Sound waves may ease delusions in schizophrenia, NYU study

What BBN said about it

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentScientists at NYU used sound waves on a tiny spot deep in the brain and saw delusions ease in ten people with schizophrenia, the New York Post reports.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorI'm going to be professional about this. I'm not going to cry about a brain circuit on live television.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentIt was one session, ten minutes, in thirty-second on and off cycles, guided by an MRI scan. The target is called the globus pallidus interna.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorAnd the fake session? What happened to the people who got that?

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentTheir delusion scores went up by an average of zero point four. Real treatment, scores dropped. A week apart, same people, both sessions.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorZero point four, up. After a fake session. So even the pretend sound waves had notes.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe lead author says it's early evidence that one session can safely tune a brain circuit linked to psychosis. Side effects were mild and short-lived.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorEarly evidence, ten people, larger studies needed. That is the most honest press release I've ever heard. I'm tearing up again.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentNext they want more patients and repeated sessions over longer periods. Ten minutes, thirty seconds on and off.

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    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThat's the first meeting I'd actually stay for.