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Intense Ultrasound—A New Tool for Neurological Research

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

William J. Fry
William J. Fry*
Affiliation:
Bioacoustics Laboratory, University of Illinois
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A focused beam of ultrasound can be used to produce selective accurately localized lesions in central nervous systems which are quantitatively reproducible from one animal to another.

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Part I.—Original Articles
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Journal of Mental Science , Volume 100 , Issue 418 , January 1954 , pp. 85 - 96
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1954 

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