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- Title
Ultrasonic therapies for seizures and drug-resistant epilepsy.
- Authors
Cornelssen, Carena; Finlinson, Eli; Rolston, John D.; Wilcox, Karen S.
- Abstract
Ultrasonic therapy is an increasingly promising approach for the treatment of seizures and drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE). Therapeutic focused ultrasound (FUS) uses thermal or nonthermal energy to either ablate neural tissue or modulate neural activity through high-or low-intensity FUS (HIFU, LIFU), respectively. Both HIFU and LIFU approaches have been investigated for reducing seizure activity in DRE, and additional FUS applications include disrupting the blood-brain barrier in the presence of microbubbles for targeted-drug delivery to the seizure foci. Here, we review the preclinical and clinical studies that have used FUS to treat seizures. Additionally, we review effective FUS parameters and consider limitations and future directions of FUS with respect to the treatment of DRE. While detailed studies to optimize FUS applications are ongoing, FUS has established itself as a potential noninvasive alternative for the treatment of DRE and other neurological disorders.
- Subjects
ULTRASONIC therapy; EPILEPSY; SEIZURES (Medicine); HIGH-intensity focused ultrasound; NERVE tissue
- Publication
Frontiers in Neurology, 2023, p1
- ISSN
1664-2295
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3389/fneur.2023.1301956