Lennart Verhagen

I am Lennart, an integrative neuroscientist, developing ultrasonic neuromodulation tools for basic research and clinical application at the Donders Institute. I chair the international expert group for safety and standards of ultrasonic neuromodulation in humans. I have pioneered the use of low-intensity ultrasound to safely stimulate deep brain structures with high precision in non-human primates, such as the amygdala and medial frontal cortex and together with my wonderful team, we are now translating this approach to humans, modulating excitability in the motor cortex, biasing saccade choice in frontal cortex, and perturbing threat learning in the amygdala.