%0 Journal Article %T Reply to Kovacs et al.: Concerning acute inflammatory response following focused ultrasound and microbubbles in the brain %A Dallan McMahon %A Kullervo Hynynen %J Theranostics %D 2018 %I Ivyspring International Publisher %R 10.7150/thno.25468 %X We thank Kovacs et al. for their editorial [15] on our recent publication [1] regarding the influence of microbubble (MB) dose on acute inflammatory response (AIR) following focused ultrasound (FUS)-induced increases in blood-brain barrier (BBB) permeability. We wish to address key points of disparity in interpretations of the data presented by us and in a previous report from Kovacs et al [2]. %U http://www.thno.org/v08p2249.htm