{"id":236911,"date":"2024-06-27T00:49:39","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T00:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/27\/precision-ultrasound-could-treat-deep-parts-of-brain-without-surgery\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:16:03","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:16:03","slug":"precision-ultrasound-could-treat-deep-parts-of-brain-without-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/27\/precision-ultrasound-could-treat-deep-parts-of-brain-without-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"Precision ultrasound could treat deep parts of brain without surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"ArticleImage\">\n<div class=\"Image__Wrapper\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" width=\"1350\" height=\"900\" alt=\"New Scientist. Science news and long reads from expert journalists, covering developments in science, technology, health and the environment on the website and the magazine.\" src=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/26130918\/SEI_210173859.jpg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1288px) 837px, (min-width: 1024px) calc(57.5vw + 55px), (min-width: 415px) calc(100vw - 40px), calc(70vw + 74px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/26130918\/SEI_210173859.jpg?width=300 300w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/26130918\/SEI_210173859.jpg?width=400 400w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/26130918\/SEI_210173859.jpg?width=500 500w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/26130918\/SEI_210173859.jpg?width=600 600w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/26130918\/SEI_210173859.jpg?width=700 700w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/26130918\/SEI_210173859.jpg?width=800 800w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/26130918\/SEI_210173859.jpg?width=837 837w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/26130918\/SEI_210173859.jpg?width=900 900w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/26130918\/SEI_210173859.jpg?width=1003 1003w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/26130918\/SEI_210173859.jpg?width=1100 1100w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/26130918\/SEI_210173859.jpg?width=1200 1200w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/26130918\/SEI_210173859.jpg?width=1300 1300w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/26130918\/SEI_210173859.jpg?width=1400 1400w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/26130918\/SEI_210173859.jpg?width=1500 1500w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/26130918\/SEI_210173859.jpg?width=1600 1600w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/26130918\/SEI_210173859.jpg?width=1674 1674w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/26130918\/SEI_210173859.jpg?width=1700 1700w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/26130918\/SEI_210173859.jpg?width=1800 1800w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/26130918\/SEI_210173859.jpg?width=1900 1900w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/26130918\/SEI_210173859.jpg?width=2006 2006w\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-image-context=\"Article\" data-image-id=\"2437234\" data-caption=\"The ultrasound system is used with an MRI scanner\" data-credit=\"Eleanor Martin et al.\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"ArticleImageCaption\">\n<div class=\"ArticleImageCaption__CaptionWrapper\">\n<p class=\"ArticleImageCaption__Title\">The ultrasound system is used with an MRI scanner<\/p>\n<p class=\"ArticleImageCaption__Credit\">Eleanor Martin et al.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>A low-power ultrasound system can alter activity deep within the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article-topic\/brain\/\">brain<\/a> with far greater precision than previously possible, allowing the organ to be studied in new ways. It will also help brain surgeons plan operations and could be used to treat some conditions directly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it does open a new avenue for neuroscience,\u201d says <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndcn.ox.ac.uk\/team\/charlotte-stagg\">Charlotte Stagg<\/a> at the University of Oxford, whose team created the system. \u201cWe can, for the first time, transiently, safely, non-invasively modulate activity in various bits of the deep brain and\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2436407-precision-ultrasound-could-treat-deep-parts-of-brain-without-surgery\/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=home\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] The ultrasound system is used with an MRI scanner Eleanor Martin et al. 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