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Amyloid β Plaque Reduction With Antibodies Crossing the Blood-Brain Barrier, Which Was Opened in 3 Sessions of Focused Ultrasound in a Rabbit Model.

Tereza AlecouMarinos GiannakouChristakis Damianou
Published in: Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (2017)
This feasibility study had demonstrated that by opening the BBB, it will be possible to deliver exogenous antibodies to the brain, thus eliminating amyloid β plaques. More importantly with repeated opening of the BBB (3 times in this study), the reduction in the number of plaques was increased.
Keyphrases
  • blood brain barrier
  • coronary artery disease
  • resting state
  • white matter
  • functional connectivity
  • brain injury