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Explore practical guidance, clinical protocols, essential evidence and expert resources to support learning, clinical decision-making and everyday TMS practice.

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Featured highlights, latest releases, and unlocked monthly resources.

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TMS Fundamentals

Biophysics, motor thresholding, and physiological foundations.

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Clinical Protocols

Evidence levels, targeting rules, and stimulation parameters.

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Practical Guides

Clinic workflows, safety monitoring, and troubleshooting.

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Expert Talks

High-yield clinical lectures and CME slide decks.

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Interviews & Perspectives

Conversations with pioneers and clinician spotlights.

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Industry Insights

TMS hardware comparisons, coil technologies, and updates.

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Essential Reading

Open-access summaries of international consensus papers.

⭐ Featured Resources

Practical Guide
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TMS in Psychiatry – Webinar

In this episode of Scientific Talks, Prof. Dr. Alexander Sack explores the application of...

Practical Guide
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Combine TMS with tDCS & Home Administered tDCS – PlatoScience Webinar

In this PlatoScience Webinar, Prof. Dr. Alexander T. Sack discusses combining TMS with tDCS...

Practical Guide
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Home Based Brain Stimulation – Bridging Cognitive Research and Clinical Therapies

In this episode of Scientific Talks, Prof. Dr. Alexander Sack talks about bridging cognitive...

Clinical Protocol
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Neuropathic pain: HF rTMS – primary motor cortex

🔒 Member-Exclusive Clinical Resource The complete procedural decision checklists, step-by-step guides, and video masterclasses...

Clinical Protocol
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Epilepsy: LF rTMS – epileptogenic cortical focus

🔒 Member-Exclusive Clinical Resource The complete procedural decision checklists, step-by-step guides, and video masterclasses...

Essential Reading
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Consensus review and considerations on TMS to treat depression: A comprehensive update endorsed by the NNDC, CTMSS, and IFCN

This consensus review focuses on the clinical use of TMS for depression. It addresses...

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TMS in Psychiatry – Webinar

In this episode of Scientific Talks, Prof. Dr. Alexander Sack explores the application of...

Practical Guide
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Tutorial – Clinical TMS Protocols – Neuropathic Pain – Practical Algorithm

In this Tools and Tutorials video, Prof. Dr. Alexander Sack explains how TMS can...

Practical Guide
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The use of theta burst stimulation (TBS) in poststroke rehabilitation

In this episode of Scientific Talks, Research Assistant Prof. Dr. Jack J. Zhang tells...

Clinical Protocol
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Fibromyalgia (quality of life): HF rTMS – left M1

🔒 Member-Exclusive Clinical Resource The complete procedural decision checklists, step-by-step guides, and video masterclasses...

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Epilepsy: LF rTMS – epileptogenic cortical focus

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Practical Guide
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TMS in Psychiatry – Webinar

In this episode of Scientific Talks, Prof. Dr. Alexander Sack explores the application of...

Practical Guide
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Combine TMS with tDCS & Home Administered tDCS – PlatoScience Webinar

In this PlatoScience Webinar, Prof. Dr. Alexander T. Sack discusses combining TMS with tDCS...

Practical Guide
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Tutorial – Neuropathic Pain

In this Tools and Tutorials video, Samira Cutts, a pediatric and adult care occupational...

Practical Guide
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Tutorial – Clinical TMS Protocols – Fibromyalgia – “Interesting” Protocol Phenomenon

In this Tools and Tutorials video, Prof. Dr. Alexander Sack explains how TMS can...

Practical Guide
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Tutorial – Clinical TMS Protocols – Neuropathic Pain – Practical Algorithm

In this Tools and Tutorials video, Prof. Dr. Alexander Sack explains how TMS can...

Practical Guide
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EEG based stratified psychiatry in depression

In this episode of Scientific Talks, Dr. Martijn Arns discusses EEG based stratified psychiatry...

TMS Fundamentals

Interview with Prof. Dr. Anthony Barker

A 3-Part Conversation on the Invention, Scientific Discovery, and Therapeutic Evolution of TMS
Video Series • 3 Parts

How to Build a TMS Clinic?

A 5-Step Strategic Blueprint for Clinical Quality, Operational Efficiency, and Practice Growth
5 min read

Who Can Offer TMS?

A Guide to Prescriber Roles, Technician Qualifications, and International Practice Standards
3 min read

What is TMS?

Principles, Biophysical Mechanisms, and Clinical Applications of Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation
4 min read

Practical Guides

How to Build a TMS Clinic?

A 5-Step Strategic Blueprint for Clinical Quality, Operational Efficiency, and Practice Growth
5 min read

Who Can Offer TMS?

A Guide to Prescriber Roles, Technician Qualifications, and International Practice Standards
3 min read

What is TMS?

Principles, Biophysical Mechanisms, and Clinical Applications of Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation
4 min read

Motor Threshold Determination: Practical Logic and Common Pitfalls

A short guide to hotspot search, threshold estimation, and common decision errors
8 min read

Hearing Protection During rTMS Should Not Be Optional

Why acoustic safety in clinical TMS is a core medical requirement, not a patient preference
5 min read

Expert Talks

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TMS in Psychiatry – Webinar

e.g. A short guide to hotspot search, threshold estimation, and common decision errors
Video • 64 min
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Combine TMS with tDCS & Home Administered tDCS – PlatoScience Webinar

e.g. A short guide to hotspot search, threshold estimation, and common decision errors
Video • 62 min
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EEG based stratified psychiatry in depression

e.g. A short guide to hotspot search, threshold estimation, and common decision errors
Video • 51 min
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Methods to personalize TMS coil positions

e.g. A short guide to hotspot search, threshold estimation, and common decision errors
Video • 20 min
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The use of theta burst stimulation (TBS) in poststroke rehabilitation

e.g. A short guide to hotspot search, threshold estimation, and common decision errors
Video • 19 min
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Cross-diagnostic effects of rTMS to the left DLPFC

e.g. A short guide to hotspot search, threshold estimation, and common decision errors
Video • 15 min
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Ketamine vs rTMS

e.g. A short guide to hotspot search, threshold estimation, and common decision errors
Video • 11 min
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What is tACS?

e.g. A short guide to hotspot search, threshold estimation, and common decision errors
Video • 20 min
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Evidence-Based Use of TMS in the Treatment of Mental Disorders

e.g. A short guide to hotspot search, threshold estimation, and common decision errors
Video • 24 min
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Updating the Depression Treatment Algorithm – Strategic Placement of rTMS in the Therapeutic Landscape

e.g. A short guide to hotspot search, threshold estimation, and common decision errors
Video •15 min

Interviews & Perspectives

Practitioners’ Perspectives – Dr. Marcelle Stastny, Psychiatrist, Cape Town, South Africa

Clinical experience with TMS and how treatment is delivered in practice.
Video • 20 min

Practitioners’ Perspectives – Dr. Xavier Bondenet, Psychiatrist, France

Clinical experience with TMS and how treatment is delivered in practice.
Video • 10 min

Practitioners’ Perspectives – Dr. Teresa Lluch Sebastián, Clinical Neurophysiologist, Murcia, Spain

Clinical experience with TMS and how treatment is delivered in practice.
Video • 39 min

Practitioners’ Perspectives – Johanna Pozo, Clinical Psychologist, Cuenca, Ecuador

Clinical experience with TMS and how treatment is delivered in practice.
Video • 9 min

Practitioners’ Perspectives – Dr. Nguyen Phuong Trang, Neurologist, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Clinical experience with TMS and how treatment is delivered in practice.
Video • 14 min

Practitioners’ Perspectives – Dr. Georgios Mikellides, Psychiatrist, Cyprus

Clinical experience with TMS and how treatment is delivered in practice.
Video • 15 min

Practitioners’ Perspectives – Dr. Pedro Cabral Barata, Psychiatrist, Midtjylland, Denmark

Clinical experience with TMS and how treatment is delivered in practice.
Video • 6 min

Practitioners’ Perspectives – Ben Spielberg, Neuroscientist, Los Angeles, USA

Clinical experience with TMS and how treatment is delivered in practice.
Video • 21 min

Practitioners’ Perspectives – Dr. Fabiana Ventura, Psychiatrist, Coimbra, Portugal

Clinical experience with TMS and how treatment is delivered in practice.
Video • 10 min
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Interview with Prof. Dr. Jonathan Downar (Part 2)

e.g. A short guide to hotspot search, threshold estimation, and common decision errors
e.g. 7 min read OR Video • 24 min

Standardized Clinical Protocols Database

Neuropathic pain: HF rTMS – primary motor cortex

Target: primary motor cortex (M1), contralateral to pain based on somatotopy, hand area in case of diffuse pain, left M1 in case of bilateral pain • Freq: 10Hz • Dosage: 3,000 pulses (14:40 minutes)

Fibromyalgia (quality of life): HF rTMS – left M1

Target: left primary motor cortex (M1) • Freq: 10Hz • Dosage: 3,000 pulses (14:40 minutes)

Fibromyalgia (pain): HF rTMS – left DLPFC

Target: left DLPFC • Freq: 10Hz • Dosage: 3,000 pulses (18:34 minutes)

Epilepsy: LF rTMS – epileptogenic cortical focus

Target: epileptogenic cortical focus or M1 if focus cannot be reached or is unknown • Freq: 1Hz • Dosage: 1,500 pulses (25:00 minutes)

Motor stroke: HF rTMS – ipsilesional motor cortex

Target: primary motor cortex (M1), ipsilesional • Freq: 10Hz • Dosage: 3,000 pulses (14:40 minutes)

PTSD: HF rTMS – right DLPFC

Target: right DLPFC • Freq: 10Hz • Dosage: 3,000 pulses (18:34 minutes)

Parkinson’s (motor): HF rTMS – bilateral motor cortex

Target: primary motor cortex (M1), hand area: sequential stimulation of left and right M1, leg area: stimulation near midline engages bilateral M1 • Freq: 10Hz • Dosage: 1,000 pulses (4:40 minutes)

Parkinson’s (depression): HF rTMS – left DLPFC

Target: left DLPFC • Freq: 10Hz • Dosage: 3,000 pulses (18:34 minutes)

Multiple Sclerosis: iTBS – contralateral motor cortex

Target: primary motor cortex (M1) • Freq: iTBS, 50Hz triplets in a 5Hz rhythm • Dosage: 600 pulses (03:12 minutes)

Aphasia: LF rTMS – contralesional Broca’s area

Target: right inferior frontal gyrus (IFG) • Freq: 1Hz • Dosage: 1,500 pulses (25:00 minutes)

Curated Scientific Literature

Essential Reading in Clinical TMS

Key European guidelines, international consensus statements, safety frameworks, and health economic analyses supporting evidence-based practice.

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Consensus review and considerations on TMS to treat depression: A comprehensive update endorsed by the NNDC, CTMSS, and IFCN

Trapp, N. T., Purgianto, A., Taylor, J. J., et al. (2025). Clinical Neurophysiology
Summarizes contemporary clinical considerations for the use of TMS in depression.
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Safety and recommendations for TMS use in healthy subjects and patient populations, with updates on training, ethical and regulatory issues: Expert Guidelines

Rossi, S., Antal, A., Bestmann, S., et al. (2021). Clinical Neurophysiology
Summarizes safety considerations for TMS use in clinical and research settings.
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Evidence-based guidelines on the therapeutic use of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS): An update (2014–2018)

Lefaucheur, J.-P., Aleman, A., Baeken, C., et al. (2020). Clinical Neurophysiology
Provides a broad evidence map for therapeutic rTMS across neurological and psychiatric indications.
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Gain 24/7 on-demand access to 70+ expert clinical lectures and resources, complete stimulation parameter sheets, 3D anatomical coil maps, downloadable clinical slide decks, and your personalized Member Certificate.

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