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Final report - Improvement of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) coils for psychiatric applications

2007

BIAL Foundation Archive
- BIAL Grants
  - 2004 Grants
    - 112 - Improvement of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) coils for psychiatric applications
      - Final report - Improvement of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) coils for psychiatric applications

Reference code:	PT/FB
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Location:	S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:	BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date:	1994
History:	The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives. Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge. Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research. The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world. Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL:	http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility:	By permission

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Title:	BIAL Grants
Start date:	1994
History:	In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries. The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project. The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others. The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2004
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pastas 1 a 25/2004
Title:	2004 Grants
Start date:	2005-01 - 2012-09
Dimension/support:	25 caixas de arquivo

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2004-112
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pasta 15/2004
Title:	112 - Improvement of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) coils for psychiatric applications
Duration:	2005-01 - 2007-11
Researcher(s):	Pedro Cavaleiro Miranda, Yiftach Roth, Ludovic Correia, Ricardo Salvador, Abraham Zangen
Institution(s):	Instituto de Biofísica e Engenharia Biomédica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (Portugal)
Contents:	Bursary agreement Application form Correspondence Financial report and expenditure documents Progress report Final report CD (progress and financial report 2005, graduation project, letter, consortium agreement - Weizmann ) CD (final report, 2 technical reports, abstract, poster) DVD (financial report, invoices, statement of expenditure) Final research project as requirement to complete a bachelor’s degree
Language:	eng
Author:	Miranda, P. C.
Secondary author(s):	Roth, Y., Correia, L., Salvador, R., Zangen, A.
Number of reproductions:	1
Keywords:	Psychophysiology / Assessment tools / Intervention / Biopsychological problems / Mental health / Mood disorders

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2004-112.01
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pasta 15/2004
Title:	Final report - Improvement of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) coils for psychiatric applications
Publication year:	2007
URL:	http://www.bial.com/imagem/Bolsa%2011204_21122011.pdf
Abstract/Results:	RESULTS: Two improved versions of a TMS coil designed for stimulation of deep neuronal structures, the new H1 and H2 coils, were built and tested for safety on 31 normal volunteers. Treatments were conducted with H1-coil, H2-coil, Standard (superficial) figure-8 coil and Sham coil at 1, 10 and 20 Hz. Analysis of short clinical assessments protocols and additional safety measurements revealed that TMS stimulation was well tolerated with no major side effects. Overall, the changes were not differential for the four treatment groups and no evidence was found for a possible deterioration in cognitive performance due to the TMS treatments. In some tests transient cognitive improvement were observed, but only with deep TMS. The H-coils were then used in a clinical study to test for effectiveness and safety on 50 depressed patients, who received daily TMS treatment 5 days per week for 4 consecutive weeks. Stimulation with these coils was well tolerated, with no major side effects or adverse physical outcomes. Compared with the value prior to the start of TMS therapy, 31.3 ± 5.0, the average HAM-D scale dropped significantly to 16.2 ± 9.9 on the day after completion of the therapy. There was no significant difference between the coils, but the H1 coil tended to induce greater antidepressant effects. The CANTAB performed before, during and after the study indicated selective improvement in cognitive functions, especially spatial memory and executive function. We also showed, using computer models, that an effective way to improve the performance of the H-coils is to combine them with iron cores. Their presence contributes to an overall increase in stimulus intensity in the vicinity of the core, which is more pronounced in deep regions.
Accessibility:	Document exists in file
Copyright/Reproduction:	By permission
Language:	eng
Notes:	The final report consists of two progress reports
Author:	Miranda, P. C.
Secondary author(s):	Zangen, A., Salvador, R., Cruz, E., Roth, Y.
Document type:	Final report
Number of reproductions:	1
Indexed document:	No
Keywords:	Psychophysiology / Depression / Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)
Final report - Improvement of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) coils for psychiatric applications

Document

Three-dimensional distribution of the electric field induced in the brain by transcranial magnetic stimulation using figure-8 and deep H-coils

2007

BIAL Foundation Archive
- BIAL Grants
  - 2004 Grants
    - 112 - Improvement of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) coils for psychiatric applications
      - Three-dimensional distribution of the electric field induced in the brain by transcranial magnetic stimulation using figure-8 and deep H-coils

Reference code:	PT/FB
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Location:	S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:	BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date:	1994
History:	The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives. Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge. Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research. The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world. Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL:	http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility:	By permission

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Title:	BIAL Grants
Start date:	1994
History:	In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries. The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project. The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others. The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2004
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pastas 1 a 25/2004
Title:	2004 Grants
Start date:	2005-01 - 2012-09
Dimension/support:	25 caixas de arquivo

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2004-112
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pasta 15/2004
Title:	112 - Improvement of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) coils for psychiatric applications
Duration:	2005-01 - 2007-11
Researcher(s):	Pedro Cavaleiro Miranda, Yiftach Roth, Ludovic Correia, Ricardo Salvador, Abraham Zangen
Institution(s):	Instituto de Biofísica e Engenharia Biomédica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (Portugal)
Contents:	Bursary agreement Application form Correspondence Financial report and expenditure documents Progress report Final report CD (progress and financial report 2005, graduation project, letter, consortium agreement - Weizmann ) CD (final report, 2 technical reports, abstract, poster) DVD (financial report, invoices, statement of expenditure) Final research project as requirement to complete a bachelor’s degree
Language:	eng
Author:	Miranda, P. C.
Secondary author(s):	Roth, Y., Correia, L., Salvador, R., Zangen, A.
Number of reproductions:	1
Keywords:	Psychophysiology / Assessment tools / Intervention / Biopsychological problems / Mental health / Mood disorders

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2004-112.02
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pasta 15/2004
Title:	Three-dimensional distribution of the electric field induced in the brain by transcranial magnetic stimulation using figure-8 and deep H-coils
Publication year:	2007
URL:	http://www.brainsway.com/Brainsway/SendFile.asp?DBID=1&LNGID=1&GID=467
Abstract/Results:	ABSTRACT: The H-coils are a novel development in transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), designed to achieve effective stimulation of deep neuronal regions without inducing unbearable fields cortically, thus broadly expanding the potential feasibility of TMS for research and for treating various neurologic disorders. This study compared the field distribution of two H-coil versions, termed H1 and H2, and of a standard figure-of-eight coil. Three-dimensional electrical field distributions of the H1 and H2-coils, designed for effective stimulation of prefrontal regions, and of a standard figure-8 coil, were measured in a head model filled with physiologic saline solution. With stimulator output at 120% of the hand motor threshold, suprathreshold field is induced by the H1-coil at lateral and medial frontal regions at depths of up to 4 to 5 cm, and by the H2-coil at medial prefrontal regions up to 2 to 3 cm, and at lateral frontal regions up to 5 to 6 cm. The figure-8 coil induced suprathreshold field focally under the coil's central segment, at depths of up to 1.5 cm. The ability of the H-coils to stimulate effectively deeper neuronal structures is obtained at the cost of a wider electrical field distribution in the brain. However, the H-coils enable simultaneous stimulation of several brain regions, whereas the depth penetration in each region can be controlled either by adjusting the stimulator output, and/or by varying the distance between various coil elements and the skull.
Accessibility:	Document does not exist in file
Language:	eng
Author:	Roth, Y.
Secondary author(s):	Amir, A., Levkovitz, Y., Zangen, A.
Document type:	Article
Number of reproductions:	1
Reference:	Roth, Y., Amir, A., Levkovitz, Y., & Zangen, A. (2007). Three-dimensional distribution of the electric field induced in the brain by transcranial magnetic stimulation using figure-8 and deep H-coils. Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology, 24(1), 31-38. https://doi.org/10.1097/WNP.0b013e31802fa393
2-year Impact Factor:	1.500\|2007
Times cited:	261\|2025-02-04
Indexed document:	Yes
Quartile:	Q3
Keywords:	Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) / Deep brain stimulation / Electrical field distribution / Motor threshold / Magnetic coil

Document

High permeability cores to optimize the stimulation of deeply located brain regions using transcranial magnetic stimulation

2009

BIAL Foundation Archive
- BIAL Grants
  - 2004 Grants
    - 112 - Improvement of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) coils for psychiatric applications
      - High permeability cores to optimize the stimulation of deeply located brain regions using transcranial magnetic stimulation

Reference code:	PT/FB
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Location:	S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:	BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date:	1994
History:	The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives. Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge. Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research. The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world. Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL:	http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility:	By permission

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Title:	BIAL Grants
Start date:	1994
History:	In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries. The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project. The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others. The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2004
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pastas 1 a 25/2004
Title:	2004 Grants
Start date:	2005-01 - 2012-09
Dimension/support:	25 caixas de arquivo

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2004-112
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pasta 15/2004
Title:	112 - Improvement of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) coils for psychiatric applications
Duration:	2005-01 - 2007-11
Researcher(s):	Pedro Cavaleiro Miranda, Yiftach Roth, Ludovic Correia, Ricardo Salvador, Abraham Zangen
Institution(s):	Instituto de Biofísica e Engenharia Biomédica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (Portugal)
Contents:	Bursary agreement Application form Correspondence Financial report and expenditure documents Progress report Final report CD (progress and financial report 2005, graduation project, letter, consortium agreement - Weizmann ) CD (final report, 2 technical reports, abstract, poster) DVD (financial report, invoices, statement of expenditure) Final research project as requirement to complete a bachelor’s degree
Language:	eng
Author:	Miranda, P. C.
Secondary author(s):	Roth, Y., Correia, L., Salvador, R., Zangen, A.
Number of reproductions:	1
Keywords:	Psychophysiology / Assessment tools / Intervention / Biopsychological problems / Mental health / Mood disorders

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2004-112.04
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pasta 15/2004
Title:	High permeability cores to optimize the stimulation of deeply located brain regions using transcranial magnetic stimulation
Publication year:	2009
URL:	http://iopscience.iop.org/0031-9155/54/10/010
Abstract/Results:	ABSTRACT: Efficient stimulation of deeply located brain regions with transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) poses many challenges, arising from the fact that the induced field decays rapidly and becomes less focal with depth. We propose a new method to improve the efficiency of TMS of deep brain regions that combines high permeability cores, to increase focality and field intensity, with a coil specifically designed to induce a field that decays slowly with increasing depth. The performance of the proposed design was investigated using the finite element method to determine the total electric field induced by this coil/core arrangement on a realistically shaped homogeneous head model. The calculations show that the inclusion of the cores increases the field's magnitude by as much as 25% while also decreasing the field's decay with depth along specific directions. The focality, as measured by the area where the field's norm is greater than 1/sq.rt.2 of its maximum value, is also improved by as much as 15% with some core arrangements. The coil's inductance is not significantly increased by the cores. These results show that the presence of the cores might make this specially designed coil even more suited for the effective stimulation of deep brain regions.
Accessibility:	Document does not exist in file
Language:	eng
Author:	Salvador, R.
Secondary author(s):	Miranda, P. C., Roth, Y., Zangen, A.
Document type:	Article
Number of reproductions:	1
Reference:	Salvador, R., Miranda, P. C., Roth, Y., & Zangen, A. (2009). High permeability cores to optimize the stimulation of deeply located brain regions using transcranial magnetic stimulation. Physics in Medicine and Biology, 54(10), 3113-3128. https://doi.org/10.1088/0031-9155/54/10/010
2-year Impact Factor:	2.781\|2009
Times cited:	19\|2025-02-07
Indexed document:	Yes
Quartile:	Q1
Keywords:	Psychophysiology / Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) / Deep brain stimulation / Electric field

Document

The electric field induced by a new coil specifically designed for activation of deep brain regions

2006

BIAL Foundation Archive
- BIAL Grants
  - 2004 Grants
    - 112 - Improvement of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) coils for psychiatric applications
      - The electric field induced by a new coil specifically designed for activation of deep brain regions

Reference code:	PT/FB
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Location:	S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:	BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date:	1994
History:	The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives. Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge. Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research. The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world. Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL:	http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility:	By permission

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Title:	BIAL Grants
Start date:	1994
History:	In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries. The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project. The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others. The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2004
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pastas 1 a 25/2004
Title:	2004 Grants
Start date:	2005-01 - 2012-09
Dimension/support:	25 caixas de arquivo

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2004-112
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pasta 15/2004
Title:	112 - Improvement of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) coils for psychiatric applications
Duration:	2005-01 - 2007-11
Researcher(s):	Pedro Cavaleiro Miranda, Yiftach Roth, Ludovic Correia, Ricardo Salvador, Abraham Zangen
Institution(s):	Instituto de Biofísica e Engenharia Biomédica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (Portugal)
Contents:	Bursary agreement Application form Correspondence Financial report and expenditure documents Progress report Final report CD (progress and financial report 2005, graduation project, letter, consortium agreement - Weizmann ) CD (final report, 2 technical reports, abstract, poster) DVD (financial report, invoices, statement of expenditure) Final research project as requirement to complete a bachelor’s degree
Language:	eng
Author:	Miranda, P. C.
Secondary author(s):	Roth, Y., Correia, L., Salvador, R., Zangen, A.
Number of reproductions:	1
Keywords:	Psychophysiology / Assessment tools / Intervention / Biopsychological problems / Mental health / Mood disorders

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2004-112.05
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pasta 15/2004
Title:	The electric field induced by a new coil specifically designed for activation of deep brain regions
Publication year:	2006
Accessibility:	Document exists in file (in CD)
Copyright/Reproduction:	By permission
Language:	eng
Author:	Salvador, R.
Secondary author(s):	Miranda, P. C., Roth, Y., Amir, A., Zangen, A.
Document type:	Unpublished document
Number of reproductions:	1
Reference:	Salvador, R., Miranda, P. C., Roth, Y., Amir, A., & Zangen, A. (2006, August). The electric field induced by a new coil specifically designed for activation of deep brain regions. Poster presented at Biomag2006, the 15th International Conference on Biomagnetism. Vancouver, Bristish Columbia, Canada.
Indexed document:	No
Keywords:	Psychophysiology / Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) / Electric field / Deep brain stimulation
The electric field induced by a new coil specifically designed for activation of deep brain regions

Document

High-permeability core coils for Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation of deep brain regions

2007

BIAL Foundation Archive
- BIAL Grants
  - 2004 Grants
    - 112 - Improvement of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) coils for psychiatric applications
      - High-permeability core coils for Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation of deep brain regions

Reference code:	PT/FB
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Location:	S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:	BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date:	1994
History:	The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives. Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge. Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research. The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world. Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL:	http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility:	By permission

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Title:	BIAL Grants
Start date:	1994
History:	In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries. The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project. The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others. The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2004
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pastas 1 a 25/2004
Title:	2004 Grants
Start date:	2005-01 - 2012-09
Dimension/support:	25 caixas de arquivo

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2004-112
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pasta 15/2004
Title:	112 - Improvement of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) coils for psychiatric applications
Duration:	2005-01 - 2007-11
Researcher(s):	Pedro Cavaleiro Miranda, Yiftach Roth, Ludovic Correia, Ricardo Salvador, Abraham Zangen
Institution(s):	Instituto de Biofísica e Engenharia Biomédica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (Portugal)
Contents:	Bursary agreement Application form Correspondence Financial report and expenditure documents Progress report Final report CD (progress and financial report 2005, graduation project, letter, consortium agreement - Weizmann ) CD (final report, 2 technical reports, abstract, poster) DVD (financial report, invoices, statement of expenditure) Final research project as requirement to complete a bachelor’s degree
Language:	eng
Author:	Miranda, P. C.
Secondary author(s):	Roth, Y., Correia, L., Salvador, R., Zangen, A.
Number of reproductions:	1
Keywords:	Psychophysiology / Assessment tools / Intervention / Biopsychological problems / Mental health / Mood disorders

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2004-112.06
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pasta 15/2004
Title:	High-permeability core coils for Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation of deep brain regions
Publication year:	2007
URL:	http://europepmc.org/abstract/MED/18003551
Abstract/Results:	ABSTRACT: Stimulation of deep brain regions with Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) may have an important role as a therapy to treat chemical dependency and depression. The coils traditionally used in TMS, however, have a poor performance in stimulating deep neurons. In this work we study the usage of high permeability cores combined with coils specifically designed to induce fields that decay slowly with depth. By using the finite elements method we show that the use of such cores increases the field's magnitude, decreases its decay rate and improves its focality. Such improvements make these high permeability core coils more suited to stimulate deep brain regions.
Accessibility:	Document exists in file
Copyright/Reproduction:	By permission
Language:	eng
Author:	Salvador, R.
Secondary author(s):	Miranda, P. C., Roth, Y., Zangen, A.
Document type:	Conference paper
Number of reproductions:	1
Reference:	Salvador, R., Miranda, P. C., Roth, Y., & Zangen, A. (2007). High-permeability core coils for Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation of deep brain regions. In Proceedings of the 29th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS 2007 (pp. 6653-6656). New York: IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4353885
Times cited:	12\|2025-02-24
Indexed document:	Yes
Keywords:	Psychophysiology / Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) / Deep brain stimulation / Electric field
High-permeability core coils for Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation of deep brain regions

Document

Novas bobinas para estimulação magnética transcraniana de regiões cerebrais profundas

n.d.

BIAL Foundation Archive
- BIAL Grants
  - 2004 Grants
    - 112 - Improvement of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) coils for psychiatric applications
      - Novas bobinas para estimulação magnética transcraniana de regiões cerebrais profundas

Reference code:	PT/FB
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Location:	S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:	BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date:	1994
History:	The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives. Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge. Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research. The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world. Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL:	http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility:	By permission

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Title:	BIAL Grants
Start date:	1994
History:	In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries. The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project. The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others. The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2004
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pastas 1 a 25/2004
Title:	2004 Grants
Start date:	2005-01 - 2012-09
Dimension/support:	25 caixas de arquivo

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2004-112
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pasta 15/2004
Title:	112 - Improvement of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) coils for psychiatric applications
Duration:	2005-01 - 2007-11
Researcher(s):	Pedro Cavaleiro Miranda, Yiftach Roth, Ludovic Correia, Ricardo Salvador, Abraham Zangen
Institution(s):	Instituto de Biofísica e Engenharia Biomédica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (Portugal)
Contents:	Bursary agreement Application form Correspondence Financial report and expenditure documents Progress report Final report CD (progress and financial report 2005, graduation project, letter, consortium agreement - Weizmann ) CD (final report, 2 technical reports, abstract, poster) DVD (financial report, invoices, statement of expenditure) Final research project as requirement to complete a bachelor’s degree
Language:	eng
Author:	Miranda, P. C.
Secondary author(s):	Roth, Y., Correia, L., Salvador, R., Zangen, A.
Number of reproductions:	1
Keywords:	Psychophysiology / Assessment tools / Intervention / Biopsychological problems / Mental health / Mood disorders

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2004-112.07
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pasta 15/2004
Title:	Novas bobinas para estimulação magnética transcraniana de regiões cerebrais profundas
Publication year:	n.d.
Accessibility:	Document exists in file
Copyright/Reproduction:	By permission
Language:	por
Notes:	This documents is a final research project as requirement to complete a bachelor's degree
Author:	Salvador, R.
Document type:	Unpublished document
Number of reproductions:	1
Reference:	Salvador, R. (n.d.). Novas bobinas para estimulação magnética transcraniana de regiões cerebrais profundas (Unpublished document). Lisboa: Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa.
Indexed document:	No
Keywords:	Psychophysiology / Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) / Deep brain stimulation
Novas bobinas para estimulação magnética transcraniana de regiões cerebrais profundas

Document

Estimulação magnética transcraniana em profundidade

2006

BIAL Foundation Archive
- BIAL Grants
  - 2004 Grants
    - 112 - Improvement of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) coils for psychiatric applications
      - Estimulação magnética transcraniana em profundidade

Reference code:	PT/FB
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Location:	S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:	BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date:	1994
History:	The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives. Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge. Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research. The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world. Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL:	http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility:	By permission

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Title:	BIAL Grants
Start date:	1994
History:	In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries. The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project. The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others. The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2004
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pastas 1 a 25/2004
Title:	2004 Grants
Start date:	2005-01 - 2012-09
Dimension/support:	25 caixas de arquivo

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2004-112
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pasta 15/2004
Title:	112 - Improvement of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) coils for psychiatric applications
Duration:	2005-01 - 2007-11
Researcher(s):	Pedro Cavaleiro Miranda, Yiftach Roth, Ludovic Correia, Ricardo Salvador, Abraham Zangen
Institution(s):	Instituto de Biofísica e Engenharia Biomédica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (Portugal)
Contents:	Bursary agreement Application form Correspondence Financial report and expenditure documents Progress report Final report CD (progress and financial report 2005, graduation project, letter, consortium agreement - Weizmann ) CD (final report, 2 technical reports, abstract, poster) DVD (financial report, invoices, statement of expenditure) Final research project as requirement to complete a bachelor’s degree
Language:	eng
Author:	Miranda, P. C.
Secondary author(s):	Roth, Y., Correia, L., Salvador, R., Zangen, A.
Number of reproductions:	1
Keywords:	Psychophysiology / Assessment tools / Intervention / Biopsychological problems / Mental health / Mood disorders

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2004-112.08
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pasta 15/2004
Title:	Estimulação magnética transcraniana em profundidade
Publication year:	2006
Accessibility:	Document exists in file (in CD)
Copyright/Reproduction:	By permission
Language:	por
Author:	Cruz, E.
Document type:	Unpublished document
Number of reproductions:	1
Reference:	Cruz, E. (2006). Estimulação magnética transcraniana em profundidade [Technical report]. Lisboa: Instituto de Biofísica e Engenharia Biomédica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa.
Indexed document:	No
Keywords:	Psychophysiology / Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) / Deep brain stimulation / Mu-metal sheets
Estimulação magnética transcraniana em profundidade

Document

High permeability core coils in transcranial magnetic stimulation of deep brain regions

n.d.

BIAL Foundation Archive
- BIAL Grants
  - 2004 Grants
    - 112 - Improvement of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) coils for psychiatric applications
      - High permeability core coils in transcranial magnetic stimulation of deep brain regions

Reference code:	PT/FB
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Location:	S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:	BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date:	1994
History:	The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives. Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge. Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research. The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world. Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL:	http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility:	By permission

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Title:	BIAL Grants
Start date:	1994
History:	In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries. The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project. The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others. The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2004
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pastas 1 a 25/2004
Title:	2004 Grants
Start date:	2005-01 - 2012-09
Dimension/support:	25 caixas de arquivo

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2004-112
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pasta 15/2004
Title:	112 - Improvement of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) coils for psychiatric applications
Duration:	2005-01 - 2007-11
Researcher(s):	Pedro Cavaleiro Miranda, Yiftach Roth, Ludovic Correia, Ricardo Salvador, Abraham Zangen
Institution(s):	Instituto de Biofísica e Engenharia Biomédica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (Portugal)
Contents:	Bursary agreement Application form Correspondence Financial report and expenditure documents Progress report Final report CD (progress and financial report 2005, graduation project, letter, consortium agreement - Weizmann ) CD (final report, 2 technical reports, abstract, poster) DVD (financial report, invoices, statement of expenditure) Final research project as requirement to complete a bachelor’s degree
Language:	eng
Author:	Miranda, P. C.
Secondary author(s):	Roth, Y., Correia, L., Salvador, R., Zangen, A.
Number of reproductions:	1
Keywords:	Psychophysiology / Assessment tools / Intervention / Biopsychological problems / Mental health / Mood disorders

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2004-112.09
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pasta 15/2004
Title:	High permeability core coils in transcranial magnetic stimulation of deep brain regions
Publication year:	n.d.
Accessibility:	Document exists in file (in CD)
Copyright/Reproduction:	By permission
Language:	eng
Author:	Salvador, R.
Secondary author(s):	Miranda, P. C., Roth, Y., Zangen, A.
Document type:	Unpublished document
Number of reproductions:	1
Reference:	Salvador, R., Miranda, P. C., Roth, Y., & Zangen, A. (n. d.). High permeability core coils in transcranial magnetic stimulation of deep brain regions [Technical report].
Indexed document:	No
Keywords:	Psychophysiology / Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) / Deep brain stimulation / Electric field
High permeability core coils in transcranial magnetic stimulation of deep brain regions

Document

Improvement of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) coils for psychiatric applications

2008

BIAL Foundation Archive
- BIAL Grants
  - 2004 Grants
    - 112 - Improvement of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) coils for psychiatric applications
      - Improvement of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) coils for psychiatric applications

Reference code:	PT/FB
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Location:	S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:	BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date:	1994
History:	The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives. Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge. Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research. The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world. Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL:	http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility:	By permission

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Title:	BIAL Grants
Start date:	1994
History:	In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries. The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project. The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others. The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2004
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pastas 1 a 25/2004
Title:	2004 Grants
Start date:	2005-01 - 2012-09
Dimension/support:	25 caixas de arquivo

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2004-112
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pasta 15/2004
Title:	112 - Improvement of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) coils for psychiatric applications
Duration:	2005-01 - 2007-11
Researcher(s):	Pedro Cavaleiro Miranda, Yiftach Roth, Ludovic Correia, Ricardo Salvador, Abraham Zangen
Institution(s):	Instituto de Biofísica e Engenharia Biomédica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (Portugal)
Contents:	Bursary agreement Application form Correspondence Financial report and expenditure documents Progress report Final report CD (progress and financial report 2005, graduation project, letter, consortium agreement - Weizmann ) CD (final report, 2 technical reports, abstract, poster) DVD (financial report, invoices, statement of expenditure) Final research project as requirement to complete a bachelor’s degree
Language:	eng
Author:	Miranda, P. C.
Secondary author(s):	Roth, Y., Correia, L., Salvador, R., Zangen, A.
Number of reproductions:	1
Keywords:	Psychophysiology / Assessment tools / Intervention / Biopsychological problems / Mental health / Mood disorders

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2004-112.10
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pasta 15/2004
Title:	Improvement of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) coils for psychiatric applications
Publication year:	2008
URL:	http://www.bial.com/imagem/Actas_7Simp.pdf
Abstract/Results:	ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES: To design and test new coils for transcranial magnetic stimulation of deep brain structures. Efficient stimulation of structures such as the nucleus accumbens and other limbic regions is necessary for the successful application of TMS in psychiatry. METHODS: TMS coils specially designed for deep stimulation (H1 and H2 coils) were tested on 31 normal subjects and on 50 drug resistant patients suffering from major depression. Numerical methods were used to predict the electric field induced by these coils and to investigate ways to improve their performance. RESULTS: In normal subjects rTMS stimulation at 1, 10 or 20 Hz was well tolerated with no major side effects. Auditory thresholds measured by audiograms indicated no hearing loss of any of the subjects. No evidence was found for a possible deterioration in cognitive performance due to rTMS. No epileptic convulsions were experienced. TMS treatment 5 days per week for 4 consecutive weeks was well tolerated by the depressed subjects, with no major side effects or adverse physical outcomes. The average HAM-D scale dropped significantly from 31.3 ± 5.0 prior to TMS to 16.2 ± 9.9 on the day after completion of therapy. There was no significant difference between the coils, however the H1 coil tended to induce greater antidepressant effects. The CANTAB performed before, during and after the study indicated selective improvement in cognitive functions, especially spatial memory and executive function. Numerical calculations based on 3D models of the H1 and H2 coils placed over the head phantom produced results in good agreement with measured values. Clear improvements in coil performance (stimulus intensity, depth and focality) were predicted only when iron cores were added to the coils. CONCLUSIONS: The safety and effectiveness of the novel H1 and H2 coils were demonstrated. The use of high permeability cores is the best way to improve the performance of these coils. PUBLICATIONS: Roth Y, Amir A, Levkovitz Y, Zangen A, “Three-dimensional distribution of the electric field induced in the brain by transcranial magnetic stimulation using figure-8 and deep H-coils”, J Clin Neurophysiol, 2007, 24:31- 8.; Salvador R, Miranda P C, Roth Y, Zangen A, “High-permeability core coils for Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation of deep brain regions”, 29th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Lyon, France, August 2007.
Accessibility:	Document does not exist in file
Language:	eng
Author:	Miranda, P. C.
Secondary author(s):	Roth, Y., Correia, L., Salvador, R.
Document type:	Conference abstract
Number of reproductions:	1
Reference:	Miranda, P. C., Roth, Y., Correia, L., & Salvador, R. (2008). Improvement of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) coils for psychiatric applications. In Aquém e além do cérebro. Behind and beyond the brain. Proceedings of the 7th Symposium of Fundação Bial. Porto: Fundação Bial.
Indexed document:	No
Keywords:	Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) / Stimulation / Deep / Depression / Psychiatry
Improvement of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) coils for psychiatric applications

Document

The role of the right temporo-parietal junction in maintaining a coherent sense of one’s body

2008

BIAL Foundation Archive
- BIAL Grants
  - 2006 Grants
    - 070 - "Out of body" and "In the body" experience: Psychophysiology of bodily self-consciousness
      - The role of the right temporo-parietal junction in maintaining a coherent sense of one’s body

Reference code:	PT/FB
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Location:	S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:	BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date:	1994
History:	The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives. Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge. Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research. The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world. Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL:	http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility:	By permission

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Title:	BIAL Grants
Start date:	1994
History:	In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries. The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project. The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others. The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2006
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pastas 1 a 22 /2006
Title:	2006 Grants
Start date:	2007-01 - 2013-11
Dimension/support:	22 caixas de arquivo

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2006-070
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pasta 2/2006
Title:	070 - "Out of body" and "In the body" experience: Psychophysiology of bodily self-consciousness
Duration:	2007-09 - 2008-05
Researcher(s):	Patrick Haggard
Institution(s):	University College London Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, London (UK)
Contents:	Contents: Bursary agreement Application form Correspondence Financial report and expenditure documents Progress reports Final report 1 Article
Language:	eng
Author:	Haggard, P.
Number of reproductions:	1
Keywords:	Psychophysiology / Body structure and function / Somatosensory system / Self / Body awareness

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2006-070.04
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pasta 2/2006
Title:	The role of the right temporo-parietal junction in maintaining a coherent sense of one’s body
Publication year:	2008
URL:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0028393208002601
Abstract/Results:	ABSTRACT: We constantly feel, see and move our body, and have no doubt that it is our own. The brain possesses a distinction between the body and the objects in the outside world. This distinction may be based on a process that monitors whether sensations, events and objects should be attributed to one's body or not. We controlled whether an external object was represented as part of the body or not, by experimentally inducing a bodily illusion using correlated visual and tactile stimulation. We then studied the role of right temporo-parietal junction (rTPJ) in the processing of multisensory events that may or may not be attributed to one's body. Disruption of rTPJ using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) made the distinction between what may or may not be part of one's body on the basis of multisensory evidence more ambiguous, suggesting that the rTPJ is actively involved in maintaining a coherent sense of one's body, distinct from external, non-corporeal, objects.
Accessibility:	Document does not exist in file
Language:	eng
Author:	Tsakiris, M.
Secondary author(s):	Costantini, M., Haggard, P.
Document type:	Article
Number of reproductions:	1
Reference:	Tsakiris, M., Costantini, M., & Haggard, P. (2008). The role of the right temporo-parietal junction in maintaining a coherent sense of one’s body. Neuropsychologia, 46(12), 3014-3018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2008.06.004
2-year Impact Factor:	4.074\|2008
Times cited:	219\|2025-02-07
Indexed document:	Yes
Quartile:	Q1
Keywords:	Body / Body ownership / Multisensory integration / Rubber hand illusion / Temporoparietal junction / Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) / Self

Document

Final report - The spiritual brain: Neuropsychological and neurophysiologic investigations of self-transcendence and spirituality

2013

BIAL Foundation Archive
- BIAL Grants
  - 2010 Grants
    - 066 - The spiritual brain: Neuropsychological and neurophysiologic investigations of self-transcendence and spirituality
      - Final report - The spiritual brain: Neuropsychological and neurophysiologic investigations of self-transcendence and spirituality

Reference code:	PT/FB
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Location:	S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:	BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date:	1994
History:	The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives. Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge. Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research. The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world. Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL:	http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility:	By permission

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Title:	BIAL Grants
Start date:	1994
History:	In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries. The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project. The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others. The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2010
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pastas 1 a 23
Title:	2010 Grants
Start date:	2011-01

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2010-066
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pasta 3/2010
Title:	066 - The spiritual brain: Neuropsychological and neurophysiologic investigations of self-transcendence and spirituality
Duration:	2011-04 - 2013/02
Researcher(s):	Salvatore Maria Aglioti, Cosimo Urgesi, Franco Fabbro, Matteo Candidi, Fabio Campanella
Institution(s):	Department of Psychology, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Roma (Italy)
Contents:	Contents: Bursary agreement Application form Correspondence Financial report and expenditure documents Progress report Final report 2 Articles (submitted for publication)
Language:	eng
Author:	Aglioti, S.
Secondary author(s):	Urgesi, C., Fabbro, F., Candidi, M., Campanella, F.
Number of reproductions:	3
Keywords:	Parapsychology and Psychophysiology / Spiritualism / Brain structure and function / Biopsychological problems / Diseases/Injuries / Self / Developmental psychology / Altered states of consciousness / Meditation / Body awareness

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2010-066.01
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pasta 3/2010
Title:	Final report - The spiritual brain: Neuropsychological and neurophysiologic investigations of self-transcendence and spirituality
Publication year:	2013
URL:	http://www.bial.com/imagem/Bolsa6610.pdf
Abstract/Results:	ABSTRACT: The project aimed at characterizing the neurocognitive basis of religiousness/spirituality (RS) and its links with the bodily self. First, by using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), we down-regulated neural activity of the inferior parietal (IPL) and prefrontal areas to test possible modifications of implicit RS in healthy subjects. We found that TMS of the IPL increased participants’ implicit RS. Given the role of the parietal cortex in self-awareness and body schema representation, the results suggest that altered parietal activity is a neurophysiological substrate of self-transcendence. Preliminary results on 12 patients with lesion to either parietal or frontal brain regions confirmed the role of the parietal cortex in RS. The links between self-transcendence and bodily self were also investigated in 96 children. We explored how personality traits influence the development of the abilities to mentally rotate bodies and external objects. We found that mental body rotation is acquired later than mental object rotation (from 8-9 vs. 7 years of age) and that personality traits such as cooperativeness and self-transcendence importantly influence the development of these abilities. Finally, we assessed whether training in mindfulness meditation (MM) promotes congruency between implicit and explicit RS and their general increase in healthy subjects. Of note, for MM participants (vs. no MM controls), we found increased implicit RS after MM. Moreover, explicit and implicit RS were correlated, especially after MM. By using different approaches, the present project fostered our knowledge of the neurocognitive processes that allow humans to transcend the spatiotemporal constraints of the physical body increasing their RS.
Accessibility:	Document exists in file
Copyright/Reproduction:	By permission
Language:	eng
Author:	Aglioti, S.
Secondary author(s):	Urgesi, C., Fabbro, F., Crescentini, C.
Document type:	Final report
Number of reproductions:	3
Indexed document:	No
Keywords:	Psychophysiology / Parapsychology / Spirituality / Religiousness / Self-transcendence / Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) / Body schema representation / Personality traits / Mindfulness meditation
Final report - The spiritual brain: Neuropsychological and neurophysiologic investigations of self-transcendence and spirituality

Document

Virtual lesions of the inferior parietal cortex induce fast changes of implicit religiousness/spirituality

2014

BIAL Foundation Archive
- BIAL Grants
  - 2010 Grants
    - 066 - The spiritual brain: Neuropsychological and neurophysiologic investigations of self-transcendence and spirituality
      - Virtual lesions of the inferior parietal cortex induce fast changes of implicit religiousness/spirituality

Reference code:	PT/FB
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Location:	S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:	BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date:	1994
History:	The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives. Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge. Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research. The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world. Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL:	http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility:	By permission

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Title:	BIAL Grants
Start date:	1994
History:	In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries. The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project. The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others. The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2010
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pastas 1 a 23
Title:	2010 Grants
Start date:	2011-01

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2010-066
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pasta 3/2010
Title:	066 - The spiritual brain: Neuropsychological and neurophysiologic investigations of self-transcendence and spirituality
Duration:	2011-04 - 2013/02
Researcher(s):	Salvatore Maria Aglioti, Cosimo Urgesi, Franco Fabbro, Matteo Candidi, Fabio Campanella
Institution(s):	Department of Psychology, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Roma (Italy)
Contents:	Contents: Bursary agreement Application form Correspondence Financial report and expenditure documents Progress report Final report 2 Articles (submitted for publication)
Language:	eng
Author:	Aglioti, S.
Secondary author(s):	Urgesi, C., Fabbro, F., Candidi, M., Campanella, F.
Number of reproductions:	3
Keywords:	Parapsychology and Psychophysiology / Spiritualism / Brain structure and function / Biopsychological problems / Diseases/Injuries / Self / Developmental psychology / Altered states of consciousness / Meditation / Body awareness

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2010-066.04
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pasta 3/2010
Title:	Virtual lesions of the inferior parietal cortex induce fast changes of implicit religiousness/spirituality
Publication year:	2014
URL:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010945214000392
Abstract/Results:	ABSTRACT: Religiousness and spirituality (RS) are two ubiquitous aspects of human experience typically considered impervious to scientific investigation. Nevertheless, associations between RS and frontoparietal neural activity have been recently reported. However, much less is known about whether such activity is causally involved in modulating RS or just epiphenomenal to them. Here we combined two-pulse (10 Hz) Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) with a novel, ad-hoc developed RS-related, Implicit Association Test (IAT) to investigate whether implicit RS representations, although supposedly rather stable, can be rapidly modified by a virtual lesion of inferior parietal lobe (IPL) and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC). A self-esteem (SE) IAT, focused on self-concepts nonrelated to RS representations, was developed as control. A specific increase of RS followed inhibition of IPL demonstrating its causative role in inducing fast plastic changes of religiousness/spirituality. In contrast, DLPFC inhibition had more widespread effects probably reflecting a general role in the acquisition or maintenance of task-rules or in controlling the expression of self-related representations not specific to RS.
Accessibility:	Document exists in file
Copyright/Reproduction:	By permission
Language:	eng
Author:	Crescentini, C.
Secondary author(s):	Aglioti, S., Fabbro, F., Urgesi, C.
Document type:	Article
Number of reproductions:	3
Reference:	Crescentini, C., Aglioti, S., Fabbro, F., & Urgesi, C. (2014). Virtual lesions of the inferior parietal cortex induce fast changes of implicit religiousness/spirituality. Cortex, 54, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2014.01.023
2-year Impact Factor:	5.128\|2014
Times cited:	48\|2025-02-10
Indexed document:	Yes
Quartile:	Q1
Keywords:	Religiousness / Spirituality / Inferior parietal lobe / Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex / Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) / Implicit association test (IAT)
Virtual lesions of the inferior parietal and prefrontal cortex induce fast changes of implicit religiousness/spirituality

Document

Magnetic stimulation of fronto-parietal areas alters religious-spiritual self-representations in healthy
individuals

2012

BIAL Foundation Archive
- BIAL Grants
  - 2010 Grants
    - 066 - The spiritual brain: Neuropsychological and neurophysiologic investigations of self-transcendence and spirituality
      - Magnetic stimulation of fronto-parietal areas alters religious-spiritual self-representations in healthy individuals

Reference code:	PT/FB
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Location:	S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:	BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date:	1994
History:	The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives. Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge. Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research. The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world. Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL:	http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility:	By permission

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Title:	BIAL Grants
Start date:	1994
History:	In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries. The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project. The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others. The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2010
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pastas 1 a 23
Title:	2010 Grants
Start date:	2011-01

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2010-066
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pasta 3/2010
Title:	066 - The spiritual brain: Neuropsychological and neurophysiologic investigations of self-transcendence and spirituality
Duration:	2011-04 - 2013/02
Researcher(s):	Salvatore Maria Aglioti, Cosimo Urgesi, Franco Fabbro, Matteo Candidi, Fabio Campanella
Institution(s):	Department of Psychology, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Roma (Italy)
Contents:	Contents: Bursary agreement Application form Correspondence Financial report and expenditure documents Progress report Final report 2 Articles (submitted for publication)
Language:	eng
Author:	Aglioti, S.
Secondary author(s):	Urgesi, C., Fabbro, F., Candidi, M., Campanella, F.
Number of reproductions:	3
Keywords:	Parapsychology and Psychophysiology / Spiritualism / Brain structure and function / Biopsychological problems / Diseases/Injuries / Self / Developmental psychology / Altered states of consciousness / Meditation / Body awareness

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2010-066.05
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pasta 3/2010
Title:	Magnetic stimulation of fronto-parietal areas alters religious-spiritual self-representations in healthy individuals
Publication year:	2012
URL:	http://www.sinp-web.org/site/uploads/Congresso%20SiNP%202012%20-%20Abstracts.pdf
Abstract/Results:	ABSTRACT: Religiousness and spirituality (RS) are ubiquitous in people's lives, but only recently have been considered susceptible to scientific investigation. While recent studies have shown that a large set of brain areas is activated during RS experiences, their specific causative role in underpinning stable RS remains to be determined. In this study, we combined two-pulse (10 Hz) transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) with an Implicit Association Test (IAT) for RS to investigate the role of dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) and inferior parietal lobe (IPL) in implicit RS representations. A self-esteem IAT which still focused on selfconcepts but not on RS-related representations was used as control. The results showed that delivering TMS over the IPL specifically heightened participants' RS, as they found more difficult to associate the self with not-RS dimensions relative to RS dimensions. Moreover, TMS over the left DLPFC marginally increased response times in the incongruent trials of both IATs. Thus, altered neural activity in parietal regions determines fast, reversible changes of self-referential RS representations in healthy individuals, showing the causal role of these brain systems in RS. Conversely, the DLPFC appears to more generally contribute to RS in terms of attentional processes or activation of self-related concepts.
Accessibility:	Document does not exist in file
Language:	eng
Author:	Crescentini, C.
Secondary author(s):	Aglioti, S., Fabbro, F., Urgesi, C.
Document type:	Abstract book
Number of reproductions:	3
Reference:	Crescentini, C., Aglioti, S., Fabbro, F., & Urgesi, C. (2012). Magnetic stimulation of fronto-parietal areas alters religious-spiritual self-representations in healthy individuals. In Abstract book of the Societá Italiana di Neuropsicologia SINP - Congresso Annuale (pp. 8-9). Roma, Italy: SINP.
Indexed document:	No
Keywords:	Religiousness / Spirituality / Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) / Implicit association test (IAT) / Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex / Inferior parietal lobe
Magnetic stimulation of fronto-parietal areas alters religious-spiritual self-representations in healthy individuals

Document

Brain activity during remote information access

2012

BIAL Foundation Archive
- BIAL Grants
  - 2008 Grants
    - 054 - Brain activity during remote information access
      - Brain activity during remote information access

Reference code:	PT/FB
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Location:	S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:	BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date:	1994
History:	The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives. Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge. Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research. The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world. Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL:	http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility:	By permission

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Title:	BIAL Grants
Start date:	1994
History:	In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries. The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project. The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others. The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2008
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pastas 1 a
Title:	2008 Grants
Start date:	2009-01

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2008-054
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pasta 3/2008
Title:	054 - Brain activity during remote information access
Duration:	2009-10 - 2011-06
Researcher(s):	Jérôme Daltrozzo, Boris Kotchoubey, Ahmed A. Karim
Institution(s):	Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology, Eberhard-Karls-University, Tübingen (Germany)
Contents:	Contents: Bursary agreement Application form Correspondence Financial report and expenditure documents Progress reports Final report Articles
Language:	eng
Author:	Daltrozzo, J.
Secondary author(s):	Kotchoubey, B., Karim, A. A.
Number of reproductions:	1
Keywords:	Psychophysiology / Out-of-body experience (OBE) / Brain structure and function / Sleep and dreams / Body awareness

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2008-054.07
Location:	Arquivo PCA - Pasta 3/2008
Title:	Brain activity during remote information access
Publication year:	2012
URL:	http://www.bial.com/imagem/Bial%20Sonhos%20Miolo_Total%20Bolsas.pdf
Abstract/Results:	ABSTRACT: Objectives: Illusory own-body perception (IOBPs) such as out of body experiences (OBEs) and distortion of body parts have attracted most interest when reported by patients suffering cardiac arrest and near death experiences, but they have also been reported to occur spontaneously in patients with epilepsy or migraine, during dreams and have been induced by electrical stimulation of the right temporoparietal junction (TPJ). However, the neurophysiological mechanisms involved in such illusory body perceptions remain elusive. Until now there have been worldwide only three patients, in which direct electrical stimulation of the cortex induced OBEs (for a review s. Ridder et al. 2007, N Engl J Med). The aim of this study was therefore to investigate in a larger sample under which conditions transcranial cortex stimulation can induce IOBPs. Methods: In several experiments MRI-neuronavigated transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) were applied over specific brain regions in awake and in sleeping subjects. Continuous EEG recording was used to verify different sleep stages and to investigate neural correlates of IOBPs. Results: Most remarkably, we found that only inhibition of the TPJ induced IOBPs in awake subjects. Neither high-frequency TMS of the TPJ nor low-frequency TMS of a control site induced such effects. Thus, our effects were area and frequency specific. Although none of our subjects reported OBEs, low-frequency TMS of the TPJ could induce illusory own body perceptions such as twitching sensations and illusory movements of body parts. Spectral EEG analyses revealed that IOBPs could only be induced, if the deactivation of the TPJ was associated with the deactivation of the frontopolar cortex. Conclusions: Our data imply that the impairment of a temporoparietal and a frontal network is necessary for IOBPs. In a further study we investigated the effects of tDCS during sleep on ownbody perception in dream reports. Compared with sham stimulation, a significant decrease in the subjective estimate of the amount of movements in the dream before awakening from REM sleep was found only after inhibitory tDCS. Discussion: These studies reveal novel approaches for probing the neurobiology of IOBPs in the awake and the sleeping mind and might provide new insights in understanding the pathophysiology of neuropsychiatric disorders associated with abnormal own-body perceptions.
Accessibility:	Document does not exist in file
Language:	eng
Author:	Daltrozzo, J.
Secondary author(s):	Kotchoubey, B., Karim, A. A.
Document type:	Conference abstract
Number of reproductions:	1
Reference:	Daltrozzo, J., Kotchoubey, B., & Karim, A. A. (2012). Brain activity during remote information access. In Aquém e além do cérebro. Behind and beyond the brain. Proceedings of the 9th Symposium of Fundação Bial (p. 25/63). Porto: Fundação Bial.
Indexed document:	No
Keywords:	Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) / Transcranial direct current stimulation (TDCS) / Neural correlates / Out-of-body experience (OBE) / Dreams
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150 - Measuring the Self: behavioural and neural correlates of bodily awareness

2015-02

2017-03

BIAL Foundation Archive
- BIAL Grants
  - 2014 Grants
    - 150 - Measuring the Self: behavioural and neural correlates of bodily awareness

Reference code:	PT/FB
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Location:	S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:	BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date:	1994
History:	The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives. Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge. Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research. The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world. Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL:	http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility:	By permission

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Title:	BIAL Grants
Start date:	1994
History:	In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries. The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project. The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others. The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2014
Location:	BF-GMS
Title:	2014 Grants
Start date:	2015-01

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2014-150
Location:	BF-GMS
Title:	150 - Measuring the Self: behavioural and neural correlates of bodily awareness
Duration:	2015-02 - 2017-03
Researcher(s):	Emmanuele Tidoni, Gaetano Tieri, Matteo Candidi, Salvatore Maria Aglioti
Institution(s):	Social Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, Rome (Italy); Department of Psychology, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome (Italy)
Contents:	Contents: Bursary agreement Application form Correspondence Progress reports Final report Articles
Language:	eng
Author:	Tidoni, E.
Secondary author(s):	Tieri, G., Candidi, M., Aglioti, S.
Number of reproductions:	1
Keywords:	Virtual Reality / Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) / Skin Conductance Response / Bodily Self illusions / Psychophysiology

Document

Neuromodulation as a cognitive enhancement strategy in healthy older adults: promises and pitfalls

2016

BIAL Foundation Archive
- BIAL Grants
  - 2014 Grants
    - 495 - Episodic memory enhancement in aging: the role of cognitive training combined with (bilateral) tDCS in the medial-temporal cortex and cerebellum on episodic memory performance in the elderly
      - Neuromodulation as a cognitive enhancement strategy in healthy older adults: promises and pitfalls

Reference code:	PT/FB
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Location:	S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:	BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date:	1994
History:	The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives. Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge. Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research. The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world. Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL:	http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility:	By permission

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Title:	BIAL Grants
Start date:	1994
History:	In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries. The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project. The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others. The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2014
Location:	BF-GMS
Title:	2014 Grants
Start date:	2015-01

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2014-495
Location:	BF-GMS
Title:	495 - Episodic memory enhancement in aging: the role of cognitive training combined with (bilateral) tDCS in the medial-temporal cortex and cerebellum on episodic memory performance in the elderly
Duration:	2015-07 - 2022-03
Researcher(s):	Mário Manuel Rodrigues Simões, Felipe Fregni, Filipe Fernandes, Jorge Evandro de Araújo Alves, Marcel Simis, Ana Rita Simões Martins
Institution(s):	CINEICC - Centro de Investigação do Núcleo de Estudos e Intervenção Cognitivo-Comportamental/Universidade de Coimbra (Portugal)
Contents:	Contents: Bursary agreement Application form Correspondence Progress report Final report Articles
Language:	eng
Author:	Simões, M. R.
Secondary author(s):	Fregni, F., Fernandes, F., Alves, J. E., Simis, M.
Number of reproductions:	1
Keywords:	Memory decline assessment / Cognitive training / tDCS / Cerebellum / Psychophysiology

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2014-495.02
Location:	BF-GMS
Title:	Neuromodulation as a cognitive enhancement strategy in healthy older adults: promises and pitfalls
Publication year:	2016
URL:	http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13825585.2016.1176986?tab=permissions&scroll=top
Abstract/Results:	ABSTRACT: Increases in life expectancy have been followed by an upsurge of age-associated cognitive decline. Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) have risen as promising approaches to prevent or delay such cognitive decline. However, consensus has not yet been reached about their efficacy in improving cognitive functioning in healthy older adults. Here we review the effects of TMS and tDCS on cognitive abilities in healthy older adults. Despite considerable variability in the targeted cognitive domains, design features and outcomes, the results generally show an enhancement or uniform benefit across studies. Most studies employed tDCS, suggesting that this technique is particularly well-suited for cognitive enhancement. Further work is required to determine the viability of these techniques as tools for long-term cognitive improvement. Importantly, the combination of TMS/tDCS with other cognitive enhancement strategies may be a promising strategy to alleviate the cognitive decline associated with the healthy aging process.
Accessibility:	Document exists in file
Copyright/Reproduction:	By permission
Language:	eng
Author:	Martins, A.
Secondary author(s):	Fregni, F., Simis, M., Almeida, J.
Document type:	Article
Number of reproductions:	1
Reference:	Martins, A., Fregni, F., Simis, M., & Almeida, J. (2016). Neuromodulation as a cognitive enhancement strategy in healthy older adults: promises and pitfalls. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 24(2), 158-185. https://doi.org/10.1080/13825585.2016.1176986
2-year Impact Factor:	1.763\|2016
Times cited:	15\|2025-02-11
Indexed document:	Yes
Quartile:	Q3
Keywords:	Neuromodulation / Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) / Cognitive function / Healthy / Transcranial direct current stimulation (TDCS)

Document

Magnetic stimulation of visual cortex impairs perceptual learning

2016

BIAL Foundation Archive
- BIAL Grants
  - 2014 Grants
    - 122 - Internal and External World in Parietal Cortex
      - Magnetic stimulation of visual cortex impairs perceptual learning

Reference code:	PT/FB
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Location:	S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:	BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date:	1994
History:	The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives. Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge. Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research. The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world. Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL:	http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility:	By permission

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Title:	BIAL Grants
Start date:	1994
History:	In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries. The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project. The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others. The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2014
Location:	BF-GMS
Title:	2014 Grants
Start date:	2015-01

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2014-122
Location:	BF-GMS
Title:	122 - Internal and External World in Parietal Cortex
Duration:	2015-02 - 2016-09
Researcher(s):	Paolo Capotosto
Institution(s):	Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Science, University "G. D'Annunzio", Chieti (Italy)
Contents:	Contents: Bursary agreement Application form Correspondence Progress report Final report Articles
Language:	eng
Author:	Capotosto, P.
Number of reproductions:	1
Keywords:	Parietal cortex / Dorsal Attention Network / Default-Mode Network / EEG rhythms / Psychophysiology

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2014-122.03
Location:	BF-GMS
Title:	Magnetic stimulation of visual cortex impairs perceptual learning
Publication year:	2016
URL:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053811916304566
Abstract/Results:	ABSTRACT: The ability to learn and process visual stimuli more efficiently is important for survival. Previous neuroimaging studies have shown that perceptual learning on a shape identification task differently modulates activity in both frontal-parietal cortical regions and visual cortex (Sigman et al., 2005;Lewis et al., 2009). Specifically, fronto-parietal regions (i.e. intra parietal sulcus, pIPS) became less activated for trained as compared to untrained stimuli, while visual regions (i.e. V2d/V3 and LO) exhibited higher activation for familiar shape. Here, after the intensive training, we employed transcranial magnetic stimulation over both visual occipital and parietal regions, previously shown to be modulated, to investigate their causal role in learning the shape identification task. We report that interference with V2d/V3 and LO increased reaction times to learned stimuli as compared to pIPS and Sham control condition. Moreover, the impairment observed after stimulation over the two visual regions was positive correlated. These results strongly support the causal role of the visual network in the control of the perceptual learning.
Accessibility:	Document exists in file
Copyright/Reproduction:	By permission
Language:	eng
Author:	Baldassare, L.
Secondary author(s):	Capotosto, P., Committeri, G., Corbetta, M.
Document type:	Article
Number of reproductions:	1
Reference:	Baldassarre, A., Capotosto, P., Committeri, G., & Corbetta, M. (2016). Magnetic stimulation of visual cortex impairs perceptual learning. Neuroimage, 143, 250-255. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2016.08.063
2-year Impact Factor:	5.835\|2016
Times cited:	14\|2025-02-11
Indexed document:	Yes
Quartile:	Q1
Keywords:	Perceptual learning / Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) / Visual cortex

Document

Suppression of task and region specific alpha rhythms in human parietal cortex

2016

BIAL Foundation Archive
- BIAL Grants
  - 2014 Grants
    - 122 - Internal and External World in Parietal Cortex
      - Suppression of task and region specific alpha rhythms in human parietal cortex

Reference code:	PT/FB
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Location:	S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:	BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date:	1994
History:	The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives. Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge. Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research. The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world. Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL:	http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility:	By permission

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Title:	BIAL Grants
Start date:	1994
History:	In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries. The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project. The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others. The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2014
Location:	BF-GMS
Title:	2014 Grants
Start date:	2015-01

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2014-122
Location:	BF-GMS
Title:	122 - Internal and External World in Parietal Cortex
Duration:	2015-02 - 2016-09
Researcher(s):	Paolo Capotosto
Institution(s):	Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Science, University "G. D'Annunzio", Chieti (Italy)
Contents:	Contents: Bursary agreement Application form Correspondence Progress report Final report Articles
Language:	eng
Author:	Capotosto, P.
Number of reproductions:	1
Keywords:	Parietal cortex / Dorsal Attention Network / Default-Mode Network / EEG rhythms / Psychophysiology

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2014-122.04
Location:	BF-GMS
Title:	Suppression of task and region specific alpha rhythms in human parietal cortex
Publication year:	2016
URL:	https://ww5.aievolution.com/hbm1601/index.cfm?do=abs.viewAbs&abs=3140
Accessibility:	Document does not exist in file
Language:	eng
Author:	Capotosto, P.
Secondary author(s):	Baldassare, L., Sestieri, C., Spadone, S., Romani, G. L., Corbetta, J.
Document type:	Online abstract
Number of reproductions:	1
Reference:	Capotosto, P., Baldassare, L., Sestieri, C., Spadone, S., Romani, G. L., & Corbetta, J. (2016, June). Suppression of task and region specific alpha rhythms in human parietal cortex. Poster presented at the OHBM Geneve, Switzerland. Abstract retrieved at https://ww5.aievolution.com/hbm1601/index.cfm?do=abs.viewAbs&abs=3140
Indexed document:	No
Keywords:	Cognition / Electroencephaolography (EEG) / Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)

Document

Causal influence of visual signals on perceptual learning

2016

BIAL Foundation Archive
- BIAL Grants
  - 2014 Grants
    - 122 - Internal and External World in Parietal Cortex
      - Causal influence of visual signals on perceptual learning

Reference code:	PT/FB
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Location:	S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:	BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date:	1994
History:	The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives. Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge. Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research. The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world. Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL:	http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility:	By permission

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Title:	BIAL Grants
Start date:	1994
History:	In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries. The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project. The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others. The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2014
Location:	BF-GMS
Title:	2014 Grants
Start date:	2015-01

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2014-122
Location:	BF-GMS
Title:	122 - Internal and External World in Parietal Cortex
Duration:	2015-02 - 2016-09
Researcher(s):	Paolo Capotosto
Institution(s):	Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Science, University "G. D'Annunzio", Chieti (Italy)
Contents:	Contents: Bursary agreement Application form Correspondence Progress report Final report Articles
Language:	eng
Author:	Capotosto, P.
Number of reproductions:	1
Keywords:	Parietal cortex / Dorsal Attention Network / Default-Mode Network / EEG rhythms / Psychophysiology

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2014-122.05
Location:	BF-GMS
Title:	Causal influence of visual signals on perceptual learning
Publication year:	2016
URL:	https://ww5.aievolution.com/hbm1601/index.cfm?do=abs.viewAbs&abs=3138
Accessibility:	Document does not exist in file
Language:	eng
Author:	Baldassare, L.
Secondary author(s):	Capotosto, P., Committeri, G., Corbetta, J.
Document type:	Online abstract
Number of reproductions:	1
Reference:	Baldassare, L., Capotosto, P., Committeri, G., & Corbetta, J. (2016, June). Causal influence of visual signals on perceptual learning. Poster presented at the OHBM Geneve, Switzerland. Abstract retrieved at https://ww5.aievolution.com/hbm1601/index.cfm?do=abs.viewAbs&abs=3138
Indexed document:	No
Keywords:	Cognition / Learning / Perception / Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)

File

152 - The role of the lateral occipital area in the visual processing of object size, shape, and orientation within and outside conscious awareness

2017-03

2019-09

BIAL Foundation Archive
- BIAL Grants
  - 2016 Grants
    - 152 - The role of the lateral occipital area in the visual processing of object size, shape, and orientation within and outside conscious awareness

Reference code:	PT/FB
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Location:	S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:	BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date:	1994
History:	The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives. Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge. Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research. The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world. Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL:	http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility:	By permission

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL
Entity holding:	BIAL Foundation
Title:	BIAL Grants
Start date:	1994
History:	In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology. Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries. The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project. The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665). Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others. The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2016
Location:	BF-GMS
Title:	2016 Grants
Start date:	2017-01

Reference code:	PT/FB/BL-2016-152
Location:	BF-GMS
Title:	152 - The role of the lateral occipital area in the visual processing of object size, shape, and orientation within and outside conscious awareness
Duration:	2017-03 - 2019-09
Researcher(s):	Philippe Chouinard, Irene Sperandio, Robin Laycock
Institution(s):	La Trobe University, Melbourne (Australia); School of Psychology, University of East Anglia, Norwich (UK)
Contents:	Contents: Application form Correspondence Research Funding Agreement Progress report Final report Articles
Author:	Chouinard, P.
Secondary author(s):	Sperandio, I., Laycok, R.
Number of reproductions:	1
Keywords:	Lateral occiptal area (LO) / Continuous Flash Superssion (CFS) / Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) / Object features / Psychophysiology