Controlled ultrasound-induced blood-brain barrier disruption using passive acoustic emissions monitoring.

The ability of ultrasonically-induced oscillations of circulating microbubbles to permeabilize vascular barriers such as the blood-brain barrier (BBB) holds great promise for noninvasive targeted drug delivery. A major issue has been a lack of control over the procedure to ensure both safe and effec...

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Main Authors: Costas D Arvanitis, Margaret S Livingstone, Natalia Vykhodtseva, Nathan McDannold
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3454363?pdf=render