Label free, capillary-scale blood flow mapping in vivo reveals that low intensity focused ultrasound evokes persistent dilation in cortical microvasculature
YuBing Y. Shen, Jyoti V. Jethe, Ashlan P. Reid, Jacob Hehir, Marcello Magri Amaral, Chao Ren, Senyue Hao, Chao Zhou, Jonathan A. N. Fisher
This study uses an in vivo optical approach to show that low intensity focused ultrasound causes persistent microvascular dilation without microbubbles, suggesting vascular mechanisms may contribute to long-term neuromodulatory effects.
Communications Biology · Jan 6, 2025Peer-reviewedNeuroscience