Neurosurgery in the realm of 10-9, part 2: Applications of nanotechnology to neurosurgery - Present and future

Neurosurgery

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 269-284

  Elder, James B ^a   Liu, Charles Y ^a,b   Apuzzo, Michael L J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Nanomedicine; Nanoneurosurgery; Nanoscience; Nanotechnology

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; DEXTRAN; DOXORUBICIN; GADOLINIUM; IMMUNOLIPOSOME; IRON OXIDE; MACROGOL; NANOPARTICLE; PHOTOFRIN; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; POLYACRYLAMIDE; POLYSORBATE 80; ULTRASMALL SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE;

BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN TUMOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOSCOPY; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; MEDICINE; MICROELECTRODE; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM; NANOMEDICINE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROSCIENCE; NEUROSURGERY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPERATING ROOM; PARKINSON DISEASE; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCIENTIST; SKULL SURGERY; SURGEON;

HUMANS; NANOMEDICINE; NEUROSURGERY;

EID: 41749103955     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.neu.0000315995.73269.c3     Document Type: Review

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