Noninvasive and localized neuronal delivery using short ultrasonic pulses and microbubbles

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 40, 2011, Pages 16539-16544

  Choi, James J ^a   Selert, Kirsten ^a   Vlachos, Fotios ^a   Wong, Anna ^a   Konofagou, Elisa E ^a,b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ECHOGRAPHY; FLUORESCENCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MICROBUBBLE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; THALAMUS LATERAL NUCLEUS; ULTRASONIC PULSE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; DEXTRANS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROBUBBLES; NEURONS; THALAMUS; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 80053639355     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1105116108     Document Type: Article

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