMS treatment. Based on recent studies, tDCS proposes an effective and low-cost way to help your patients maintain mental health and prevent relapse after their in-clinic treatment terminates.

As always, the webinar is an opportunity for you to share experiences from your clinic, ask questions to the speakers, or PlatoScience team, and strengthen your professional network of clinicians working with neuromodulation in the private healthcare sector.

To reserve your spot, simply follow the link below.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Home-use tDCS: a promising solution for TMS maintenance therapy - Prof Dr Alexander Sack in conversation with Dr Michael Bull.

25/06/2024

Don’t forget to sign up for our June webinar tonight!

Join us as we explore the effects of lesion network guided transcranial electrical stimulation (tES) on symptoms and electrophysiology in psychosis with Dr. Paulo Lizano.

Using to treat visual hallucinations in patients with PSD. Date and time: Tue, 25 Jun 2024 16:00 - 17:00 CEST

If you are a doctor or researcher and are interested in participating, follow this link directly to eventbrite for your registration. https://www.eventbrite.dk/e/using-tes-to-treat-visual-hallucinations-in-patients-with-psd-tickets-903694252837

Welcome to the June edition of the PlatoScience Webinar, which you can attend for free.

PlatoScience - Empowering Patients through Neuromodulation

Join us as we explore the effects of lesion network guided tES on symptoms and electrophysiology in psychosis with Dr. Paulo Lizano.

12/11/2023

Join us for the December edition of the PlatoScience Webinar as Dr. Andrew Stevenson discusses brain-computer interface (BCI); a system that enables the human brain to communicate directly with an external device such as an electrical stimulator, wheelchair, or prosthesis; and can re-establish damaged neural pathways between the brain and the body.

We look forward to seeing you there!

PlatoScience Webinar with Dr. Andrew Stevenson

05/02/2023

tDCS, as delivered in the PlatoWork headset, is emerging as a promising novel treatment for ADHD. Next step is larger long term studies to demonstrate the clinical efficacy outside of the lab
via Psychiatry Advisor

In recent years, neurostimulation techniques have emerged as a potential nondrug treatment option for pediatric and adult patients with ADHD.

27/01/2023

The regulation of neuromodulation in the EU has been a muddy topic for years, and regulators recently made it all much more difficult

25/10/2022

The month of October has been declared Mental Health Awareness month to raise awareness about mental health around the world and to mobilize efforts to support those experiencing mental health issues. Major depressive disorder (MDD) remains a leading cause of disability and a significant predictor of su***de worldwide. An open-label feasibility study published in the Journal of Psychiatric Research demonstrates how home-based transcranial direct current stimulation, such as PlatoWork, with real-time supervision significantly improves clinical symptoms of major depressive disorder.

Current treatments for major depressive disorder (MDD) have limited effectiveness and acceptability. Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is…

05/09/2022

Promising results for treating adult ADHD with neuromodulation:

In a randomised clinical trial, researchers set out to determine the efficacy and safety of home-based tDCS in treating inattention symptoms in adult patients with ADHD. 64 participants received 30 minute daily sessions of home-based tDCS for 4 weeks. The active tDCS group showed decreased symptoms of inattention over 3 assessments compared to the sham tDCS group. This indicates that home-based tDCS, such as PlatoWork, could be a non-pharmacological alternative for adult patients with ADHD.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35921102/

30/08/2022

We are in the midst of a mental health crisis with major depressive disorder being the most prevalent among mental health disorders and up to 30% of patients not responding to first-line treatments. Any type of NIBS treatment requires patients to repeatedly visit a clinic to receive brain stimulation by trained personnel, thus creating an insurmountable barrier to both patients and healthcare providers in terms of time and cost. In this paper, co-authored by PlatoScience CEO - Balder Onarheim, Research Manager - Morten Gørtz Jønsson and Chief Science Advsor - Alexander Sack, we assess to what extent Transcranial Electrical Stimulation (TES) might be administered with remote supervision in order to address this scaling problem and enable neuroenhancement of mental resilience at home.

We are in the midst of a mental health crisis with major depressive disorder being the most prevalent among mental health disorders and up to 30% of patients not responding to first-line treatments. Noninvasive Brain Stimulation (NIBS) techniques have proven to be effective in treating depression. H...

22/08/2022

Non-invasive neuromodulation is making headlines in CNN and Wall Street Journal today: Brain stimulation improves short-term memory in older adults

While this has been documented before, this study is particularly well designed and thus awarded with publication in Nature. It is using tACS, the alternating current version of tDCS, the technology used in the PlatoWork headsets.

CNN: https://edition.cnn.com/2022/08/22/health/brain-stimulation-memory-wellness/index.html
WSJ: https://www.wsj.com/articles/electrical-brain-stimulation-improves-memory-new-study-shows-11661180400

Reinhart et al. show that repetitive transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) of unique combinations of rhythmic frequency and stimulation locations produces selective and long-lasting improvements in verbal working memory and long-term memory in older adults.

22/06/2022

Our last seminar, before we break for the summer, starts in a few hours! If you haven't already, you can sign up here: https://bit.ly/jun22platoseminar

This time we are discussing how at-home TES devices, such as the PlatoWork tDCS headset, can serve as effective maintenance tools to complement TMS treatment. Based on recent studies, TES proposes an effective and low-cost way to help patients maintain mental health and prevent relapse after their in-clinic treatment terminates.

See you then!

14/06/2022

Are you a TMS provider looking for a sustainable at-home solution to support maintenance therapy in depression treatment?

Then sign up for our free webinar on June 22nd to learn how a TES tool like the PlatoWork headset might be precisely what you're looking for!

For this event, we are delighted to present two experts in the field: PlatoScience's own Chief Scientific Advisor, Professor Dr Alexander Sack, in conversation with Dr Theodoros Koutsomitros. Dr Koutsomitros is a psychiatrist specialising in repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) and successfully applying TES with PlatoWork in his clinic.

Usually, our seminars are exclusively for PlatoScience customers and partner clinics, but because of the large amount of interest, we are opening this one up to all interested clinicians. Don't miss your chance to join the conversation on the future of mental healthcare - see you then! 🧠⚡️

Home-use TES: a promising solution for TMS maintenance therapy - Professor Dr Alexander Sack in conversation with Dr Theodoros Koutsomitros