Can Zapping the Brain Help Treat Addiction? - General Discussion, Q&A https://forum.worldhealth.net/community/discussion/can-zapping-the-brain-help-treat-addiction/ World Health Network Discussion Board en-US Wed, 17 Jun 2026 06:25:15 +0000 wpForo 60 Can Zapping the Brain Help Treat Addiction? https://forum.worldhealth.net/community/discussion/can-zapping-the-brain-help-treat-addiction/#post-8573 Wed, 30 Oct 2024 01:13:53 +0000 MORGANTOWN, W.Va.—Joe Hilton was inside an MRI machine, wearing a $1 million helmet and goggles showing him pictures of heroin being cooked in a spoon and injected into an arm. 

Doctors behind a glass partition used the MRI images to ensure ultrasound waves from the helmet were correctly aimed at a target in Hilton’s brain a couple of millimeters in size. Then, more than 1,000 probes pulsed ultrasound waves to this area, known as the brain’s reward center.

https://www.wsj.com/health/healthcare/addiction-treatment-ultrasound-brain-stimulation-58d6dec3

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