This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (CFDA 93.242 Mental Health Research Grants) to Auburn University provides $176,979 to conduct research on personalized neuromodulation approaches for reducing social avoidance behavior in patients with major depressive disorder or social anxiety disorder. The project aims to use transcranial magnetic stimulation to modulate patient-specific neural circuit dysfunction associated with dysregulated approach-avoidance motivational responses to social reward-threat conflict. This research is innovative in its use of personalized neuromodulation guided by patient-specific neural network topography and functionality to target the pathophysiology of social avoidance behavior. The award period runs from August 16, 2024 to July 31, 2029.
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