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Transcranial focused ultrasound modulates the activity of primary somatosensory cortex in humans

Legon, Wynn, Sato, Tomokazu F, Opitz, Alexander, Mueller, Jerel, Barbour, Aaron, Williams, Amanda, Tyler, William J·2014·Nature Neuroscience
DOI 10.1038/nn.3620
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Authors
Legon, W., Sato, T. F., Opitz, A., Mueller, J., Barbour, A., Williams, A., & Tyler, W. J.
Venue
Nature Neuroscience
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2014-01-12
Volume
17
Issue
2
Pages
322-329
ISSN
  • 1097-6256 (ISSN-L)
  • 1546-1726
DOI
10.1038/nn.3620
OpenAlex
W2130244962
Cited by
981
References
4
FWCI
26.15
Type
journal article
Language
en
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