'Sonogenetics' Allow Researchers to Control Brain Cells in Animals Using Ultrasound

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'Sonogenetics' Allow Researchers, to Control Brain Cells, in Animals Using Ultrasound. A team of scientists at the San Diego Salk Institute have stimulated the brain cells of mice using ultrasound. . Freethink.com reports that researchers were able to use ultrasound to move the limbs of mice. . Freethink.com reports that researchers were able to use ultrasound to move the limbs of mice. . The technique, known as sonogenetics, is one of several new methods to stimulate and alter neurons in the brain directly without the use of drugs. . The technique, known as sonogenetics, is one of several new methods to stimulate and alter neurons in the brain directly without the use of drugs. . We’ve spent so much time over the last few decades focusing on pharmacologic therapies. This paper is another really important piece to this puzzle of developing neural circuit-based therapeutics for disease, Colleen Hanlon, Biologist at Wake Forest, via Freethink.com. Freethink reports that ultrasound is an appealing option for scientists as it already has a well-understood safety profile and is already widely in use. . Freethink reports that ultrasound is an appealing option for scientists as it already has a well-understood safety profile and is already widely in use. . Ultrasound is safe, noninvasive, and can be easily focused through thin bone and tissue to volumes of a few cubic millimeters, Salk Institute Team, via Freethink.com. According to Freethink, the research may eventually be applied to a number of therapies and treatments. The potential for neuronal control is huge. It has applications for pacemakers, insulin pumps, and other therapies that we’re not even thinking about, Sreekanth Chalasani, Salk Institute neuroscientist, via Freethink.com. The team at the Salk Institute is now working on making the ultrasound response stronger and tweaking the technology on its way to clinical application.