Noninvasive, transient and selective blood-brain barrier opening in non-human primates in vivo.

The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is a specialized vascular system that impedes entry of all large and the vast majority of small molecules including the most potent central nervous system (CNS) disease therapeutic agents from entering from the lumen into the brain parenchyma. Microbubble-enhanced, focu...

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Main Authors: Fabrice Marquet, Yao-Sheng Tung, Tobias Teichert, Vincent P Ferrera, Elisa E Konofagou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3142168?pdf=render