Researchers have been using ultrasound to control brain activity, but studies in mice and guinea pigs show it also stimulates the auditory system, presenting a confounder for direct neural stimulation.

To treat neurological disease, researchers develop techniques to bypass or trick the guardian of the central nervous system.

The blood-brain barrier is a collection of specialized cells and proteins that control the movement of molecules from the blood to the central nervous system.

Ultrasound-stimulated microbubbles enable gene delivery to fix fractures.

The new technique helped pig tibias heal in just eight weeks.

A study provides stronger evidence for the causal link between Zika infection and microcephaly, and warns of a host of other birth defects associated with the virus.

Researchers present sonogenetics, a technique to activate select Caenorhabditis elegans neurons with ultrasound waves.

Mouse mothers emit ultrasound vocalizations and odor cues to stimulate otherwise uninterested fathers to provide parental care to their pups.

Orbiting ultrasound machines are being used to diagnose and treat astronauts' kidney stones.