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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2010
Seung-schik Yoo, Wellesley, MA (US);
Alexander Bystritsky, Sherman Oaks, CA (US);
Nathan Mcdannold, Jamaica Plain, MA (US);
Ferenc A. Jolesz, Brookline, MA (US);
Seung-Schik Yoo, Wellesley, MA (US);
Alexander Bystritsky, Sherman Oaks, CA (US);
Nathan McDannold, Jamaica Plain, MA (US);
Ferenc A. Jolesz, Brookline, MA (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
A method for modifying neuronal activity in a subject with focused ultrasound pulses ('FUP') is provided. Such a methods is applicable for research, treatment, and diagnosis of psychiatric, neurological, and neuroendocrine disorders whose biological mechanisms include neuronal circuits in the brain. The application of focused ultrasound pulses is generally via multiple ultrasound transducers that are housed in a cap worn by the subject. The application of FUP at different tone burst duration, total sonication duration, and pulse repetition frequency settings results in either the inducement of either an increase or decrease in neuronal activity.