transcranial

British  

/ trænzˈkreɪnɪəl /

adjective

1. across or through the skull

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Example Sentences

Ben-Moshe and Rolls hope to harness existing brain-stimulation technologies, such as transcranial magnetic stimulation, which uses magnetic pulses to alter brain activity, or focused ultrasound, which uses sound waves, to modulate the immune systems of people with cancer, autoimmune diseases or other conditions.

From Scientific American

Multiple colleagues of Chen’s are now planning to test whether they can manipulate this circuit in healthy people by using a noninvasive intervention known as transcranial magnetic stimulation.

From Scientific American

For the book, I sifted through hundreds of studies, especially randomized trials and meta-analyses, involving everything from psychedelic microdosing to transcranial direct current stimulation to, yes, brain games.

From Slate

She tried nearly every treatment: roughly 20 medications, months in a hospital day program, electroconvulsive therapy, transcranial magnetic stimulation.

From Seattle Times

But now, he said, there are three evidence-based therapies that may be effective, even for the most severely afflicted: psychotherapy, pharmacology and a technique called transcranial magnetic stimulation, which sends magnetic pulses to specific areas of the brain.

From New York Times