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Experiment evaluates hormone release from thyroid gland using therapeutic ultrasound, indicating no stimulation.
Unlike previous studies demonstrating ultrasound-stimulated insulin release from pancreatic beta cells, therapeutic ultrasound at the tested parameters did not stimulate T3 or T4 release from ex vivo thyroid tissue.
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