Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 33, Issue 1 , Pages 95-104 , January 2007

Noninvasive, transcranial and localized opening of the blood-brain barrier using focused ultrasound in mice

  • James J. Choi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
    • ,
  • Mathieu Pernot

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
    • ,
  • Scott A. Small

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
    • ,
  • Elisa E. Konofagou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
    • Department of Radiology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Dr. Elisa E. Konofagou, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, 351 Engineering Terrace, mail code 8904, 1210 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10027.

Received 27 February 2006 ,Revised 23 June 2006 ,Accepted 13 July 2006.

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PII: S0301-5629(06)01746-7

doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2006.07.018

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 33, Issue 1 , Pages 95-104 , January 2007

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