Temerty Centre for Therapeutic Brain Intervention

Area(s) of Expertise

The Temerty Centre is home to one of the world’s most talented concentrations of clinicians and researchers working to develop and perfect non-invasive brain-stimulation treatments for people with depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and other disorders of the brain and mind. Here, next-generation techniques are producing physiological changes in the brains of people with serious and persistent mental illness, effectively relieving symptoms with significantly fewer side effects.

What the facility does

Clinical research program looking at novel brain-stimulation treatments in treatment-resistant disorders

Research Services

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), TMS-Electroencephalography (TMS-EEG), Electromyography (EMG), Co-Registration, Magnetic Seizure Therapy (MST), Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS), Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (TDCS), Cognitive Testing

Sectors of Application

Education

Health care and social services

Life sciences, pharmaceuticals and medical equipment

Specialized Labs and Equipment

Name of specialized lab	Name of equipment	Description of function
Temerty Centre for Therapeutic Brain Intervention (TCTBI)	MagPro X100	Magnetic seizure therapy machine
	Medtronic MagPro	Transcranial magnetic stimulation device
	Twin Coils, B70 Cool Coils	For above-mentioned devices
	Visor XT 3-D Neuronavigation System	Brain navigation
	SynAmps EEG amplifier	Amplifier system
	BiStim2	TMS machine
	Intronix model 2024F Electrophysiological Amplifier System with Signal Conditioning	Amplifier
	Digitimer DS7A	Peripheral nerve stimulator
	SynAmps2 Quik-Cap Sintered Ag/AgCl, 64 Ch	EEG caps
	Stim Audio Sys Model 1140	Brain sound amplifier
	Brainsight Navigator for TMS	Neuronavigation

Private and Public Sector Research Partners

Brainsway Inc.
Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Additional Information

Title	URL
CTV News: Canadian researchers study alternative therapy for hard-to-treat depression (November 2012)	http://www.ctvnews.ca/health/canadian-researchers-study-alternative-therapy-for-hard-to-treat-depre… (page has CTV videos)
Psychiatric News: rTMS appears to counter schizophrenia memory deficits (March 2013)	http://alert.psychiatricnews.org/2013/03/rtms-appears-to-counter-schizophrenia.html
CAMH news release: Landmark $7.4 million gift pioneers breakthrough brain-stimulation treatments for mental illness	http://www.camh.ca/en/hospital/about_camh/newsroom/news_releases_media_advisories_and_backgrounders/current_year/Pages/Landmark-$7-4-million-gift-pioneers-breakthrough-brain-stimulation-treatments-for-mental-illness.aspx
CAMH video: Breakthrough brain-stimulation treatments for mental illness	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=assIbdT_1vk
CAMH video: Brain stimulation: discovering new treatment for severe depression	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGl0_F31BXM