Noninvasive blood-brain barrier opening in live mice

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 829, Issue , 2006, Pages 271-275

  Choi, James J ^a   Pernot, Mathieu ^a   Small, Scott ^b   Konofagou, Elisa E ^a,b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; Focused ultrasound; Mice; Opening

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845391892     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2205480     Document Type: Conference Paper

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