Aimee Arely Flores-Sandoval, M.Sc.
Main Focus
Can neurotechnology help us modulate brain plasticity to benefit clinical populations? And if so, which are the mechanisms that underlie its effect? These are the questions that I address in my PhD thesis. I focus on the effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) and EEG-guided brain computer interface (BCI). For this, I collaborate with Alexander Grygorian, PhD., to inspect correlates of functional plasticity after BCI; and with Anastasia Asmolova, MSc. to explore the structural correlates of brain plasticity after rTMS. Also, as my main PhD project, I explore whether the application of rTMS before BCI training can benefit motor function recovery in patients with stroke on the Neurotech stroke clinical trial.
We are currently recruiting participants for the Neurotech stroke study which aims to promote motor function recovery in participants with stroke (ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT06116942). For getting more information on our study please refer to: https://www.cbs.mpg.de/study-applications/fgnme/innovative-neurotechnology-stroke?c=1636740or or by email: studie-neuro@cbs.mpg.de or by phone at: +49 341 99402209.
We are happy to host erasmus and rotations, please contact me for further questions.
Curriculum Vitae
Education
Since 2022 Ph.D. candidate, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences. Leipzig, Germany.
Since 2021 Einstein scholar. Einstein Center for Neurosciences Berlin. Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin. Berlin, Germany.
2017-2019 Master in Cognitive Science. Cognitive Neuroscience track. Centro Interdipartimentale Mente/Cervello. University of Trento. Rovereto, Trento. Italy.
Research experience
2019-2021 Assistant. Berenson-Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation. Harvard Medical School. Boston. MA. USA.
2018-2019 Intern. Berenson-Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Sitmulation. Harvard Medical School. Boston. MA. USA.
Publications
- Flores-Sandoval, A., Davila-Pérez, P., Buss, S. S., Donohoe, K., O’Connor, M., Shafi, M. M., et al. (2023). Spectral power ratio as a measure of EEG changes in mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer’s disease: A case-control study. Neurobiology of Aging. doi:10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2023.05.010.