Perfluorocarbon Nanodroplets as Potential Nanocarriers for Brain Delivery Assisted by Focused Ultrasound-Mediated Blood-Brain Barrier Disruption

• Main Authors: Charlotte Bérard (Author), Stéphane Desgranges (Author), Noé Dumas (Author), Anthony Novell (Author), Benoit Larrat (Author), Mourad Hamimed (Author), Nicolas Taulier (Author), Marie-Anne Estève (Author), Florian Correard (Author), Christiane Contino-Pépin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The management of brain diseases remains a challenge, particularly because of the difficulty for drugs to cross the blood-brain barrier. Among strategies developed to improve drug delivery, nano-sized emulsions (i.e., nanoemulsions), employed as nanocarriers, have been described. Moreover, focused u...