Modeling the Effect of Binding Kinetics in Spatial Drug Distribution in the Brain

<table class="figure-group"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/cmmm/volume-2021/5533886/figures/5533886.fig.001a.svgz" name="5533886.fig.001a" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(a) </b>Supplying arteriole and draining venule in a 3D brain unit</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/cmmm/volume-2021/5533886/figures/5533886.fig.001b.svgz" name="5533886.fig.001b" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(b) </b>W<sub>in</sub> and W<sub>out</sub> in a 3D brain unit</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="c"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/cmmm/volume-2021/5533886/figures/5533886.fig.001c.svgz" name="5533886.fig.001c" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(c) </b>Bidirectional movement of drug in a 3D brain unit</td></tr></table>

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Figure 1: Modeling the Effect of Binding Kinetics in Spatial Drug Distribution in the Brain 