Blood-brain barrier disruption by low-frequency ultrasound

Stroke

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1546-1548

  Reinhard, Matthias ^a   Hetzel, Andreas ^a   Krüger, Sebastian ^a   Kretzer, Stefan ^a   Talazko, Jochen ^a   Ziyeh, Sargon ^a   Weber, Johannes ^a   Els, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; Hemodynamic phenomena; Leukoaraiosis; Side effect; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN PERFUSION; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST MEDIUM EXTRAVASATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LEUKOARAIOSIS; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FRONTAL LOBE; HEMODYNAMICS; MIDDLE AGED; PARIETAL LOBE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; EXTRAVASATION OF DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC MATERIALS; FRONTAL LOBE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARIETAL LOBE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 33745137108     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000221813.27519.0b     Document Type: Article

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