This innovative approach opens up new avenues for studying brain diseases and function, with potential applications in neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease.
Led by Hong Chen, an associate professor of biomedical engineering, the team discovered a noninvasive and nonpharmaceutical method to enhance glymphatic transport using focused ultrasound.
By precisely targeting specific regions of the brain, this noninvasive approach has the potential to revolutionize our understanding of brain diseases. In their study, the researchers administered a fluorescently labeled tracer intranasally and then used focused ultrasound waves and microbubbles to enhance its transport within the brain. The results were remarkable. The glymphatic transport was significantly boosted, as confirmed by 3D imaging of the brain tissue.
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