[Guideline on Targeting Safety of Transcranial Stimulation] IFCN is proud to announce the completion of the updated guideline on Targeting Safety of Transcranial Stimulation in Research and Treatment. The workshop, held on June 12-13 in Munich, Germany.

[Brain-body-society interactions] Orui et al.: "This study establishes a neurophysiological baseline using Heartbeat Evoked Potential to probe social and interoceptive dysfunctions." doi.org/10.1016/j.cl...

[Epilepsy] Acharya & Acharya: "The findings of this paper do support greater accuracy with EEG source imaging, but visual analysis of high-density EEG alone can also be clinically helpful." Open access: doi.org/10.1016/j.cn...

[Stroke rehabilitation] Xu et al.: "Findings support the cerebellum as a promising neuromodulation target for post-stroke aphasia treatment." open access: doi.org/10.1016/j.cn...

[Transcranial electric stimulation (TES)] Antal et al.: "In this paper we provide structured interviews and recommend their use in future controlled studies, in particular when trying to extend the parameters applied." doi.org/10.1016/j.cl...

[Traumatic brain injury] Franke et al.: "Auditory P50 and N100 are promising biomarkers for both the non-auditory and auditory chronic effects of mild traumatic brain injury on brain function." doi.org/10.1016/j.cl...

[Major depressive disorders: MDDs] Zhang et al.: "A replicable randomization of the brain network is found in MDDs." doi.org/10.1016/j.cl...

[EMG/USG Teaching Course] The 2nd EMEAC IFCN EMG/USG Teaching Course was successfully completed.

[Brain mapping: fMRI and MEG] Coolen, Dumitrescu, et al.: "Although core language areas were identified in both modalities, modality- and task-integration may enhance robustness of language mapping in healthy subjects." Open access: doi.org/10.1016/j.cn...

[Parkinson’s disease] Muthuraman and Groppa: "In this context, Yao et al. are the first to report the detection latency of their classifiers." Editorial: doi.org/10.1016/j.cl... Yaho et al.: doi.org/10.1016/j.cl...

[Epilepsy] Schmidt et al.: "Spike density in children with self-limited focal epilepsies affects memory performance and slow wave-spindle coupling during sleep." Open access: doi.org/10.1016/j.cl...

[Epilepsy] Kokkinos et al.: "Understanding the focal features in childhood absence epilepsy avoids misdiagnosis as focal epilepsy and inappropriate treatment." doi.org/10.1016/j.cl...

[Highlight of the Month] Jung et al.: Stronger pre-surgical functional connectivity networks are associated with improved surgical outcome in temporal lobe epilepsy. Clin Neurophysiol 2025;179:2110980. Open access: doi.org/10.1016/j.cl...

[ERP study of depression] Umemoto and Holroyd: “Event-related potentials revealed reduced anticipation for and processing of rewards.” doi.org/10.1016/j.cl... #ERP #Depression #ClinicalNeuroph

[Highlight of the Month] Leote J, Pescador AM, Díaz-Baamonde A, Siado Mosquera JD, Murace S, Lejarde A, Lawson E, Barazi S, Shapey J, Lavrador JP, Bleil C, Valls-Sole J. Intraoperative monitoring of trigemino-palatal responses. Clin Neurophysiol 2025;179:2111006. doi.org/10.1016/j.cl...

[MEG in Rasmussen’s encephalitis] Rossi Sebastiano et al.: “MEG can contribute to evaluating multifocal hemispheric spikes in Rasmussen’s encephalitis and to better understand the time course of epileptogenic process.” doi.org/10.1016/j.cl... #MEG #Epilepsy

[Highlight of the Month] Nardone R, Sebastianelli L, Langthaler PB, Schwenker K, Trinka E, Versace V. Altered cortical plasticity but preserved cholinergic transmission in HIV-associated dementia: A TMS study. Clin Neurophysiol. 2025;179:2111369. doi.org/10.1016/j.cl...

[Epilepsy] Ren et al.: "The present results suggest that the alterations in frontal lobe connections may help predict the depression in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy." doi.org/10.1016/j.cl...

[Editor’s Choice: November 2025] Naoum P. Issa et al.: Intermuscular coherence from muscle pairs in the leg as a biomarker for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Clinical Neurophysiology 2025;179:2110986. doi.org/10.1016/j.cl...

[Call for Abstracts - Now Open!] We’re excited to announce that Abstract submissions are now open for the International Congress of Clinical Neurophysiology (#ICCN2026), taking place September 8-12, 2026 in Cartagena, Colombia. iccn.ifcn.info/progr...#ICCN2026),

[Multiple sclerosis] Nyarady et al.: "We developed a novel computerized SDMT-event-related potential (cSDMT-ERP) paradigm to obtain neural indices of SDMT performance." SDMT: symbol digit modalities test doi.org/10.1016/j.cl...

[cVEMP in residual dizziness] Oh et al.: “Increased cervical vestibular-evoked myogenic potential (cVEMP)-modified interaural amplitude difference ratio at the affected side is associated with residual dizziness.” doi.org/10.1016/j.cl... @CAU_News #BPPV #ClinicalNeuroph

[Depression] Zhang et al.: "Abnormal heart-to-brain interactions play a substantial role in the pathophysiology of depression." doi.org/10.1016/j.cl...

[Eye blinks] Mota and Lins: “A bereitschaftspotential precedes voluntary blinks but not spontaneous blinks.” doi.org/10.1016/j.cl... #Blink #EyelidBlinking #ClinicalNeuroph

[Guillain-Barré syndrome] Storgaard et al.: "High-frequency nerve ultrasound may add information in diagnosis and monitoring of Guillain-Barré syndrome." doi.org/10.1016/j.cl...

[Motor Unit Number Index (MUNIX)] Escorcio-Bezerra et al.: “MUNIX showed greater test–retest variability in ALS patients than healthy controls. MUNIX detected denervation cross-sectionally in ALS patients.” doi.org/10.1016/j.cl... @unifesp #ALS #MUNIX #ClinicalNeuroph

[Brain-Computer Interface] Schippers et al.: "We found subtle differences in brain activity patterns associated with speech production between situations in which participants could versus could not perceive their produced speech." doi.org/10.1016/j.cl...

[Epilepsy] Asano: “The candidate biomarkers include interictal high-frequency oscillations (HFOs) on ECoG, and its clinical significance in epilepsy surgery has been gradually clarified during the past decade.” doi.org/10.1016/j.cl... @ChildrensDMC #HFO #ClinicalNeuroph

[Brain stimulation] Motolese et al.: "Short-latency afferent inhibition is a strictly lateralized phenomenon, occurring exclusively with contralateral peripheral stimulation and elicitable at intervals preceding the N20 response, but limited to the dominant hemisphere." doi.org/10.1016/j.cl...

[Recovery after 4 months of near-tetraplegia] Milanovich et al.: "A young male with pan-neurofascin nodopathy presenting as acute-onset symptoms resembling Guillain–Barré syndrome, became asymptomatic following 4 months of near-tetraplegia as a result of rituximab therapy." doi.org/10.1016/j.cn...

[Tarsal tunnel syndrome] Roomizadeh and Chugh: "This could lead to overdiagnosis or unnecessary interventions in asymptomatic patients." Open access: doi.org/10.1016/j.cn...

[Type 1 diabetes and EEG] Farabi et al.: “The relationship between glucose and EEG power during sleep is time varying and frequency dependent in young adults with type 1 diabetes.” doi.org/10.1016/j.cl... @thisisUIC @UICnews #DM #EEG #Glucose

[Epilepsy] Jung et al.: "This study further supports the concept that epilepsy is a disorder of neural networks." doi.org/10.1016/j.cl...

[Cutaneous silent periods: CSPs] Kofler et al.: "This comprehensive review surveys the literature on pathophysiological conditions in which CSPs have been reported, and aims at a critical overview on the clinical utility of CSP testing." doi.org/10.1016/j.cl...

[Neurofibromatosis] Noordhoek et al.: "High-resolution nerve ultrasound provides insight into plexiform neurofibroma tumor load in neurofibromatosis type 1." Open access: doi.org/10.1016/j.cl...

[Autoimmune nodopathy] Kim et al.: "Specific electrophysiological markers improve anti-neurofascin-155 nodopathy diagnosis and guide targeted antibody testing." doi.org/10.1016/j.cl...

[New IFCN Masterclass on Saturday, October 25, 2025 at 8:00 AM (EST)] Prof. Andrea Antal will present: Low intensity transcranial electrical stimulation in the clinical practice: what works, what fails. zoom.us/webinar/regi...

[Notice from the American EEG Society (1950)] "Those wishing to present papers should send titles and 200 word abstracts in triplicate to the Secretary Dr. R S Schwab not later than April 1, 1950." doi.org/10.1016/0013... #EEG #TLE #Epilepsy

[Intraoperative seizures: IOS] Parisi et al.: "IOS occurred in 35 patients (15.1 %). IOS risk increased with higher stimulation intensities, younger age, cavernomas, and a history of seizures, especially in patients without anti-seizure medications at the time of surgery." doi.org/10.1016/j.cl...

[Cerebellar impairment during an orthostatic challenge] Baker et al.: “Orthostatic reflexes mediated by the cerebellum may be impaired in patients with neurogenic orthostatic hypotension.” doi.org/10.1016/j.cl... @WesternU #OrthohstaticReflex #ClinicalNeuroph

[Spinal muscular atrophy] Barrois et al.: "These results support the validation of cumulative motor index as a guide for optimal patient selection and therapeutic management." doi.org/10.1016/j.cl...

[IFCN President's Message] ECCN London September 2025: The site of the ECCN, Central Methodist Hall, looked out to Parliament Square, Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey. See more: www.ifcn.info/who-we...

[Epilepsy] Kodama et al.: "This is the first reported case of successful resective surgery for epilepsy with gait-induced seizure." Open access: doi.org/10.1016/j.cn...

[Electrical stimulation on epileptic tissue] Westin et al.: “Stimulation over the seizure onset zone reduced background activity and interictal spike rate.” doi.org/10.1016/j.cl... @karolinskainst #ElectricalStimulation #Epilepsy #ClinicalNeuroph

[Neuromodulation] Falato et al.: "These findings suggest that cTBS may transiently modulate corticospinal excitability in chronic major upper limb amputation, with effects that appear restricted to the stimulated hemisphere." doi.org/10.1016/j.cl... #cTBS: continuous theta burst stimulation

[Call for Abstracts - Now Open!] We’re excited to announce that Abstract submissions are now open for the International Congress of Clinical Neurophysiology (#ICCN2026), taking place September 8-12, 2026 in Cartagena, Colombia. iccn.ifcn.info/progr...#ICCN2026),

[Neonatal encephalopathy] Parokaran Varghese et al.: "Hyperglycemia is temporally associated with changes in brain function in term neonates with neonatal encephalopathy treated with therapeutic hypothermia." Open access: doi.org/10.1016/j.cl...

[#ICCN2026] Está invitado a enviar un resumen para su consideración como presentación en sesión oral o de póster durante el 34º Congreso Internacional de Neurofisiología Clínica en Cartagena, Colombia, del 8 al 12 de septiembre de 2026. Encuentra toda la información en: event.fourwaves.com/...

[Neuromodulation] Stalder, van der Lely et al.: "Lower urinary tract electrical sensory assessment is feasible in patients with neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction and may help to better characterize patients for tailored treatment options." doi.org/10.1016/j.cl...

[Electrochemical skin conductance] Vittrant et al.: "We bring valuable details about electrochemical skin conductance for clinical monitoring and research." doi.org/10.1016/j.cl...