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Ethan Solomon @esolomon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Excited to share a new discovery from @stanfordpntlab.bsky.social about the effects of neurostimulation on brain activity. www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6... With our colleagues at the University of Iowa, we explored how intermittent theta burst stimulation (iTBS) changes neural excitability. A 🧵

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iTBS induces a suppression-rebound pattern in human cortical excitability

Intermittent theta burst stimulation (iTBS) is a widely used form of brain stimulation, developed on the premise that it promotes long-term potentiation (LTP) and neural excitation. However, this is n...

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Ethan Solomon @esolomon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Huge thanks to @coreykeller.bsky.social, @neuro-engineer.bsky.social, Charlie Dickey, Chris Cline, and many others from @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social, as well as generous support from the NIH/NIMH for making this work possible.

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Umair Hassan @neuro-engineer.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

And my deepest gratitude to my incredibly supportive wife @ridarehmanqureshi.bsky.social , who encouraged me to submit this application when our son was quite literally 7 days old and I was second-guessing whether I should even submit in that cycle at all.

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Umair Hassan @neuro-engineer.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

I would also like to extend my gratitude to all the members of the @stanfordpntlab.bsky.social , especially @esolomon.bsky.social , @chrisclineneuro.bsky.social and @jessicamross8.bsky.social for their continuous support and thoughtful feedback.

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Umair Hassan @neuro-engineer.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

I am also deeply grateful to my advisors Gyorgy Buzsaki and @manishsaggar.bsky.social for their unwavering support and commitment. To my referees Ulf Ziemann and Hartwig Siebner, thank you for witnessing and supporting me from PhD to Postdoc, through every struggle and milestone.

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Umair Hassan @neuro-engineer.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

This achievement would not have been possible without the immense support and thoughtful critique of my mentor @coreykeller who trusted my vision, my PhD supervisor @tobergmann who first introduced me to brain stimulation, and to my wonderful co-mentors Josef Parvizi and @agoldpie.bsky.social

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Umair Hassan @neuro-engineer.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Super excited to share that I have received the NIMH K99/R00 Pathway to Independence career development grant 🚀. This news has been a long time coming. This recognition gives me deep confidence, not only in myself but also in the research I am pursuing. reporter.nih.gov/project-deta...

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joshcoldman.bsky.social @joshcoldman.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Check out the exclusive content we recorded with Adrian it's something special.😈 FREE ONLY TODAY !! Join here: fanvue.com/adrianmitchell?free_trial=2fc2a1da-b011-42ee-ad2c-dad75f7806f8 No one else has access to this.

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Junk Baller @junkballer.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

8 million people just marched. #NoKings is real. But marching isn't enough. Real change needs real analysis. Private group. Deep discussion. People who actually understand what's happening and what comes next. Join us: truthaccountability.blogspot.com 🔒

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7 HUGE Washington names were REMOVED from the disclosed Epstein client list.

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Nick Holmes @thehandlab.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Reviewing #papers as a postdoc I checked all their #references. About 25% had #errors (authors, page, title, etc), so I listed some & asked authors to check them all. Things got much better with DOI/automatisation etc, so i stopped. I've just read a MSc thesis where about 1/3 contain errors - #AI!

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Andrew H. Smith MD, PhD @smithandrewh.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

How far can we push transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) for those most in need? Our new accelerated TMS protocol delivers more pulses than has ever previously been reported, enabling a patient to cancel planned deep brain stimulation surgery.

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Safety and tolerability of dual-site accelerated transcranial magnetic stimulation treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder and major depressive disorder

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Umair Hassan @neuro-engineer.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Congratulations @esolomon.bsky.social 🚀🚀🚀🚀 so well deserved!! 👏👏👏🎉

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Umair Hassan @neuro-engineer.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Excellent opportunity for top notch graduate research! 🚀🚀

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Corey Keller @coreykeller.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Fantastic work by @esolomon.bsky.social @neuro-engineer.bsky.social & team in uncovering a potential way in which TMS can change neural activity in the subgenual cingulate cortex! Implications for TMS treatment in depression

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Umair Hassan @neuro-engineer.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Really proud of this work bridging electrophysiology and neuroimaging of prefrontal cortex! 🚀

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Umair Hassan @neuro-engineer.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

This enables future work to characterize E/I profile of spindles, investigate their interaction with SOs, test their role as windows of phase-dependent synaptic plasticity & causal relevance for systems memory consolidation to build effective therapies in psychiatry & neurology.

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Umair Hassan @neuro-engineer.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Our findings suggests spindles exerts asymmetrical “pulsed inhibition” on corticospinal excitability, complementing previous reports of phasic modulation of MEPs by the sleep SO as well as asymmetrical “pulsed facilitation” by the sensorimotor mu-alpha rhythm during wakefulness.

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Umair Hassan @neuro-engineer.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

We provide the first in-human demonstration of the feasibility of real-time sleep spindle phase-triggered TMS in humans and of a phasic modulation of corticospinal excitability by the sleep spindle.

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Precision Neurotherapeutics Lab @ Stanford @stanfordpntlab.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

🧠 We are #hiring! Postdoc @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social: help us develop closed-loop EEG platforms to improve TMS treatment for depression! Coding and neuroscience / engineering backgrounds required. Join our team! precisionneuro.stanford.edu email: ckeller1@stanford.edu

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Precision Neurotherapeutics Lab @ Stanford @stanfordpntlab.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

We're excited to share NaviNIBS, our new open-source tool 🔨 for neuronavigated noninvasive #brainstim 🧠⚡️ 🎉Congrats to our co-director Chris Cline, lead developer of NaviNIBS! We hope to enable new possibilities for innovations in neuronavigation #TMSEEG @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social (1/5)

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Precision Neurotherapeutics Lab @ Stanford @stanfordpntlab.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

🚨 New preprint alert 🚨 Musical rhythms can boost brain stimulation effects! ⚡️ Sensory-entrained #TMS (seTMS) synchronizes TMS pulses with auditory rhythm-induced high-excitability brain states 🎶🧠 Thread below 👇 @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social #StanfordMed #StanfordBrain (1/10)

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