Each month Johns Hopkins neurosurgeon Jon Weingart comments on news from the field of neurosurgery, discussing new discoveries and research in the context of the larger picture of current practice. Brain Matters is created with an eye toward informing both patients and practitioners in their decision making.
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Each month Johns Hopkins neurosurgeon Jon Weingart comments on news from the field of neurosurgery, discussing new discoveries and research in the context of the larger picture of current practice. Brain Matters is created with an eye toward informing both patients and practitioners in their decision making.
This month Jon Weingart discusses a novel way to get past the blood-brain barrier.
Program notes:
0:20 Blood brain barrier keeps toxic substances out
1:20 Deliver ultrasound without opening the skin
2:21 Perhaps a skull implant
3:21 How long can it stay in place?
4:21 So many things implanted these days
5:16 No curative therapies for this tumor
6:55 End
Brain Matters – Johns Hopkins Medicine Podcasts
Each month Johns Hopkins neurosurgeon Jon Weingart comments on news from the field of neurosurgery, discussing new discoveries and research in the context of the larger picture of current practice. Brain Matters is created with an eye toward informing both patients and practitioners in their decision making.
