The blood-brain barrier: Physiology and strategies for drug delivery

R Pandit, L Chen, J Götz - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is a dynamic structure that functions as a gatekeeper,
reflecting the unique requirements of the brain. In this review, following a brief historical …

[HTML][HTML] Ultrasound neuromodulation: a review of results, mechanisms and safety

J Blackmore, S Shrivastava, J Sallet, CR Butler… - Ultrasound in medicine …, 2019 - Elsevier
Ultrasonic neuromodulation is a rapidly growing field, in which low-intensity ultrasound (US)
is delivered to nervous system tissue, resulting in transient modulation of neural activity. This …

Neuromodulation with single‐element transcranial focused ultrasound in human thalamus

W Legon, L Ai, P Bansal, JK Mueller - Human brain map**, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Transcranial focused ultrasound (tFUS) has proven capable of stimulating cortical tissue in
humans. tFUS confers high spatial resolutions with deep focal lengths and as such, has the …

Drug delivery system based on nanobubbles

J **, L Yang, F Chen, N Gu - Interdisciplinary Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Ultrasound (US) medical technology is widely used due to its advantages of safety, speed,
and low cost. With the rapid development of biomedical nanotechnology …

BBB opening with focused ultrasound in nonhuman primates and Parkinson's disease patients: Targeted AAV vector delivery and PET imaging

J Blesa, JA Pineda-Pardo, K Inoue, C Gasca-Salas… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Intracerebral vector delivery in nonhuman primates has been a major challenge. We report
successful blood-brain barrier opening and focal delivery of adeno-associated virus …

Safety and efficacy of focused ultrasound induced blood-brain barrier opening, an integrative review of animal and human studies

Y Meng, CB Pople, H Lea-Banks, A Abrahao… - Journal of controlled …, 2019 - Elsevier
The blood-brain barrier, while fundamental in maintaining homeostasis in the central
nervous system, is a bottleneck to achieving efficacy for numerous therapeutics. Improved …

Blood-brain barrier disruption: a culprit of cognitive decline?

J Che, Y Sun, Y Deng, J Zhang - Fluids and Barriers of the CNS, 2024 - Springer
Cognitive decline covers a broad spectrum of disorders, not only resulting from brain
diseases but also from systemic diseases, which seriously influence the quality of life and …

Safety evaluation of a clinical focused ultrasound system for neuronavigation guided blood-brain barrier opening in non-human primates

AN Pouliopoulos, N Kwon, G Jensen, A Meaney… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
An emerging approach with potential in improving the treatment of neurodegenerative
diseases and brain tumors is the use of focused ultrasound (FUS) to bypass the blood–brain …

[HTML][HTML] Focused ultrasound for neuromodulation

DP Darrow - Neurotherapeutics, 2019 - Elsevier
For more than 70 years, the promise of noninvasive neuromodulation using focused
ultrasound has been growing while diagnostic ultrasound established itself as a foundation …

[HTML][HTML] Focused ultrasound mitigates pathology and improves spatial memory in Alzheimer's mice and patients

ME Karakatsani, R Ji, MF Murillo, T Kugelman… - Theranostics, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Rationale: Bilateral sonication with focused ultrasound (FUS) in conjunction with
microbubbles has been shown to separately reduce amyloid plaques and …