Focusing in on the Future of Focused Ultrasound as a Translational Tool

Norman M Spivak; Joseph L Sanguinetti; Martin M Monti

doi:10.3390/brainsci12020158

Focusing in on the Future of Focused Ultrasound as a Translational Tool

Brain Sci. 2022 Jan 25;12(2):158. doi: 10.3390/brainsci12020158.

Authors

Norman M Spivak^{1

2

3}, Joseph L Sanguinetti^{4

5}, Martin M Monti^{2

3

6}

Affiliations

¹ UCLA-Caltech Medical Scientist Training Program, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
² Department of Neurosurgery, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
³ Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
⁴ Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA.
⁵ Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA.
⁶ Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.

Abstract

This article summarizes the field of focused ultrasound for use in neuromodulation and discusses different ways of targeting, delivering, and validating focused ultrasound. A discussion is focused on parameter space and different ongoing theories of ultrasonic neuromodulation. Current and future applications of the technique are discussed.

Keywords: focused ultrasound; neuromodulation.

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