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Ultrasound ‘helmet’ could treat Parkinson’s non-invasively, study shows | Device could replace deep brain stimulation and may also help with Tourette syndrome, Alzheimer’s and depression
Device could replace deep brain stimulation and may also help with Tourette syndrome, Alzheimer’s and depression
To test the system, the researchers applied it to seven volunteers, directing ultrasound waves to a tiny region the size of a grain of rice in the lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN), the key pathway for visual information that comes from the eyes to the brain. The core team that built it, the UCL academics Elly Martin and Brad Treeby, emphasise the importance of working with patients to design it to be more comfortable and applicable to many conditions. Martin says further studies are needed, “but our long-term goal is to refine the system into a practical clinical tool, one that could sit alongside or even replace invasive brain implants in the future”.
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