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Transcranial focused ultrasound modulates spiking, LFP, and BOLD activity in the primate thalamus.

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Authors: Ning Zheng1, Pai-Feng Yang1,2, M. Anthony Phipps1,2, Jiro Kusunose1,2, Arabinda Mishra1,2, Jixin Xia1,3, William Rodriguez4, Allen T. Newton1,2, Benoit M. Dawant4,5, John C. Gore1,2,3, Charles F. Caskey1,2,3, Li Min Chen1,2,3
ORCID iDs: Jiro Kusunose, Benoit M. Dawant, Charles F. Caskey, Li Min Chen
  1. Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science, Vanderbilt University,Nashville, TN USA
  2. Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center,Nashville, TN USA
  3. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University,Nashville, TN USA
  4. Vanderbilt Institute for Surgery and Engineering, Vanderbilt University,Nashville, TN USA
  5. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Vanderbilt University,Nashville, TN USA
Institutions: Vanderbilt University (United States); Vanderbilt University Medical Center (United States)
Journal: Nature communications, volume 17, issue 1, article 8876
Dates: received 25 November 2025; accepted 10 July 2026; published online 21 July 2026
Type: Research article · Language: English
License: CC BY-NC-ND
Identifiers: DOI 10.1038/s41467-026-75826-8 · PMID 42481515 · PMCID PMC13500481 · OpenAlex W7169881238
Open access: gold, a free copy (OpenAlex)
Status: data only
Categories: fMRI (modality), other (modality), extracellular electrophysiology (units, LFP) (modality), non-human primate (organism)
Methods: Spectral & time-frequency, Preprocessing, Statistics, Evoked potentials, fMRI & imaging, Single-unit activity, calcium imaging
Keywords: Sensory processing, Extracellular recording
MeSH: Action Potentials*, Thalamus*, Ultrasonic Waves*, Animals, Cerebral Cortex, Local Field Potential Measurement, Macaca mulatta, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Neurons (* major topic)
Topic: Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications (Biomedical Engineering, Engineering), according to OpenAlex
Funding: NINDS (RF1 NS126144); U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) (1U18 EB02935)
Citations: not cited yet (Europe PMC); 97 references in the paper

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Zheng, N., Yang, P.-F., Phipps, M. A., Kusunose, J., Mishra, A., Xia, J., Rodriguez, W., Newton, A. T., Dawant, B. M., Gore, J. C., Caskey, C. F., & Chen, L. M. (2026). Transcranial focused ultrasound modulates spiking, LFP, and BOLD activity in the primate thalamus. Nature communications, 17(1), 8876. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-75826-8

BibTeX

@article{zheng2026transcranial,
author = {Zheng, Ning and Yang, Pai-Feng and Phipps, M. Anthony and Kusunose, Jiro and Mishra, Arabinda and Xia, Jixin and Rodriguez, William and Newton, Allen T. and Dawant, Benoit M. and Gore, John C. and Caskey, Charles F. and Chen, Li Min},
title = {{Transcranial focused ultrasound modulates spiking, LFP, and BOLD activity in the primate thalamus}},
journal = {Nature communications},
year = {2026},
month = jul,
volume = {17},
number = {1},
pages = {8876},
publisher = {Nature Publishing Group},
issn = {2041-1723},
doi = {10.1038/s41467-026-75826-8},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-75826-8},
pmid = {42481515},
pmcid = {PMC13500481}
}

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AU - Xia, Jixin
AU - Rodriguez, William
AU - Newton, Allen T.
AU - Dawant, Benoit M.
AU - Gore, John C.
AU - Caskey, Charles F.
AU - Chen, Li Min
TI - Transcranial focused ultrasound modulates spiking, LFP, and BOLD activity in the primate thalamus
T2 - Nature communications
J2 - Nat Commun
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/07/21
VL - 17
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SP - 8876
SN - 2041-1723
PB - Nature Publishing Group
DO - 10.1038/s41467-026-75826-8
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