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Intense Ultrasound—A New Tool for Neurological Research

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

William J. Fry*
Affiliation:
Bioacoustics Laboratory, University of Illinois

Extract

A focused beam of ultrasound can be used to produce selective accurately localized lesions in central nervous systems which are quantitatively reproducible from one animal to another.

Type
Part I.—Original Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1954 

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