Transient disruption of vascular barriers using focused ultrasound and microbubbles for targeted drug delivery in the brain
Thesis advisor: Cyril P. Opeil === The physiology of the vasculature in the central nervous system (CNS) which includes the blood-brain-barrier (BBB) and other factors, prevents the transport of most anticancer agents to the brain and restricts delivery to infiltrating brain tumors. The heterogeneou...
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Boston College
2014
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:104127 |