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. 2014 Apr 30;34(7):1197–1204. doi: 10.1038/jcbfm.2014.71

Table 1. Summary of the BBB opening quantification results.

Group # Of mice Dextran MW (kDa) Pressure (MPa) Fluorescence intensity mean±s.d. ( × 106) P value(fluorescence intensity>0) Area of fluorescence mean±s.d. (%) P value(area of fluorescence>0) Successful delivery?
1 4 3 0.31 0.01±0.02 0.20 0.75±1.53 0.20 No
2 4 70 0.31 0.06±0.06 0.08 4.57±4.75 0.08 No
3 4 500 0.31 0.01±0.01 0.08 0.64±1.17 0.18 No
4 4 2,000 0.31 −0.01±0.01 0.93 −0.39±0.31 0.95 No
5 4 3 0.51 0.31±0.06 0.00 29.93±5.00 0.00 Yes
6 4 70 0.51 0.28±0.12 0.01 17.15±5.79 0.01 Yes
7 4 500 0.51 0.03±0.04 0.11 2.17±2.70 0.10 No
8 4 2,000 0.51 0.02±0.03 0.10 1.28±1.51 0.09 No
9 4 3 0.84 1.22±0.27 0.00 82.66±9.55 0.00 Yes
10 4 70 0.84 0.29±0.16 0.02 25.55±12.65 0.01 Yes
11 4 500 0.84 0.11±0.05 0.01 8.53±2.09 0.00 Yes
12 4 2,000 0.84 0.05±0.02 0.01 2.23±0.37 0.00 Yes

BBB, blood–brain barrier; MW, molecular weight.