Dr. Desmond Agboada

Dr. Desmond Agboada

 

Curriculum Vitae – Short form

• Born in 1986 in Anloga, Ghana. Studied Psychology with Biology at the University of Ghana, Legon. Graduated with Bachelor of Science in Psychology in 2009.
• 2009-2010: Student research/teaching assistant at the department of Psychology at the University of Ghana, Legon.
• 2010-2011: Instructor, Institute of Continuing and Distance Education, University of Ghana, Legon.
• 2011-2014: Student research assistant, Nulab, Department of Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim (NTNU). Master of Science in Neuroscience in 2014.
• 2014-2016: Research Assistant, Nulab, Department of Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim (NTNU).
• 2016-2020: Research Associate, NeMo, Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors (IfADo).
• 2016-2020: PhD Candidate, International Graduate School of Neuroscience (IGSN), Ruhr University Bochum. PhD in Neuroscience in 2020.
• 2020-2021: Postdoctoral research fellow, NeMo, Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors (IfADo).
• 2021-date: Postdoctoral research fellow, Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Human Sciences, Universität der Bundeswehr München, Neubiberg.

Current research interests

Optimization of NIBS techniques for efficient neurostimulation
• Exploring the optimal stimulation parameters of transcranial direct current stimulation in the motor and prefrontal cortical systems.
• Examining the neuroplasticity induced by new pulse waveform of controllable TMS devices in the motor and prefrontal cortical systems.

Motor-cognitive dynamics in movement decisions
• Phase synchronization of oscillations induced by tES and rTMS and the identification of anatomical areas responsible for processing of visuomotor learning.
• Modulation of visuomotor adaptation via transcranial direct/alternating current stimulation.

 

Some selected publications

• Transferability of cathodal tDCS effects from the primary motor to the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex: a multimodal TMS-EEG study. M. Mosayebi-Samani, D. Agboada, T.P. Mutanen, J. Haueisen, M.F. Kuo, M.A. Nitsche, bioRxiv, 2022
• Induction of long-term potentiation-like plasticity in the primary motor cortex with repeated anodal transcranial direct current stimulation–better effects with intensified … D. Agboada, M. Mosayebi-Samani, M.F. Kuo, M.A. Nitsche, Brain Stimulation, 2020
• Probing the relevance of repeated cathodal transcranial direct current stimulation over the primary motor cortex for prolongation of after‐effects. M. Mosayebi Samani, D. Agboada, M.F. Kuo, M.A. Nitsche, The Journal of physiology, 598 (4), 805-816, 2020
• Ca2+ channel dynamics explain the nonlinear neuroplasticity induction by cathodal transcranial direct current stimulation over the primary motor cortex. M. Mosayebi-Samani, L. Melo, D. Agboada, M.A. Nitsche, M.F. Kuo, European Neuropsychopharmacology 38, 63-72, 2020
• Titrating the neuroplastic effects of cathodal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) over the primary motor cortex.
  M.M. Samani, D. Agboada, A. Jamil, M.F. Kuo, M.A. Nitsche, Cortex 119, 350-361, 2019
• Expanding the parameter space of anodal transcranial direct current stimulation of the primary motor cortex.
  D. Agboada, M.M. Samani, A. Jamil, M.F. Kuo, M.A. Nitsche, Scientific Reports 9 (1), 1-11, 2019