Convection-enhanced delivery to the central nervous system

RR Lonser, M Sarntinoranont, PF Morrison… - Journal of …, 2015 - thejns.org
Convection-enhanced delivery (CED) is a bulk flow–driven process. Its properties permit
direct, homogeneous, targeted perfusion of CNS regions with putative therapeutics while …

[HTML][HTML] Combining brain perturbation and neuroimaging in non-human primates

PC Klink, JF Aubry, VP Ferrera, AS Fox… - NeuroImage, 2021 - Elsevier
Brain perturbation studies allow detailed causal inferences of behavioral and neural
processes. Because the combination of brain perturbation methods and neural …

Dissociated functional significance of decision-related activity in the primate dorsal stream

LN Katz, JL Yates, JW Pillow, AC Huk - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
During decision making, neurons in multiple brain regions exhibit responses that are
correlated with decisions,,,,,. However, it remains uncertain whether or not various forms of …

Optogenetic and potassium channel gene therapy in a rodent model of focal neocortical epilepsy

RC Wykes, JH Heeroma, L Mantoan, K Zheng… - Science translational …, 2012 - science.org
Neocortical epilepsy is frequently drug-resistant. Surgery to remove the epileptogenic zone
is only feasible in a minority of cases, leaving many patients without an effective treatment …

[HTML][HTML] Bypassing the blood–brain barrier: direct intracranial drug delivery in epilepsies

M Gernert, M Feja - Pharmaceutics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Epilepsies are common chronic neurological diseases characterized by recurrent
unprovoked seizures of central origin. The mainstay of treatment involves symptomatic …

[HTML][HTML] Oligonucleotide therapeutic approaches for Huntington disease

DWY Sah, N Aronin - The Journal of clinical investigation, 2011 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Huntington disease is an autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disorder caused by a
toxic expansion in the CAG repeat region of the huntingtin gene. Oligonucleotide …

Widespread suppression of huntingtin with convection-enhanced delivery of siRNA

DK Stiles, Z Zhang, P Ge, B Nelson, R Grondin… - Experimental …, 2012 - Elsevier
Huntington's disease is an autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disease caused by a
toxic gain of function mutation in the huntingtin gene (Htt). Silencing of Htt with RNA …

Controlled epi-cortical delivery of epidermal growth factor for the stimulation of endogenous neural stem cell proliferation in stroke-injured brain

MJ Cooke, Y Wang, CM Morshead, MS Shoichet - Biomaterials, 2011 - Elsevier
One of the challenges in treating central nervous system (CNS) disorders with biomolecules
is achieving local delivery while minimizing invasiveness. For the treatment of stroke …

Convection-enhanced delivery for diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma treatment

Z Zhou, R Singh… - Current …, 2017 - ingentaconnect.com
Convection-enhanced delivery (CED) is a technique designed to deliver drugs directly into
the brain or tumors. Its ability to bypass the blood-brain barrier (BBB), one of the major …

[HTML][HTML] Inactivation of the parietal reach region causes optic ataxia, impairing reaches but not saccades

EJ Hwang, M Hauschild, M Wilke, RA Andersen - Neuron, 2012 - cell.com
Lesions in human posterior parietal cortex can cause optic ataxia (OA), in which reaches but
not saccades to visual objects are impaired, suggesting separate visuomotor pathways for …