[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 …

Overcoming the blood–brain barrier: the role of nanomaterials in treating neurological diseases

D Furtado, M Björnmalm, S Ayton, AI Bush… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Therapies directed toward the central nervous system remain difficult to translate into
improved clinical outcomes. This is largely due to the blood–brain barrier (BBB), arguably …

Ultrasound-mediated delivery of doxorubicin to the brain results in immune modulation and improved responses to PD-1 blockade in gliomas

VA Arrieta, A Gould, KS Kim, KJ Habashy… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Given the marginal penetration of most drugs across the blood-brain barrier, the efficacy of
various agents remains limited for glioblastoma (GBM). Here we employ low-intensity pulsed …

Opening doors with ultrasound and microbubbles: Beating biological barriers to promote drug delivery

J Deprez, G Lajoinie, Y Engelen, SC De Smedt… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2021 - Elsevier
Apart from its clinical use in imaging, ultrasound has been thoroughly investigated as a tool
to enhance drug delivery in a wide variety of applications. Therapeutic ultrasound, as such …

Neural recording and modulation technologies

R Chen, A Canales, P Anikeeva - Nature reviews materials, 2017 - nature.com
In the mammalian nervous system, billions of neurons connected by quadrillions of
synapses exchange electrical, chemical and mechanical signals. Disruptions to this network …

[HTML][HTML] Nanoparticle-assisted ultrasound: A special focus on sonodynamic therapy against cancer

G Canavese, A Ancona, L Racca, M Canta… - Chemical Engineering …, 2018 - Elsevier
At present, ultrasound radiation is broadly employed in medicine for both diagnostic and
therapeutic purposes at various frequencies and intensities. In this review article, we focus …

[HTML][HTML] Ultrasound-responsive microbubbles and nanodroplets: A pathway to targeted drug delivery

G Shakya, M Cattaneo, G Guerriero, A Prasanna… - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2024 - Elsevier
Ultrasound-responsive agents have shown great potential as targeted drug delivery agents,
effectively augmenting cell permeability and facilitating drug absorption. This review focuses …

Ultrasound as a versatile tool for short-and long-term improvement and monitoring of brain function

DG Blackmore, D Razansky, J Götz - Neuron, 2023 - cell.com
Treating the brain with focused ultrasound (FUS) at low intensities elicits diverse responses
in neurons, astroglia, and the extracellular matrix. In combination with intravenously injected …

Neuronavigation-guided focused ultrasound for transcranial blood-brain barrier opening and immunostimulation in brain tumors

KT Chen, WY Chai, YJ Lin, CJ Lin, PY Chen… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Focused ultrasound (FUS) in the presence of microbubbles can transiently open the blood-
brain barrier (BBB) to increase therapeutic agent penetration at the targeted brain site to …

Progress in brain targeting drug delivery system by nasal route

AR Khan, M Liu, MW Khan, G Zhai - Journal of Controlled Release, 2017 - Elsevier
The blood–brain barrier (BBB) restricts the transport of potential therapeutic moieties to the
brain. Direct targeting the brain via olfactory and trigeminal neural pathways by passing the …