Engineered EVs designed to target diseases of the CNS

L Nieland, S Mahjoum, E Grandell, K Breyne… - Journal of Controlled …, 2023 - Elsevier
Diseases of the central nervous system (CNS) are challenging to treat, mainly due to the
blood-brain barrier (BBB), which restricts drugs in circulation from entering target regions in …

Transcranioplasty ultrasonography through a sonolucent prosthesis: a review of feasibility, safety, and benefits

CP Rossitto, A Devarajan, JY Zhang, R Benowitz… - World Neurosurgery, 2023 - Elsevier
Data on the effectiveness of transcranioplasty ultrasonography (TCUS) through sonolucent
cranioplasty (SC) is new and heterogeneous. We performed the first systematic literature …

Sonolucent cranioplasty: Is therapeutic FUS the next frontier?

NH Mehta, HA Shah, N Ben-Shalom… - Journal of Clinical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Focused ultrasound (FUS) has emerged as a promising area of research in neuro-oncology.
Preclinical and clinical investigation has demonstrated the utility of FUS in therapeutic …

Morphological and functional effects of ultrasound on blood–brain barrier transitory opening: an in vitro study on rat brain endothelial cells

JJV Branca, M Boninsegna, G Morucci, D Carrino… - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
With the recent advances in medicine, human life expectancy is increasing; however, the
extra years of life are not necessarily spent in good health or free from disability, resulting in …

Ultrasound-Guided Mechanical High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (Histotripsy) Through an Acoustically Permeable Polyolefin-Based Cranioplasty Device

L Ruger, M Langman, R Farrell… - IEEE Transactions …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Introduction: Histotripsy is a non-thermal focused ultrasound therapy in development for the
non-invasive ablation of cancerous tumors. Intracranial histotripsy has been limited by …

The Role of Sonolucent Implants in Global Neurosurgery

AL Williams, N Abu-Bonsrah, RP Lee, O Raji… - …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Over the years, there has been a significant transformation in the field of neuroimaging
modalities, spanning Dandy's use of x-rays for ventriculography and …

Focused Ultrasound for Brain Diseases: A Review of Current Applications and Future Perspectives

M Gionso, L Raspagliesi, L Yuan, M Del Bene… - IRBM, 2023 - Elsevier
Neurosurgical procedures heavily rely on technological innovation to improve patients care.
Focused Ultrasound (FUS) represents a novel and ever-growing technology with roots …

First Experience With Postoperative Transcranial Ultrasound Through Sonolucent Burr Hole Covers in Adult Hydrocephalus Patients

CP Rossitto, H Tabani, CP Kellner - Neurosurgery, 2023 - journals.lww.com
To the Editor: We were captivated by the recent cover article by Lee et al 1 titled “First
Experience With Postoperative Transcranial Ultrasound Through Sonolucent Burr Hole …

Development of an in vitro microfluidic platform to mimic the blood-brain barrier

C Solé-Boet - 2023 - diposit.ub.edu
There are very few models able to simulate with precision the complex structure of the blood-
brain barrier (BBB): our body's most restrictive barrier which, while protecting our brain from …

[PDF][PDF] QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF CEUS GUIDED BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER OPENING IN AN IN VITRO ISOLATED BRAIN PREPARATION

M Gionso, L Librizzi, L Uva, L Raspagliesi, R Ciocca… - 2023 - dael.euracoustics.org
US-induced BBB opening was performed on an isolated guinea pig brain maintained in vitro
by arterial perfusion, a unique experimental preparation in which the BBB is morphologically …