The University of Queensland

Scanning ultrasound-mediated memory and functional improvements do not require amyloid-β reduction

Leinenga, Gerhard, To, Xuan Vinh, Bodea, Liviu-Gabriel, Yousef, Jumana, Richter-Stretton, Gina, Palliyaguru, Tishila, Chicoteau, Antony, Dagley, Laura, Nasrallah, Fatima and Götz, Jürgen (2024). Scanning ultrasound-mediated memory and functional improvements do not require amyloid-β reduction. Molecular Psychiatry, 1-16. doi: 10.1038/s41380-024-02509-5

Transcriptional signature in microglia isolated from an Alzheimer's disease mouse model treated with scanning ultrasound

Leinenga, Gerhard, Bodea, Liviu‐Gabriel, Schröder, Jan, Sun, Giuzhi, Zhou, Yichen, Song, Jae, Grubman, Alexandra, Polo, Jose M. and Götz, Jürgen (2022). Transcriptional signature in microglia isolated from an Alzheimer's disease mouse model treated with scanning ultrasound. Bioengineering & Translational Medicine, 8 (1) e10329, e10329. doi: 10.1002/btm2.10329

A sporadic Alzheimer’s blood-brain barrier model for developing ultrasound-mediated delivery of Aducanumab and anti-Tau antibodies

Wasielewska, Joanna M., Chaves, Juliana C.S., Johnston, Rebecca L., Milton, Laura A., Hernández, Damián, Chen, Liyu, Song, Jae, Lee, Wendy, Leinenga, Gerhard, Nisbet, Rebecca M., Pébay, Alice, Götz, Jürgen, White, Anthony R. and Oikari, Lotta E. (2022). A sporadic Alzheimer’s blood-brain barrier model for developing ultrasound-mediated delivery of Aducanumab and anti-Tau antibodies. Theranostics, 12 (16), 6826-6847. doi: 10.7150/thno.72685

Claudin-5 binder enhances focused ultrasound-mediated opening in an in vitro blood-brain barrier model

Chen, Liyu, Sutharsan, Ratneswary, Lee, Jonathan LF, Cruz, Esteban, Asnicar, Blaise, Palliyaguru, Tishila, Wasielewska, Joanna M, Gaudin, Arnaud, Song, Jae, Leinenga, Gerhard and Götz, Jürgen (2022). Claudin-5 binder enhances focused ultrasound-mediated opening in an in vitro blood-brain barrier model. Theranostics, 12 (5), 1952-1970. doi: 10.7150/thno.65539

A comparative study of the effects of Aducanumab and scanning ultrasound on amyloid plaques and behavior in the APP23 mouse model of Alzheimer disease

Leinenga, Gerhard, Koh, Wee Kiat and Götz, Jürgen (2021). A comparative study of the effects of Aducanumab and scanning ultrasound on amyloid plaques and behavior in the APP23 mouse model of Alzheimer disease. Alzheimer's Research and Therapy, 13 (1) 76, 1-14. doi: 10.1186/s13195-021-00809-4

Delivery of antibodies into the brain using focused scanning ultrasound

Leinenga, Gerhard, Bodea, Liviu-Gabriel, Koh, Wee Kiat, Nisbet, Rebecca M. and Götz, Jürgen (2020). Delivery of antibodies into the brain using focused scanning ultrasound. Journal of Visualized Experiments, 2020 (161) e61372, 1-13. doi: 10.3791/61372

Scanning ultrasound in the absence of blood-brain barrier opening is not sufficient to clear β-amyloid plaques in the APP23 mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

Leinenga, Gerhard, Koh, Wee Kiat and Götz, Jürgen (2019). Scanning ultrasound in the absence of blood-brain barrier opening is not sufficient to clear β-amyloid plaques in the APP23 mouse model of Alzheimer's disease. Brain Research Bulletin, 153, 8-14. doi: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2019.08.002

Ultrasound-mediated blood-brain barrier opening enhances delivery of therapeutically relevant formats of a tau-specific antibody

Janowicz, Phillip W., Leinenga, Gerhard, Götz, Jürgen and Nisbet, Rebecca M. (2019). Ultrasound-mediated blood-brain barrier opening enhances delivery of therapeutically relevant formats of a tau-specific antibody. Scientific Reports, 9 (1) 9255, 9255. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-45577-2

Repeated ultrasound treatment of tau transgenic mice clears neuronal tau by autophagy and improves behavioral functions

Pandit, Rucha, Leinenga, Gerhard and Gotz, Jurgen (2019). Repeated ultrasound treatment of tau transgenic mice clears neuronal tau by autophagy and improves behavioral functions. Theranostics, 9 (13), 3754-3767. doi: 10.7150/thno.34388

Modeling ultrasound propagation through material of increasing geometrical complexity

Odabaee, Maryam, Odabaee, Mostafa, Pelekanos, Matthew, Leinenga, Gerhard and Götz, Jürgen (2018). Modeling ultrasound propagation through material of increasing geometrical complexity. Ultrasonics, 90, 52-62. doi: 10.1016/j.ultras.2018.05.014

Safety and Efficacy of Scanning Ultrasound Treatment of Aged APP23 Mice

Leinenga, Gerhard and Gotz, Jurgen (2018). Safety and Efficacy of Scanning Ultrasound Treatment of Aged APP23 Mice. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 12 (FEB) 55, 1-10. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2018.00055

Establishing sheep as an experimental species to validate ultrasound-mediated blood-brain barrier opening for potential therapeutic interventions

Pelekanos, Matthew, Leinenga, Gerhard, Odabaee, Mostafa, Odabaee, Maryam, Saifzadeh, Siamak, Steck, Roland and Götz, Jürgen (2018). Establishing sheep as an experimental species to validate ultrasound-mediated blood-brain barrier opening for potential therapeutic interventions. Theranostics, 8 (9), 2583-2602. doi: 10.7150/thno.22852

Ultrasound as a treatment modality for neurological diseases

Leinenga, Gerhard, Nisbet, Rebecca M. and Gotz, Jurgen (2017). Ultrasound as a treatment modality for neurological diseases. Medical Journal of Australia, 206 (11), 470-471. doi: 10.5694/mja16.01013

Combined effects of scanning ultrasound and a tau-specific single chain antibody in a tau transgenic mouse model

Nisbet, Rebecca M., Van der Jeugd, Ann, Leinenga, Gerhard, Evans, Harrison T., Janowicz, Phillip W. and Goetz, Juergen (2017). Combined effects of scanning ultrasound and a tau-specific single chain antibody in a tau transgenic mouse model. Brain, 140 (5), 1220-1230. doi: 10.1093/brain/awx052

Scanning ultrasound (SUS) causes no changes to neuronal excitability and prevents age-related reductions in hippocampal CA1 dendritic structure in wild-type mice

Hatch, Robert John, Leinenga, Gerhard and Götz, Jürgen (2016). Scanning ultrasound (SUS) causes no changes to neuronal excitability and prevents age-related reductions in hippocampal CA1 dendritic structure in wild-type mice. PloS One, 11 (10) e0164278, e0164278. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0164278

Ultrasound treatment of neurological diseases — current and emerging applications

Leinenga, Gerhard, Langton, Christian, Nisbet, Rebecca and Gotz, Jurgen (2016). Ultrasound treatment of neurological diseases — current and emerging applications. Nature Reviews Neurology, 12 (3), 161-174. doi: 10.1038/nrneurol.2016.13

Scanning ultrasound removes amyloid-beta and restores memory in an Alzheimer's disease mouse model

Leinenga, Gerhard and Götz, Jürgen (2015). Scanning ultrasound removes amyloid-beta and restores memory in an Alzheimer's disease mouse model. Science Translational Medicine, 7 (278), 278ra33.1-278ra33.12. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aaa2512

What renders TAU toxic

Goetz, Juergen, Xia, Di, Leinenga, Gerhard, Chew, Yee Lian and Nicholas, Hannah R. (2013). What renders TAU toxic. Frontiers in Neurology, 4 Article 72, 72.1-72.10. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2013.00072

Scanning Focused Ultrasound disruption of the blood-brain barrier as an Alzheimer’s disease therapy

Leinenga, Gerhard, Nisbet, Rebecca, Hatch, Robert, Van der Jeugd, Anneke, Evans, Harrison and Götz, Jürgen (2016). Scanning Focused Ultrasound disruption of the blood-brain barrier as an Alzheimer’s disease therapy. 5th International Symposium on Focused Ultrasound, Bethesda, MD United States, 28 August - 1 September 2016. London, United Kingdom: BioMed Central. doi: 10.1186/s40349-016-0076-5

Scanning ultrasound as a treatment tool of proteinopathies including Alzheimer’s disease

Götz, Jürgen, Nisbet, Rebecca, Van der Jeugd, Ann, Evans, Harrison and Leinenga, Gerhard (2016). Scanning ultrasound as a treatment tool of proteinopathies including Alzheimer’s disease. 5th International Symposium on Focused Ultrasound, Bethesda, MD, USA, 28 August - 1 September 2016. London, United Kingdom: BioMed Central. doi: 10.1186/s40349-016-0076-5

Effects of scanning focused ultrasound in an Alzheimer's mouse model

Leinenga, G. and Goetz, J. (2015). Effects of scanning focused ultrasound in an Alzheimer's mouse model. 25th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for Neurochemistry jointly with the 13th Meeting of the Asian‐Pacific Society for Neurochemistry in conjunction with the 35th Meeting of the Australasian Neuroscience Society, Cairns, QLD, Australia, 23 - 27 August 2015. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing.

Novel strategies to target tau and Ab toxicity

Goetz, J., Nisbet, R., Leinenga, G. and Van der Jeugd, A. (2015). Novel strategies to target tau and Ab toxicity. 25th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for Neurochemistry Jointly with the 13th Meeting of the Asian Pacific Society for Neurochemistry in Conjunction with the 35th Meeting of the Australasian Neuroscience Society, Cairns, QLD Australia, 23-27 August 2015. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. doi: 10.1111/jnc.13186

Scanning ultrasound opens blood-brain barrier and improves pathologic abnormalities and behaviour in a mouse model of Alzheimer's

Van der Jeugd, A., Leinenga, G., Nisbet, R. and Goetz, J. (2015). Scanning ultrasound opens blood-brain barrier and improves pathologic abnormalities and behaviour in a mouse model of Alzheimer's. 25th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for Neurochemistry Jointly with the 13th Meeting of the Asian-Pacific-Society-for-Neurochemistry in Conjunction with the 35th Meeting of the Australasian-Neuroscience-Society, Cairns, QLD, Australia, 23 - 27 August 2015. West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing.

Scanning ultrasound-mediated memory and functional improvements do not require amyloid-β reduction

Leinenga, Gerhard, To, Xuan Vinh, Bodea, Liviu-Gabriel, Youse, Jumana, Richter-Stretton, Gina, Palliyaguru, Tishila, Chicoteau, Antony, Dagley, Laura, Nasrallah, Fatima and Götz, Jürgen (2023). Scanning ultrasound-mediated memory and functional improvements do not require amyloid-β reduction.

Investigations of the effects of scanning focused ultrasound in mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease

Leinenga, Gerhard (2017). Investigations of the effects of scanning focused ultrasound in mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease. PhD Thesis, Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2017.467