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Focused Ultrasound Neuromodulation of Human In Vitro Neural Cultures in Multi-Well Microelectrode Arrays
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Focused ultrasound neuromodulation for psychiatric disorders: a scoping review of clinical applications and current
Dillan Prasad1, Rishi Jain2, Bibek Samal3
1Department of Neurological Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 676 N Saint Clair Suite 2210, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA. dillan@northwestern.edu.
Journal of Neural Transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996)
|February 19, 2026
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