transcranial

British  

/ trænzˈkreɪnɪəl /

adjective

1. across or through the skull

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Example Sentences

NuLife, as their company is soon branded, calls to mind the wonder drug that wards off “morbid” shame in Jonathan Franzen’s “The Corrections,” except bliss is administered by “transcranial magnetic stimulation,” or sometimes through an anesthetizing, hands-on voodoo routine called Synthesis, at which Orson is especially gifted.

From New York Times

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

These days, medication-resistant depression—both post-stroke and otherwise—is often treated by transcranial magnetic stimulation, TMS, a form of brain stimulation in which neurons are activated by a magnetic wand.

From Slate

Transcranial magnetic stimulation causes increases in both blood flow and in the levels of dopamine and glutamate — two neurotransmitters that are responsible for brain functions like concentration, memory and sleep.

From Salon

Transcranial magnetic stimulation patients undergo a total of 36 treatments, at 19 minutes each, for three to six weeks.

From Salon