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Trial reportNeuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology2026

Reversible modulation of a deep white matter surgical target for depression with low-intensity focused ultrasound.

Aki Tsuchiyagaito, Rayus Kuplicki, Masaya Misaki, Landon Edwards, Joan A Camprodon, Kate Fitzgerald, Sahib S Khalsa, Noah S Philip, Martin P Paulus, Salvador M Guinjoan

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Trial report in Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05697172 (Neuromodulation of Circuits Underlying Repetitive Negative and Self-Referential Thinking in Depression), which is not on this map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neuromodulation of Circuits Underlying Repetitive Negative and Self-Referential Thinking in Depression: An Early Feasibility Study Employing Transcranial Focused Ultrasound

TypeinterventionalSponsorLaureate Institute for Brain Research, Inc.Ran2022 to 2024Enrolled30ConditionsMajor Depressive DisorderArmsLow-intensity focused ultrasound
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Aki TsuchiyagaitoLaureate Institute for Brain Research, Tulsa, OK, USA. ATsuchiyagaito@laureateinstitute.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7606-1745
Rayus KuplickiLaureate Institute for Brain Research, Tulsa, OK, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2954-6421
Masaya MisakiLaureate Institute for Brain Research, Tulsa, OK, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6829-4311
Landon EdwardsLaureate Institute for Brain Research, Tulsa, OK, USA.
Joan A CamprodonMassachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1282-9257
Kate FitzgeraldColumbia University, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6502-7031
Sahib S KhalsaUniversity of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2124-8585
Noah S PhilipCenter for Neurorestoration and Neurotechnology, VA Providence Healthcare System, Providence, RI, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4889-8775
Martin P PaulusLaureate Institute for Brain Research, Tulsa, OK, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0825-3606
Salvador M GuinjoanLaureate Institute for Brain Research, Tulsa, OK, USA. SGuinjoan@laureateinstitute.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1958-4259

Funding

The Center for Neuroscience-based Mental Health Assessment and Prediction (NEUROMAP)P20GM121312 · NIGMS · LAUREATE INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH · PI MARTIN P. PAULUS · 2017 to 2026
$23.7M
A neurocomputational assay of gastrointestinal interoception in anorexia nervosaR01MH127225 · NIMH · LAUREATE INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH · PI KHALSA, SAHIB S., PAULUS, MARTIN P. · 2021 to 2025
$3.2M
Neurally targeted group intervention to reduce early childhood anxietyR33MH121641 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI FITZGERALD, KATE DIMOND, MOSER, JASON SCOT · 2021 to 2023
$2.6M
Low intensity focused ultrasound: a new paradigm for depression and anxietyU01MH123427 · NIMH · OCEAN STATE RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC. · PI PHILIP, NOAH STEPHEN · 2021 to 2024
$2.4M
Suicide Circuit Therapeutics: Engaging Novel Targets with Rapid and Individualized MRI-Guided Accelerated TMSR61MH132869 · NIMH · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI CAMPRODON, JOAN A · 2023 to 2024
$2.1M
Cognitive control targets for the treatment of obsessive compulsive disorder in young childrenR61MH129544 · NIMH · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI FITZGERALD, KATE DIMOND, MARSH, RACHEL · 2023 to 2024
$1.8M
Parsing Mechanistic Relationships Between Circuits and Negative Valence System Behaviors in Treatment-Resistant Depression with Ultrasound NeuromodulationR01MH137331 · NIMH · TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CTR · PI Salvador Martin Guinjoan · 2025 to 2026
$923k
Individualized Closed-Loop Neuromodulation Therapy for Alzheimer's DiseaseR21AG078692 · NIA · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI CAMPRODON, JOAN A, DICKERSON, BRADFORD C · 2022 to 2023
$469k
Cortical hyperexcitability in FTD and ALS: Exploring physiological biomarkersR21AG081925 · NIA · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI CAMPRODON, JOAN A, DICKERSON, BRADFORD C · 2024 to 2024
$459k
State-dependent modulation of interactions of theta and gamma rhythms in working memoryR21MH131878 · NIMH · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI CAMPRODON, JOAN A, ERYILMAZ, H HAMDI · 2023 to 2023
$459k
Dose-Dependent Functional Connectivity Effects of Low-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Applied to Deep White Matter Tracts in HumansR21MH138911 · NIMH · TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CTR · PI Salvador Martin Guinjoan · 2025 to 2026
$411k
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Current efforts to establish anatomically precise and causal deep brain circuit-symptom relationships to predict surgical responses require the insertion of intracranial electrodes. In the present study (ClinicalTrials.gov NCT05697172) we examined whether low-intensity focused ultrasound (LIFU; FDA Q220192) could modulate the white matter tracts in the anterior limb of the internal capsule (ALIC), a common surgical target for the treatment of refractory depression. We based our human study on the in vitro observation that ultrasound attenuates conduction in myelinated axons by operating mechanosensitive potassium channels in nodes of Ranvier. We employed a cross-over, randomized, sham-controlled, double-blind design to establish the ability of LIFU (80 s; 0.5 MHz; estimated peak tissue energy 2.26 Watt/cm

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Internal CapsuleMajor Depressive DisorderUltrasonic TherapyWhite MatterAdultCross-Over StudiesDouble-Blind MethodFemaleHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMiddle Aged

Identifiers

PMID40999237
PMCPMC12803698

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