{"id":183038,"date":"2024-02-19T11:27:21","date_gmt":"2024-02-19T17:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/scientist-shows-focused-ultrasound-can-reach-deep-into-the-brain-to-relieve-pain"},"modified":"2024-02-19T11:27:21","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T17:27:21","slug":"scientist-shows-focused-ultrasound-can-reach-deep-into-the-brain-to-relieve-pain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/scientist-shows-focused-ultrasound-can-reach-deep-into-the-brain-to-relieve-pain","title":{"rendered":"Scientist shows Focused Ultrasound can Reach Deep into the Brain to Relieve Pain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/scientist-shows-focused-ultrasound-can-reach-deep-into-the-brain-to-relieve-pain3.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Research reveals potential of using low-intensity focused ultrasound for pain management. Scientists have found soundwaves from low-intensity focused ultrasound aimed at a place deep in the brain called the insula can reduce both the perception of pain and other effects of pain, such as heart rate changes.<\/p>\n<p>You feel a pain, so you pop a couple of ibuprofen or acetaminophen. If the pain is severe or chronic, you might be prescribed something stronger \u2014 an opioid pain killer that can be addictive under some circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>But what if you could ease pain by non-invasively manipulating a spot inside your brain where pain is registered?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research reveals potential of using low-intensity focused ultrasound for pain management. Scientists have found soundwaves from low-intensity focused ultrasound aimed at a place deep in the brain called the insula can reduce both the perception of pain and other effects of pain, such as heart rate changes. You feel a pain, so you pop a [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":707,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-183038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/707"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183038\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}