The investigators aim to examine the immediate effect of transcranial focused ultrasound (tFUS) on brain activity in healthy adults.
The investigators will examine ventral striatum (VS) target engagement by tFUS in healthy adults using a reward processing task that reliably activates the VS.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
31
tFUS is a brief stimulation of a part of the brain called the ventral striatum with low-intensity sound waves that pass through the scalp and skull safely.
Sham tFUS goes through the motions of applying tFUS to the brain. Participants will know that one session will be a sham, but they will be blinded to which session is the sham
UPMC
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
RECRUITINGVentral striatum (VS) activity to prediction error before receiving tFUS to the VS
Measure of ventral striatum (VS) activity to prediction error before receiving tFUS to the VS
Time frame: Two visits over up to 8 weeks
Ventral striatum (VS) activity to prediction error after receiving tFUS to the VS
Measure of ventral striatum (VS) activity to prediction error after receiving tFUS to the VS
Time frame: Two visits over up to 8 weeks
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