Modern Approaches to Augmentation of Brain Function

Dr. Ioan Opris is an associate professor at University of Miami, Coral Gables in Biomedical Engineering Department, having a PhD in Physics and Biophysics, with a substantial contribution in Systems and Cognitive Neuroscience. He is already an editor of two previous Springer books. The main focus of his current research is on the augmentation of cognitive function and locomotion boy both classic and modern noninvasive Neural Spintronics approaches. Dr. Opris is an editor of several journals, books and special issues.

Dr. Mikhail Lebedev a Chief Research Scientist and Professor, works in the fields of Neurorophysiology and Neuroprosthetics. The major focus of his current research is on brain-computer interfaces (BCIs), such as BCIs for reaching and grasping, BCIs that reproduce bipedal locomotion patterns, and sensorized BCIs that both extract motor command from the brain and deliver sensory information back to the brain. Lebedev is an editor of several journals, books and special issues.

Manuel F. Casanova, MD is the SmartState Endowed Chair in Childhood Neurotherapeutics and a professor of Biomedical Sciences at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville. He is a former Gottfried and Gisela Kolb Endowed Chair in Outpatient Psychiatry and a Professor of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology at the University of Louisville. Casanova's research focuses on the biological basis of neurodevelopment disorders, and abnormalities of cortical circuitry, in particular on the cell minicolumn. Using computerized imaging analysis, he has established the anatomical validity of the cell minicolumn. Casanova has reported interhemispheric differences in the morphometry of minicolumns that could provide explanations for the speciation of hominids. He has also reported on the use of transcranial magnetic stimulation as a possible therapeutic intervention in autism and on the use of gamma oscillation abnormalities as an outcome measure.

1. Using electrical stimulation to explore and augment the functions of parietal-frontal cortical networks in primates.- 2. Multi-system benefits of epidural stimulation following spinal cord injury. 3. Neurostimulator for hippocampal memory prosthesis.- 4. Modern approaches to augmenting the brain functions.- 5. Brain machine interfaces within a critical perspective.- 6. An implantable wireless device for ECoG and cortical stimulation.- 7. BCI Performance improvement by special low jitter quasi-steady State VEP paradigm.- 8. Communication with Brain-Computer Interfaces in Medical Decision-Making.- 9. Neuroprotection and neurocognitive augmentation by photobiomodulation.- 10. Avoiding partial sleep - the way for augmentation of brain function.- 11. Augmentation of brain functions by nanotechnology.- 12. The impact of ageing and age-related comorbidities on stroke outcome in animal models and humans.- 13. Diagnostic markers ofsub-clinical depression based on functional connectivity.- 14. Transcranial magnetic stimulation in autism spectrum disorders: modulating brainwave abnormalities and behaviors.- 15. Neurofeedback training with concurrent psychophysiological monitoring in children with autism spectrum disorder with comorbid attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder.- 16. Augmentation through interconnection: brain-nets and telemedicine.- 17. Cognitive augmentation via a brain/cloud interface.- 18. Augmentation of neuro-marketing by neural technology.- 19. Augmentation of nutrition by nanotechnology.- 20. Neural spintronics: noninvasive augmentation of brain functions.- 21. Does the power to suppress an action make us free?.- 22. Deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease-future directions for enhancing motor function.- 23. Neuromodulation for gait.- 24. Augmentation and rehabilitation with active orthotic devices.- 25. Effects of rTMS on behavioral and electrocortical measures of error monitoring and correction function in children with autism spectrum disorder.- 26. Affective Virtual Reality Gaming for Autism.- 27. A machine learning approach to automatic phobia therapy with virtual reality.- 28. Vision augmentation by pharmacological enhancement of the visual experience.- 29. Cognitive enhancing substances and the developing brain: risks and benefits.- 30. Pharmacological approaches in the augmentation and recovery of brain function.