Ultrasound research (IMAGE)

Virginia Tech

Ultrasound research

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Wynn Legon, assistant professor at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, authored a paper in the journal PAIN that is the first to demonstrate low-intensity focused ultrasound can penetrate a deep part of the brain called the insula and relieve both pain and the body’s response to the stress caused by it. 

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Clayton Metz/Virginia Tech

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