After several years of investigating focused ultrasound as a tool in treating Alzheimer’s, the field took a big leap forward this year. Elisa Konofagou, PhD, a biomedical engineer who runs the Ultrasound and Elasticity Imaging Laboratory at Columbia University in the City of New York, published the results of her team’s groundbreaking research in July, demonstrating their noninvasive,...
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Focused ultrasound can improve Parkinson’s symptoms for up to 1 year
Image credit: Edwin Tan/Getty Images. A recent study introduces a new, noninvasive means of using focused ultrasound to reduce the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. The technique involves destroying a small neuron cluster to interrupt the neuronal network that produces uncontrolled movement and motor impairment. Compared to study participants receiving a sham treatment, twice the number of individuals receiving...
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New focused ultrasound effective for treating Parkinson’s, movement disorders
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HEALTH CARE VIDEO: UNC HOSPITALS AND UNC SCHOOL OF MEDICINE LEAD NATIONAL RESEARCH AND FDA-APPROVED USE OF FOCUSED ULTRASOUND TO HELP INDIVIDUALS WITH PARKINSON’S DISEASE. CREDIT: UNC DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY CHAPEL HILL, NC – In a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine co-authored by Vibhor Krishna, MD, associate professor of...
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Focused ultrasound may help prevent seizures in some patients with epilepsy
WILEY IMAGE: RESULTS FROM A STUDY PUBLISHED IN EPILEPSIA SUGGEST THAT FOCUSED ULTRASOUND, WHICH CAN BE USED TO NON-INVASIVELY TARGET CIRCUITS IN THE BRAIN, MAY BENEFIT SOME PATIENTS WITH EPILEPSY WHO EXPERIENCE SEIZURES THAT DO NOT RESPOND TO STANDARD ANTI-SEIZURE MEDICATIONS. CREDIT: DR. YU Results from a study published in Epilepsia suggest that focused ultrasound,...
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Focused ultrasound enables precise noninvasive therapy
by Sara Vaccar, Carnegie Mellon University Noninvasive focused ultrasound stimulation with cell-type specificity. Credit: College of Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University’s He Lab is focusing on noninvasive neuroengineering solutions that not only provide diagnostic techniques, but also innovative treatment options. Their latest research has demonstrated that noninvasive neuromodulation via low-intensity ultrasound can have cell-type selectivity in...
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Focused ultrasound shows promise for Parkinson’s disease
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM IMAGE: JEFF ELIAS, MD, IS A NEUROSURGEON AT UVA HEALTH AND A PIONEER IN THE FIELD OF FOCUSED ULTRASOUND. CREDIT: UVA HEALTH A scalpel-free alternative to brain surgery has the potential to benefit people with Parkinson’s disease symptoms that are much more severe on one side of the body, new research suggests. ...