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ArticleScientific reports2024

Dynamic changes in human brain connectivity following ultrasound neuromodulation.

Cyril Atkinson-Clement, Mohammad Alkhawashki, Marilyn Gatica, James Ross, Marcus Kaiser

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Article in Scientific reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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5 authors.

Cyril Atkinson-ClementPrecision Imaging, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK. cyril.atkinsonclement@gmail.com.
Mohammad AlkhawashkiPrecision Imaging, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
Marilyn GaticaPrecision Imaging, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
James RossPrecision Imaging, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
Marcus KaiserPrecision Imaging, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.

Funding

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council EP/W004488/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Non-invasive neuromodulation represents a major opportunity for brain interventions, and transcranial focused ultrasound (FUS) is one of the most promising approaches. However, some challenges prevent the community from fully understanding its outcomes. We aimed to address one of them and unravel the temporal dynamics of FUS effects in humans. Twenty-two healthy volunteers participated in the study. Eleven received FUS in the right inferior frontal cortex while the other 11 were stimulated in the right thalamus. Using a temporal dynamic approach, we compared resting-state fMRI seed-based functional connectivity obtained before and after FUS. We also assessed behavioural changes as measured with a task of reactive motor inhibition. Our findings reveal that the effects of FUS are predominantly time-constrained and spatially distributed in brain regions functionally connected with the directly stimulated area. In addition, mediation analysis highlighted that FUS applied in the right inferior cortex was associated with behavioural alterations which was directly explained by the applied acoustic pressure and the brain functional connectivity change we observed. Our study underscored that the biological effects of FUS are indicative of behavioural changes observed more than an hour following stimulation and are directly related to the applied acoustic pressure.

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BrainMagnetic Resonance ImagingAdultBrain MappingConnectomeFemaleHealthy VolunteersHumansMaleThalamusYoung AdultFocused ultrasound stimulationMotor inhibitionNon-invasive neuromodulationSeed-based connectivityStop signal taskWhole brain

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PMID39627315
PMCPMC11614892

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