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This study tested the safety of a brain surgery called subthalamotomy using focused ultrasound (ExAblate) to treat movement problems in Parkinson's disease. Six people who already had one side treated joined the study to get the other side treated. The goal was to see if the proc…

This study tested a device that uses focused ultrasound to temporarily open the blood-brain barrier in 35 people with Alzheimer's disease. The goal was to see if this procedure is safe and can help medications or the body's own defenses work better in the brain. Participants were…

This study tested a staged, two-part ultrasound treatment for people with severe hand tremors that don't respond to medication. Seven participants received the treatment on one side of the brain first, then the other side at least nine months later. The goal was to see if the pro…

This study tested whether a device called ExAblate can safely and repeatedly open the blood-brain barrier in 20 people with high-grade glioma (a type of brain cancer) who were already receiving standard chemotherapy. The goal was to let more chemotherapy reach the tumor. The stud…

This early study tested whether a focused ultrasound technique could safely open the blood-brain barrier in the motor cortex of 4 people with ALS. The goal was to see if the procedure was safe and feasible, not to treat the disease. Results will help guide future research into de…