Ultrasounds induce blood–brain barrier opening across a sonolucent polyolefin plate in an in vitro isolated brain preparation

L Librizzi, L Uva, L Raspagliesi, M Gionso… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
The blood–brain barrier (BBB) represents a major obstacle to the delivery of drugs to the
central nervous system. The combined use of low-intensity pulsed ultrasound waves and …

Effects of transcranial ultrasound and intravenous microbubbles on blood brain barrier permeability in a large animal model

F Xie, MD Boska, J Lof, MG Uberti, JM Tsutsui… - Ultrasound in medicine …, 2008 - Elsevier
We sought to determine whether transtemporal-applied 1-MHz ultrasound–induced
microbubble destruction may be a safe method of transiently altering blood brain barrier …

Blood-brain barrier disruption and vascular damage induced by ultrasound bursts combined with microbubbles can be influenced by choice of anesthesia protocol

N McDannold, Y Zhang, N Vykhodtseva - Ultrasound in medicine & biology, 2011 - Elsevier
Numerous animal studies have demonstrated that ultrasound bursts combined with a
microbubble-based ultrasound contrast agent can temporarily disrupt the blood-brain barrier …

Secondary effects on brain physiology caused by focused ultrasound-mediated disruption of the blood–brain barrier

N Todd, C Angolano, C Ferran, A Devor… - Journal of Controlled …, 2020 - Elsevier
Focused ultrasound (FUS) combined with microbubbles is a non-invasive method for
targeted, reversible disruption of the blood–brain barrier (FUS-BBB opening). This approach …

Primary Porcine Brain Endothelial Cells as In Vitro Model to Study Effects of Ultrasound and Microbubbles on Blood–Brain Barrier Function

S Lelu, M Afadzi, S Berg, AKO Åslund… - IEEE transactions on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Focused ultrasound (FUS) in the presence of microbubbles transiently and reversibly opens
the blood-brain barrier (BBB) in rodents and humans, thereby providing a time window for …

Microbubbles Containing Lysolipid Enhance Ultrasound‐Mediated Blood–Brain Barrier Breakdown In Vivo

O Vince, S Peeters, VA Johanssen… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Ultrasound and microbubbles (MBs) offer a noninvasive method of temporarily enhancing
blood–brain barrier (BBB) permeability to therapeutics. To reduce off‐target effects, it is …

[HTML][HTML] Microbubble-enhanced focused ultrasound-induced blood–brain barrier opening for local and transient drug delivery in central nervous system disease

CH Fan, CK Yeh - Journal of Medical Ultrasound, 2014 - Elsevier
The blood–brain barrier is a specialized protective structure in the central nervous system,
which is critical for maintaining brain homeostasis and low permeability to control the …

[HTML][HTML] Ultrasound, microbubbles and the blood–brain barrier

S Meairs, A Alonso - Progress in biophysics and molecular biology, 2007 - Elsevier
The blood–brain barrier (BBB) is a specialized system of capillary endothelial cells that
protects the brain from harmful substances in the blood stream, while supplying the brain …

The road ahead to successful BBB opening and drug-delivery with focused ultrasound

M López-Aguirre, M Castillo-Ortiz… - Journal of Controlled …, 2024 - Elsevier
This review delves into the innovative technology of Blood-Brain Barrier (BBB) opening with
low-intensity focused ultrasound in combination with microbubbles (LIFU-MB), a promising …

The size of blood–brain barrier opening induced by focused ultrasound is dictated by the acoustic pressure

H Chen, EE Konofagou - Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Focused ultrasound (FUS) in combination with microbubbles (MBs) has been successfully
used in the delivery of various-size therapeutic agents across the blood–brain barrier (BBB) …