APS

2023 APS Annual Convention · 2023

Transcranial Focused Ultrasound of the Amygdala Changes Resting State Functional Connectivity within the Fear Network

Washington, DC · May 2023

Flash Talk · Biological/Neuroscience

  • Tina Chou
    Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Tina Chou
    Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School
  • Ashley Hayden
    Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School
  • Marina Long
    Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School
  • Thilo Deckersbach
    Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School
  • Darin Dougherty
    Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School

Abstract

Transcranial Focused Ultrasound (tFUS) is a novel noninvasive stimulation method that targets deeper brain regions, such as the amygdala, previously only accessible through invasive neuromodulation. Active tFUS of the amygdala decreased resting state functional connectivity between the amygdala and other regions in the fear neural circuit, relative to sham tFUS.

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