Thursday | December 19, 2024 12:00pm PST 

Neuromodulation for PTSD

PTSD is a syndrome that arises in 20% of people exposed to a trauma.

It can be approached mechanistically as an emergent property of a complex neuroplastic Bayesian system. It can be conceptualized within the triple network framework, and treated by psychological, pharmacological and neuromodulatory approaches.

About Dirk de Ridder

Dirk De Ridder, MD, PhD, is professor of Neurosurgery at Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago in New Zealand and co-runs a private neuromodulation clinic in Belgium. Also associated with Manipal University in India, Trinity College in Dublin, he teaches at University of Bonn in Germany. 

Dr. De Ridder’s main research interest is the understanding and treatment of phantom perceptions (tinnitus, pain), especially by use of functional imaging navigated non-invasive (TMS, tDCS, tACS, tRNS, LORETA neurofeedback) and invasive (implants) neuromodulation techniques. 

His research is based on 1)Network science, in which any symptom is the emergent property of a changed network, and 2)Bayesian brain concept, i.e. considering the brain as a predictive machine that updates its predictions by active exploration of the environment through the senses, to reduce the inherent uncertainty in a changing environment. Phantom percepts are seen as a maladaptive network phenomena due to deficient updating resultant from sensory deafferentation. 

Join us for our Guest Lecture Series, featuring Dirk DeRidder on Thursday, December 19th at 12:00 PM Pacific Time.