Gansheng Tan M.Eng

Gansheng Tan M.Eng

PhD Candidate in Biomedical Engineering

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projects

Closed-loop TMS for stroke rehabilitation based on corticomuscular network

closed-loop neuromodulation begun in Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2022

This project uses corticomuscular network measures to characterize sensorimotor recovery and inform stimulation strategies. It frames closed-loop TMS as a systems problem: sensing brain-muscle interaction, identifying interpretable biomarkers, and adapting intervention to patient-specific network...

Wearable vibrotactile taVNS device and system

neurotechnology system begun in Washington University in St. Louis, 2024

This project develops a wearable vibrotactile taVNS system for closed-form experimental delivery during cognitive and physiological measurement. It supports research questions about stimulation timing, autonomic state, and cognitive performance.

Electrode-localization

innovation project begun in Department of Biomedical Engineering, 2025

Algorithms in MATLAB for objectively and automatically localizing intracranial contac, based on CT images, MRI images, and freesurfer segmentation.

Explainable machine learning for cognitive neuroscience

research framework begun in Washington University in St. Louis, 2025

This project develops an explainable machine learning framework for cognitive neuroscience. The goal is to learn complex relationships between neural signals and cognitive behavior, then explain model decisions in a way that supports scientific...

publications

Comparison between the performance of GAN and DCGAN

Published in NON, 2019

Generative Adversarial Networks (GAN) are algorithms that generate content (usually images), which imitate real content that is fed to them.

Recommended citation: Gezheng, X.&Gansheng, T.&Fangxu, L.&Xiaoyu, S.(2019). "Comparison between the performance of GAN and DCGAN." Learning network. NA(NA).
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Classification of meditation state and auditory attention control state

Published in NON, 2019

This detailed paper elucidate the methods and results of using EEG signal band power, ratios of frequencies magnitudes and phase-amplitude coupling in classification

Recommended citation: Gansheng, T.&Shuhui, W.&Valentin, V.& Wei,M. (2019). "Classification of meditation state and auditory attention control state." Jalon. 1(4).
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Multiscale Transfer Spectral Entropy for Quantifying Corticomuscular Interaction

Published in IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, 2021

Multiscale transfer spectral entropy for quantifying directed corticomuscular interaction across scales.

Recommended citation: Liu, J., Tan, G., Sheng, Y., & Liu, H. (2021). Multiscale Transfer Spectral Entropy for Quantifying Corticomuscular Interaction. IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, 25(6), 2281-2292. https://doi.org/10.1109/JBHI.2020.303297
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A framework for quantifying the effects of transcranial magnetic stimulation on motor recovery from hemiparesis: corticomuscular network

Published in Journal of Neural Engineering, 2022

Corticomuscular network as a framework for understanding motor recovery following stroke and optimizing TMS.

Recommended citation: Tan, G., Wang, J., Liu, J., Sheng, Y., Xie, Q., & Liu, H. (2022). A framework for quantifying the effects of transcranial magnetic stimulation on motor recovery from hemiparesis: corticomuscular network. Journal of Neural Engineering, 19(2). https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-2552/ac636b
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Does vibrotactile stimulation of the auricular vagus nerve enhance working memory? A behavioral and physiological investigation

Published in Brain Stimulation, 2024

Development of novel noninvasive vagus nerve stimulation for working memory improvement

Recommended citation: Tan, G., Adams, J., Donovan, K., Demarest, P., Willie, J. T., Brunner, P., Gorlewicz, J. L., & Leuthardt, E. C. (2024). Does vibrotactile stimulation of the auricular vagus nerve enhance working memory? A behavioral and physiological investigation. In Brain Stimulation (Vol. 17, Issue 2, pp. 460–468). Elsevier BV. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brs.2024.04.002
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The effect of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation on cardiovascular function in subarachnoid hemorrhage patients: A randomized trial

Published in eLife, 2025

A randomized trial showing that taVNS can be delivered safely in subarachnoid hemorrhage patients while modulating autonomic balance.

Recommended citation: Tan, G., Huguenard, A. L., Donovan, K. M., Demarest, P., Liu, X., Li, Z., Adamek, M., Lavine, K., Vellimana, A. K., Kummer, T. T., Osbun, J. W., Zipfel, G. J., Brunner, P., & Leuthardt, E. C. (2025). The effect of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation on cardiovascular function in subarachnoid hemorrhage patients: A randomized trial. eLife. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.100088
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Mind’s eye: Saccade-related evoked potentials support visual encoding in humans

Published in medRxiv, 2025

Saccade-related evoked potentials support visual encoding in humans.

Recommended citation: Tan, G., Demarest, P., Li, Y., Cho, H., Park, H., Swift, J. R., Inman, C. S., Manns, J. R., Hamann, S. B., Liu, X., Wahlstrom, K. L., Li, Z., Hollearn, M. K., Campbell, J. M., Cettina, P. E., Sivakumar, S. S., Leuthardt, E. C., Willie, J. T., & Brunner, P. (2025). Mind's eye: Saccade-related evoked potentials support visual encoding in humans. medRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.11.11.25339896
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Ultrasound Applications in the Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder: A Systematic Review of Techniques and Therapeutic Potentials in Clinical Trials and Animal Model Studies

Published in Neuromodulation, 2026

A systematic review of focused ultrasound neuromodulation for major depressive disorder across clinical trials and animal model studies.

Recommended citation: Tan, G., Chen, H., & Leuthardt, E. C. (2026). Ultrasound Applications in the Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder: A Systematic Review of Techniques and Therapeutic Potentials in Clinical Trials and Animal Model Studies. Neuromodulation, 29(2), 187-204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurom.2025.08.001
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talks

Invited Seminar at the CENTER FOR BRAIN-COMPUTING RESEARCH

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[More information here] (https://personal.ntu.edu.sg/ctguan/research.html)M.S. Tan talk about the interaction between cortical oscillation and muscle synergies (OSI) in healthy individuals and hemiparesis patients. M.S. Tan found OSI were 5 muscle synergies during the rectangular movement...

CS² 2018, LE COLLOQUE SCIENTIFIQUE DE CENTRALESUPÉLEC

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More information hereIn CS² conference, Gansheng and his team talks about the correlation between biomarkers including heart rate, skin conductance, skin temperature, heart rate variability and EEG signals found in different state of meditation...

Working memory in humans

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This talks introduces how working memory is formed and how it affects everyday’s decision.

2024 Society of Neuroscience Annual Meeting

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This talks presents The Interaction between Eye Movement and Middle Temporal Lobe activity During Visual Exploration: Insights from Electrophysiological Data. We found evoked potential occurring at saccade onset and offset.

teaching

Le Cours Français

le cours est ouvert pour tout le monde, Paris-Shanghai, 2019

Les leçons pour bien débuter en français et apprendre du vocabulaire, l’alphabet, la prononciation, la grammaire.

Biomedical-data-science

BME course, Washington University in St. Louis, 2024

This course introduce computational model and data science in the field of biomedical engineering.