Toward the emergence of nanoneurosurgery: Part III - Nanomedicine: Targeted nanotherapy, nanosurgery, and progress toward the realization of nanoneurosurgery

Neurosurgery

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1009-1025

  Leary, Scott P ^a   Liu, Charles Y ^a,b   Apuzzo, Michael L J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendrimers; Drug delivery systems; Femtosecond lasers; Fullerenes; Gene therapy; Hydrogels; Nanomedicine; Nanoneedles; Nanoneurosurgery; Nanoparticles; Nanorobots; Nanoscience; Nanoshells; Nanosurgery; Nanotechnology; Nanotweezers; Smart surfaces

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CISPLATIN; CONTRAST MEDIUM; CYTARABINE DERIVATIVE; CYTARABINE LIPID COMPLEX; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; DENDRIMER; DEPUCYT; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXORUBICIN; DRUG VEHICLE; FLUOROURACIL; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; LIPOSOME; MACROGOL; METHOTREXATE; NANOPARTICLE; NANOTUBE; PACLITAXEL; POLYMER; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; SILICON; STEROID; TAMOXIFEN; TOSITUMOMAB I 131; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIODEGRADABILITY; BRAIN TUMOR; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED DRUG RELEASE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG TARGETING; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; KNOWLEDGE; LASER SURGERY; LYMPH NODE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICINE; MICROSURGERY; NANONEUROSURGERY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NEEDLE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROSURGERY; NONHUMAN; NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; NONVIRAL GENE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSURGERY; REVIEW; SCIENCE; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

GENE THERAPY; HUMANS; NANOMEDICINE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; NEUROSURGERY;

EID: 33745058645     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000217016.79256.16     Document Type: Review

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