Focused ultrasound as a stimulator of the nerve structures

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  • L. E. GARVILOV Acoustical Institute, USSR Academy of Sciences, Russia

Abstract

Pulsed focused ultrasound can stimulate the receptor and conductive nerve structures of man and animals, as well as neurons of the central nervous system of the invertebrates. The possibility of a wide practical use of this method in medicine and physiology is considered. For example, the stimulating ability of focused ultrasound is applied for neurological disease diagnosis, to study skin and tissue sensitivity of man, to diagnose hearing disorders and to introduce auditory information to the deaf with certain forms of hearing pathology. The effecting factors of focused ultrasound as a stimulus for nerve structures irritation are discussed.

References

[1] L. R. GARVILOV, G. V. GERSUNI, O. B. ILYINSKI, E. M. TSIRULNIKOV, A study of reception with the use of focused ultrasound. I. Effects on the skin and deep receptor structures in man, Brain Res., 135, 265-277 (1977).

[2] L. R. GARVILOV, G. V. GERSUNI, O. B. ILYINSKI, E. M. TSIRULNIKOV, E. E. SHCHEKANOV, A study of reception with the use of focused ultrasound. II. Effects on the animal receptor structures, Brain Res., 135, 279-285 (1977).

[3] L. R. GARVILOV, G. V. GERSUNI, O. B, ILYINSKI, M. G. SIROTYUK, E. M. TSIRULNIKOV, E. E. SCHCHEKANOV, The effect of focused ultrasound on the skin and deep nerve structures of man and animal, Progress in Brain Research, 43, 272-292 (1976).

[4] L. R. GARVILOV, E. M. TSIRULNIKOV, Focused ultrasound in physiology and medicine, Nauka, Leningrad 1980 (in Russian).