This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), under the Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders (CFDA 93.853) program, aims to develop a non-invasive method to measure the excitability and inhibition of cortical areas in the human brain. The $427,625 award will support a study to determine whether the TMS-evoked potential (TEP) measured via EEG can faithfully reflect changes in neuronal firing in the frontal eye fields (FEF) during cognitive tasks, unlike current non-invasive techniques like fMRI or EEG alone. If successful, this work could provide a novel approach to assess cortical excitability and inhibition outside of the primary motor cortex, which has important implications for understanding human cognitive processes. The award is set to run from August 1, 2024 through July 31, 2026 and is being provided to the University of Iowa.
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