Low-intensity focused ultrasound to human amygdala reveals a causal role in ambiguous emotion processing and alters local and network-level activity
Johannes Algermissen, Miruna Rascu, Lilian A. E. Weber, Tim den Boer, Eleanor M. Martin, Bradley E. Treeby, Michael D. Gray, Robin O. Cleveland, Marco K. Wittmann, William T. Clarke, Elsa Florence Fouragnan, Matthew F. S. Rushworth, Miriam C. Klein-Flügge
This study uses low-intensity focused ultrasound to modulate human amygdala activity and finds it alters emotional processing and reaction times to ambiguous stimuli.
Neuron · Apr 1, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience