Macromolecular delivery across the blood-brain barrier

Methods Mol Biol. 2009:480:175-85. doi: 10.1007/978-1-59745-429-2_13.

Abstract

The delivery of macromolecules into the central nervous system (CNS) via the blood stream is seriously limited by the blood-brain barrier (BBB). Noninvasive, transient, and local image-guided blood-brain barrier disruption (BBBD) can be accomplished using focused ultrasound exposure with intravascular injection of pre-formed microbubbles. A detailed description of the method for MRI-guided focal BBBD in animals will be described in this chapter. The method may open a new era in CNS macromolecular drug delivery.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Blood-Brain Barrier*
  • Calibration
  • Drug Delivery Systems*
  • Macromolecular Substances / administration & dosage
  • Macromolecular Substances / pharmacokinetics*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Rabbits

Substances

  • Macromolecular Substances