ReviewJournal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society2015
Drug and gene delivery across the blood-brain barrier with focused ultrasound.
Review in Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 132 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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132 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 218 citations in OpenAlex.
- Focused ultrasound-induced blood-brain barrier modulation for drug delivery in recurrent glioblastoma: A systematic review.The Indian journal of medical research · 2026Pooled it
- Research hotspots and trend of glioblastoma immunotherapy: a bibliometric and visual analysis.Frontiers in oncology · 2024Pooled it
- Nanocarriers in psychiatry: a comprehensive review of emerging frontiers in the management of psychiatric disorders.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2026Review
- Sonoselective Transfection of Glioma Endothelium.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
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- Genomic Deletion of P-Glycoprotein from Gliomas Via the Focused Ultrasound-Delivery of a Duplex CRISPR Cas9 Ribonucleoprotein System.Cell biomaterials · 2026Article
- ESR Innovation in Focus: Blood-brain barrier opening using low-frequency transcranial brain-focused ultrasound.European radiology · 2026Article
- Deciphering the tumor microenvironment and role of immunotherapy in diffuse midline glioma: A scoping review.Neuro-oncology · 2026Article
- Experimental study of ultrasound combined with microbubbles augmenting the sonodynamic therapy of 5-aminolevulinic acid in glioma cells.Translational cancer research · 2026Article
- Recent Advances in the Non-viral Delivery of Genes to Central Nervous System Disorders.Cellular and molecular neurobiology · 2026Review
- From Polyphenols to Prodrugs: Bridging the Blood-Brain Barrier with Nanomedicine and Neurotherapeutics.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Focused ultrasound therapy for neurological disease.Journal of medical ultrasonics (2001) · 2026Review
- Dissecting NMOSD pathogenesis through animal models: a mechanism-oriented systems perspective.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Targeting Undruggable Proteins: The siRNA Revolution Beyond Small Molecules - Advances, Challenges, and Future Prospects in Therapeutic Innovation.Current gene therapy · 2026Review
- Impact and Significance of Viral Vectors for siRNA Delivery in the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease.Current pharmaceutical biotechnology · 2026Review
- Diversity and function of tumor-associated macrophages in brain metastases: mechanisms and therapeutic prospects.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- From Ablation to Neuromodulation Platform: The Evolving Role of Magnetic Resonance-Guided Focused Ultrasound in Functional Neurosurgery.Journal of clinical neurology (Seoul, Korea) · 2026Review
- Computational Fluid Dynamic Model Prediction of Enhanced Glymphatic Clearance in Response to Focused Ultrasound-Mediated Blood-Brain Barrier Opening.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025Article
- A Safe MRI- and PET-guided Method for Increasing Osmotic Blood-Brain Barrier Permeability.Radiology · 2025Article
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Abstract
The blood-brain barrier (BBB) remains one of the most significant limitations to treatments of central nervous system (CNS) disorders including brain tumors, neurodegenerative diseases and psychiatric disorders. It is now well-established that focused ultrasound (FUS) in conjunction with contrast agent microbubbles may be used to non-invasively and temporarily disrupt the BBB, allowing localized delivery of systemically administered therapeutic agents as large as 100nm in size to the CNS. Importantly, recent technological advances now permit FUS application through the intact human skull, obviating the need for invasive and risky surgical procedures. When used in combination with magnetic resonance imaging, FUS may be applied precisely to pre-selected CNS targets. Indeed, FUS devices capable of sub-millimeter precision are currently in several clinical trials. FUS mediated BBB disruption has the potential to fundamentally change how CNS diseases are treated, unlocking potential for combinatorial treatments with nanotechnology, markedly increasing the efficacy of existing therapeutics that otherwise do not cross the BBB effectively, and permitting safe repeated treatments. This article comprehensively reviews recent studies on the targeted delivery of therapeutics into the CNS with FUS and offers perspectives on the future of this technology.
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