Transcranial Ultrasound Is Neuron Type Selective
July 13, 2021 | Terry Sharrer
Biomedical engineers at Carnegie Mellon University report “that excitatory and inhibitory neurons are intrinsically different in response to ultrasound pulse repetition frequency (PRF). The results suggest that we can preferentially target specific neuron types noninvasively by tuning the tFUS (transcranial focused ultrasound) PRF. Chemically deafened rats and genetically deafened mice were further tested for validating the directly local neural effects induced by tFUS without potential auditory confounds.” MORE
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