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Jan 19, 2026
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Silencing Fear with Sound: A Noninvasive Neuromodulation Breakthrough

Researchers have demonstrated that low-intensity focused ultrasound can directly and noninvasively modulate deep brain circuits involved in threat processing. In nonhuman primates, targeting the amygdala and bed nucleus of the stria terminalis with ultrasound before showing threatening…

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