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Ultrasound for the brain

Ultrasonic energy can be harnessed to alter brain activity and treat disease — but first, scientists need to learn how it works.
  1. Esther Landhuis

    1. Esther Landhuis is a freelance science journalist in the San Francisco Bay Area, California.

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A man comes into the clinic, hands trembling. He can barely write or hold a cup of water. He straps on a specialized head device, lies back and slides into a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner. Across the room, a physician pushes a button — and the shaking stops. Handed a piece of paper, the man signs his name legibly, hands steady.

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Nature 551, 257-259 (2017)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-017-05479-7

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