Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine and College of Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan.
Research Fellow and Deputy Director, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2022 Jul 12;613:113-119. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2022.04.123. Epub 2022 May 2.
Transcranial ultrasound stimulation is an emerging technique for the development of a non-invasive neuromodulation device for the treatment of various types of neurodegenerations and brain damages. However, there are very few studies that have quantified the optimal ultrasound dosage and the long-term associated effects of transcranial ultrasound treatments of brain diseases. In this study, we used a simple ex vivo hippocampal tissues stimulated by different dosages of ultrasound in combination with different chemical treatments to quantify the required energy for a measurable effect. After determining the most desirable ex vivo stimulation conditions, it was then replicated for the in vivo mouse brains. It was discovered that transcranial ultrasound promoted the increase of Tbr2-expressing neural progenitors in an ASIC1a-dependent manner. Furthermore, such effect was observable at least a week after the initial ultrasound treatments and was not abolished by auditory toxicity.
经颅超声刺激是一种新兴的技术,用于开发一种非侵入性的神经调节装置,以治疗各种类型的神经退行性疾病和脑损伤。然而,很少有研究量化过经颅超声治疗脑疾病的最佳超声剂量和长期相关影响。在这项研究中,我们使用不同剂量的超声刺激结合不同的化学处理,对简单的离体海马组织进行了研究,以量化产生可测量效果所需的能量。在确定最理想的离体刺激条件后,我们将其复制到体内小鼠大脑中。结果发现,经颅超声以 ASIC1a 依赖性的方式促进 Tbr2 表达的神经祖细胞的增加。此外,这种效应至少在初始超声治疗后一周内是可观察到的,并且不会被听觉毒性所消除。