Noninvasive and targeted drug delivery to the brain using focused ultrasound

ACS Chemical Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 519-526

  Burgess, Alison ^a   Hynynen, Kullervo ^a,b  

^a Institute of Clinical Evaluative Sciences   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

blood brain barrier; drug delivery; Focused ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CLAUDIN 1; CLAUDIN 5; CONNEXIN 36; CONNEXIN 43; HUNTINGTIN; OCCLUDIN; TIGHT JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ASTROCYTE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN CAPILLARY; BRAIN CORTEX; DRUG ACCUMULATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG DESIGN; GENE SILENCING; GENE THERAPY; GLIOBLASTOMA; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICROBUBBLE; MICROGLIA; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSCILLATION; PERICYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TIGHT JUNCTION; TRANSCYTOSIS; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ANIMALS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HIGH-ENERGY SHOCK WAVES; HUMANS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 84876536636     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cn300191b     Document Type: Review

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