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The Brainclinics Foundation

Applied Neuroscience from the clinic,to the clinic

Research Institute Brainclinics was founded in 2001 as an independent research institute and specializes in advancing our understanding of the brain; applied neuroscience to improve treatments for ADHD, Depression and OCD.  The results of our research are a valuable aid in the treatment and prevention of symptoms such as mood-, concentration-, impulse control-, and sleep-problems, often seen in disorders such as depression, ADHD, and insomnia. Our expertise extends to the development and application of brain stimulation techniques, such as rTMS for depression and OCD, TMS induced Heart-Brain Coupling and EEG based precision psychiatry and stratified psychiatry for Depression and ADHD.

Masterclass

Our TMS Masterclass & Certification course takes you from the basics of TMS and Brain Stimulation, to exciting new developments in this field with world renown speakers from all over the...

Resources

Get access to our Brainclinics resources, such as books, theses and the open access TDBRAIN EEG dataset with more than 1200 EEG’s and descriptive data.

Research

Read more about our scientific publications and articles over the years.

Citations

9996

Publications

255

Co-authors

765

News

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05 June 2025
You can now call me Dr. Dijkstra! Yesterday, I successfully defended my PhD. After years of research, writing, and analyzing, I had the honour of defending my dissertation “The Heart–Brain Connection: A Pathway to Personalized TMS Treatment” in front of an inspiring committee of experts. A heartfelt thank-you to my supervisors Alexander Sack, Martijn Arns and Hanneke van Dijk and to my assessment and defense committee members Bernadette M. Jans...
04 June 2025
Tomorrow Eva Dijkstra will defend her PhD thesis: The Heart-Brain Connection: A pathway to personalized TMS treatment at Maastricht University with supervisors Alexander Sack, Martijn Arns and Hanneke van Dijk Congrats Eva Dijkstra with this great achievement and enjoy your day! Download her - and many other - PhD theses here: https://lnkd.in/ewk5Re5F Also great thanks to the reading committee: Martin Tik, Anne Weigand, Bart Rutten & Bernadette...
03 June 2025
In collaboration with Brainclinics Foundation and Martijn Arns, Eva Dijkstra - an external PhD student within Brain Stimulation lab at Maastricht University - conducted a study exploring heart-brain coupling (HBC) as a potential biomarker for TMS-induced frontal-vagal engagement. The aim was to show that heart-brain coupling may serve as an objective marker for improved TMS site selection and determination of individualized frontal excitability t...
03 June 2025
New speaker announcement: Joseph Taylor (Harvard University) will present at the Brainclinics TMS Masterclass and Certification Course his latest results and insights titled: From Scalp to Circuit: Evolving TMS Targeting Approaches. This will include the latest results from the AINT trial with very exciting outcomes answering what the added value of fMRI based TMS targetting is! Seats are filling-up fast, sign-up here: https://lnkd.in/e8dzv_7R
29 May 2025
Inspiring days at Lviv hospital with great talks by Ilan Harpaz-Rotem and Noah Philip, along with the successful completion of the first TMS hands-on training day. Walking through the hospital and nightly bomb shelters bring the horrors of war very close, emphasizing the urgent need for these atrocities to come to an end soon. Also great thanks to organizing committee, UNBROKEN Ukraine and our great host Oleg Berezyuk!
29 May 2025
On my way to Ukraine to donate our TMS equipment and train people to use TMS as a treatment for PTSD (with Noah Philip and UNBROKEN Ukraine). Consider to donate as well, either in-kind (TMS equipment) or financially and help people combat PTSD! https://unbroken.org.ua/ or https://lnkd.in/eXkhyuKm Thx. DEYMED Diagnostic, Magstim and neurocare group (Klaus Schellhorn) for support! Stanford Brain Stimulation Lab
22 May 2025
Just out: Lifestyle Effects in a RCT of Neurofeedback for ADHD, highlighting a pathway for evening LED exposure to circadian rhythm and sleep effects on inattention in ADHD. https://lnkd.in/gzB3zG-x
22 May 2025
📢 Speaker Highlight: Andreas Horn Join us in Nijmegen, Netherlands (Sept 30-Oct 2) for his talk: 'Toward connectomic based neuromodulation' at the Brainclinics Foundation TMS Masterclass 🔗 Register today: https://lnkd.in/e8dzv_7R
22 May 2025
Eva Dijkstra, voorzitter van de klinische commissie van Stichting Hersenstimulatie, verdedigt op woensdag 4 juni om 13:00 uur haar proefschrift: The Heart-Brain Connection: A pathway to personalized TMS treatment. Een mooie mijlpaal en een belangrijke bijdrage aan het veld van hersenstimulatie. De ceremonie is online te volgen via: https://lnkd.in/eFcNUZib Link naar het proefschrift: https://lnkd.in/e6ME8pZH We wensen Eva veel succes bij haar ...
08 May 2025
📢 Speaker Highlight: Jonathan Downar at the 2025 Brainclinics TMS Masterclass! We are thrilled to feature Dr. Jonathan Downar from the University of Toronto at this year's Brainclinics TMS Masterclass & Certification Course, September 30th - October 2nd in Nijmegen, Netherlands. 🌟 Topic: From one-session-a-day to TMS-in-a-day: The ONE-D trial. Dr. Downar will present groundbreaking insights from his latest research, exploring innovative protoco...

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