Transcranial Ultrasound Neuromodulation: Physics, Neurophysiology, and Applications

This course covers the basic concepts of ultrasound neuromodulation, including basic neurophysiology, ultrasound physics and applications, and comparison to other neuromodulation modalities. The physics component will include acoustic properties of biological tissues, transducer hardware, beam formation, and beam modeling. Lectures on applications will include ultrasonic manipulation of behavior with therapeutic implications.Comparisons will be made to other neuromodulation modalities including DBS and TMS. We will include guest appearances from world-class experts in the field. Lectures will be online for asynchronous viewing. In-class components will include hands-on laboratories to demonstrate the techniques described in lecture and discussions with ourselves and the external speakers. Course website: http://bioe225.stanford.edu.