The New England journal of medicine
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Antiamyloid antibodies have been used to reduce cerebral amyloid-beta (Aβ) load in patients with Alzheimer's disease. We applied focused ultrasound with each of six monthly aducanumab infusions to temporarily open the blood-brain barrier with the goal of enhancing amyloid removal in selected brain regions in three participants over a period of 6 months. ⋯ Mangurian, Jr. Foundation and the West Virginia University Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute.).