Image-Guided Focused Ultrasound-Mediated Regional Brain Stimulation in Sheep

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 459-470

  Lee, Wonhye ^a   Lee, Stephanie D ^a   Park, Michael Y ^a   Foley, Lori ^a   Purcell Estabrook, Erin ^a   Kim, Hyungmin ^a,b   Fischer, Krisztina ^a   Maeng, Lee So ^c   Yoo, Seung Schik ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^c The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Brain stimulation; Focused ultrasound; Large animal model; Sensorimotor area; Sheep; Visual area

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC INTENSITY; ANIMALS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SONICATION; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

ANIMAL MODEL; BRAIN STIMULATION; FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; SENSORIMOTOR AREA; SHEEP; VISUAL AREAS;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; IMAGE GUIDED FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SHEEP; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VISUAL CORTEX; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BRAIN CORTEX; EVOKED RESPONSE; HIGH-ENERGY SHOCK WAVE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RADIATION RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HIGH-ENERGY SHOCK WAVES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SHEEP; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 84955285761     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2015.10.001     Document Type: Article

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