Brain Biopsy Articles & Analysis: Older
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Brain biopsy procedure has been evolving for the last four decades in concurrence with the imaging developments of the brain. Frame-based stereotactic interventions are considered the conventional gold reference standard for obtaining biopsy specimens of lesions from the brain. In this modality, a bulky head ...
The ability of a bioactive Matrix Metalloproteinase (MMP) inhibitor, and more importantly its metabolic products, to affect cells in the brain by crossing the physiological blood-brain barrier was tested by continuous infusion of this drug into the circulatory system of mice using a programmable syringe pump.2 Accurate infusion of a GABA agonist, a drug that ...
This is partly because of the anatomical challenges in such a complex and spatially limited organ but also because of the fact that the brain includes extremely sensitive tissue. Brain tissue may be difficult to access and manipulate, but it is also incredibly important. ...