[HTML][HTML] Theranostic strategy of focused ultrasound induced blood-brain barrier opening for CNS disease treatment

KT Chen, KC Wei, HL Liu - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Focused Ultrasound (FUS) in combination with gaseous microbubbles has emerged as a
potential new means of effective drug delivery to the brain. Recent research has shown that …

Applications of focused ultrasound-mediated blood-brain barrier opening

CM Gorick, VR Breza, KM Nowak, VWT Cheng… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2022 - Elsevier
The blood brain barrier (BBB) plays a critically important role in the regulation of central
nervous system (CNS) homeostasis, but also represents a major limitation to treatments of …

Noninvasive and targeted delivery of therapeutics to the brain using focused ultrasound

C Poon, D McMahon, K Hynynen - Neuropharmacology, 2017 - Elsevier
The range of therapeutic treatment options for central nervous system (CNS) diseases is
greatly limited by the blood-brain barrier (BBB). While a variety of strategies to circumvent …

[HTML][HTML] Focused ultrasound combined with microbubbles in central nervous system applications

KT Chen, KC Wei, HL Liu - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
The blood–brain barrier (BBB) protects the central nervous system (CNS) from invasive
pathogens and maintains the homeostasis of the brain. Penetrating the BBB has been a …

Ultrasound-mediated blood–brain barrier opening: An effective drug delivery system for theranostics of brain diseases

J Wang, Z Li, M Pan, M Fiaz, Y Hao, Y Yan… - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2022 - Elsevier
Blood-brain barrier (BBB) remains a significant obstacle to drug therapy for brain diseases.
Focused ultrasound (FUS) combined with microbubbles (MBs) can locally and transiently …

Ultrasound-mediated blood–brain barrier disruption for targeted drug delivery in the central nervous system

M Aryal, CD Arvanitis, PM Alexander… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2014 - Elsevier
The physiology of the vasculature in the central nervous system (CNS), which includes the
blood–brain barrier (BBB) and other factors, complicates the delivery of most drugs to the …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Submicron-bubble-enhanced focused ultrasound for blood–brain barrier disruption and improved CNS drug delivery

CH Fan, HL Liu, CY Ting, YH Lee, CY Huang, YJ Ma… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
The use of focused ultrasound (FUS) with microbubbles has been proven to induce transient
blood–brain barrier opening (BBB-opening). However, FUS-induced inertial cavitation of …

[HTML][HTML] Characterization of different microbubbles in assisting focused ultrasound-induced blood-brain barrier opening

SK Wu, PC Chu, WY Chai, ST Kang, CH Tsai… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Microbubbles (MBs) serve as a critical catalyst to amplify local cavitation in CNS capillary
lumen to facilitate focused ultrasound (FUS) to transiently open the blood-brain barrier …

Focused ultrasound-mediated drug delivery through the blood–brain barrier

A Burgess, K Shah, O Hough… - Expert review of …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Despite recent advances in blood–brain barrier (BBB) research, it remains a significant
hurdle for the pharmaceutical treatment of brain diseases. Focused ultrasound (FUS) is one …