Our Project

A non-invasive, surgery-free treatment for many neurological diseases such as Parkison's Disease, Depression and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) has been recently developed using Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS). Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved this technology for the treatment of depression using standard coil which is capable of stimulating upper region of the brain.   Jiles's lab has developed a new coil called as "Halo coil" which is capable of stimulating deeper regions of the brain. This coil is in its early stage of development which needs improvement in terms of better positioning on the brain and locating appropriated regions of the brain for stimulation. Electric field induced in the different regions of the brain is modeled using realistic head models when stimulated by this new coil. When fully developed, this coil can be used in the treatment of many neurological disorders that originate from the deeper regions of the brain such as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Parkinson's Disease.   Students will have an opportunity work with a company and hospital and to model, fabricate and measure different parameters related this newly developed TMS coil.