Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation (taVNS) to be offered in Charleston on March 12 and 13, 2020
All applicants must be members of the NC NM4R Community.
This conference is free of charge to all accepted applicants. Due to our funding by United States Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development under award number P2CHD086844, we must restrict admission to the workshops to those applicants who are affiliated with US-based institutions and who are eligible to receive NIH funding.
Non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) may be administered via a novel, emerging neuromodulatory technique known as transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS). Unlike cervically-implanted VNS, taVNS is an inexpensive and non-surgical alternative to modulate the vagus nerve. taVNS delivers electrical stimulation to the auricular branch of the vagus nerve (ABVN), an easily accessible target that innervates the human ear and is appealing as it allows for rapid translation of basic VNS research. Interest in taVNS has grown over the past decade with many promising neuropsychiatric disease applications such as stroke and depression, as well as enhancing neuroplasticity and reducing inflammation. This safe, inexpensive, and portable neurostimulation modality has major implications in the future treatment of central and peripheral disease. This 2-day workshop, organized by recognized taVNS expert Dr. Bashar Badran, is designed to provide lectures by international taVNS experts and hands-on opportunities to learn and practice the fundamentals of noninvasive vagus nerve stimulation.
Due to demand, we are increasing the enrollment of this event and planning to offer it online via teleconference!
Please join our community to be notified of further updates as we plan this conference.
taVNS Conference Draft Agenda
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Thursday, March 12th, 2020 |
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8:00 am to 9:00 am |
Registration & Breakfast CHP, A Building, 77 President Street, Room 105 |
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9:00 am to 9:30 am |
Welcome to Level 2 Workshop for VNS & taVNS Room A105 |
Bashar Badran, Rick Segal, Steve Kautz, Mark George |
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9:30 am to 10:30 am |
Overview of Animal VNS + PD Room A105 |
Heather Boger, Ph.D. |
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10:30 am to 10:45am |
BREAK |
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10:45am to 11:45am |
Noninvasive VNS for Mild to Moderate PD Room A105 |
Vanessa Hinson, M.D. |
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11:45 am to 1:00pm |
NETWORKING LUNCH- Provided (CHP A Newberry & Fish Bowl) |
Poster Presentations |
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1:00 pm to 2:00 pm |
Motor-Paired VNS in Stroke Animal Models Room A105 |
Seth Hays, Ph.D. |
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2:00 pm to 3:00 pm |
Motor-Paired taVNS for Neonatal Brain Injury Room A105 |
Dorothea Jenkins, M.D. |
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3:00 pm to 4:30 pm |
Hands-on Room A105 |
Bashar, Andrew Fortune, Sean Thompson |
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4:30 pm to 6:00 pm |
Networking Social |
CHP Atrium |
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6:00 pm to 8:00 pm |
Speaker Dinner (Invite Only) |
TBD |
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Friday, March 13th, 2020 |
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9:00 am to 9:30 am |
Announcements & Breakfast |
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9:30 am to 10:30 am |
Clinical Overview of VNS + VNS/fMRI Room A105 |
Mark George, MD |
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10:30am to 10:45am |
BREAK |
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10:45 am to 11:45am |
Optimization of taVNS + taVNS/fMRI Room A105 |
Bashar Badran, Ph.D. |
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11:45am to 12:45 pm |
LUNCH- Provided |
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1:00 pm to 2:00 pm |
Modelling of Brain and Cranial Nerve Activation Room A105 |
Marom Bikson, Ph.D. |
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2:00 pm to 3:00 pm |
Respiratory Gated Auricular Vagal Nerve Stimulation Room A105 |
Vitaly Napadow, Ph.D. |
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3:00 pm to 3:30 pm |
BREAK (Walk over to MRI Lab) |
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3:30 pm to 5:00 pm |
Hands-on (Optional for who signs up) MRI Lab 30 Bee St. 2 groups |
Bashar, Andrew Fortune, Sean Thompson |
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5:00 pm |
Meeting Concluding Remarks |
Bashar Badran |
All applicants must be members of the NC NM4R Community.
This conference is free of charge to all accepted applicants. Due to our funding by United States Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development under award number P2CHD086844, we must restrict admission to the workshops to those applicants who are affiliated with US-based institutions and who are eligible to receive NIH funding.
The National Center for Neuromodulation for Rehabilitation (NC NM4R) is supported by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development of the National Institutes of Health under award number P2CHD086844. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.