Recent advances in intranasal liposomes for drug, gene, and vaccine delivery

VA Duong, TTL Nguyen, HJ Maeng - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Liposomes are safe, biocompatible, and biodegradable spherical nanosized vesicles
produced from cholesterol and phospholipids. Recently, liposomes have been widely …

Prolactin and oxytocin: potential targets for migraine treatment

AK Szewczyk, S Ulutas, T Aktürk, L Al-Hassany… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Migraine is a severe neurovascular disorder of which the pathophysiology is not yet fully
understood. Besides the role of inflammatory mediators that interact with the …

Nose-to-brain delivery of therapeutic peptides as nasal aerosols

W Alabsi, BB Eedara, D Encinas-Basurto, R Polt… - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Central nervous system (CNS) disorders, such as psychiatric disorders, neurodegeneration,
chronic pain, stroke, brain tumor, spinal cord injury, and many other CNS diseases, would …

Effects of intranasal administration of oxytocin and vasopressin on social cognition and potential routes and mechanisms of action

S Yao, KM Kendrick - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Acute and chronic administration of intranasal oxytocin and vasopressin have been
extensively utilized in both animal models and human preclinical and clinical studies over …

Oxytocin improves intracerebral hemorrhage outcomes by suppressing neuronal pyroptosis and mitochondrial fission

M Yang, S Deng, J Jiang, M Tian, L Xiao, Y Gong - Stroke, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
BACKGROUND: Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) causes severe sensorimotor dysfunction
and cognitive decline which are aggravated by secondary brain injury, yet there are no …

[HTML][HTML] A paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus input to ventral of lateral septal nucleus controls chronic visceral pain

YC Li, Q Wang, MG Li, SF Hu, GY Xu - Pain, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Irritable bowel syndrome is a functional gastrointestinal disorder characterized by chronic
visceral pain with complex etiology and difficult treatment. Accumulated evidence has …

Affective touch in the context of development, oxytocin signaling, and autism

Q Li, W Zhao, KM Kendrick - Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Touch represents one of our most important senses throughout life and particularly in the
context of our social and emotional experiences. In this review, we draw on research on …

Advances and challenges in intranasal delivery of antipsychotic agents targeting the central nervous system

M Pandey, N Jain, J Kanoujia, Z Hussain… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Treatment of central nervous system (CNS) disorders is challenging using conventional
delivery strategies and routes of administration because of the presence of the blood–brain …

Impact of magnesium on oxytocin receptor function

VN Bharadwaj, J Meyerowitz, B Zou, M Klukinov, N Yan… - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary What is already known: Mg2+ levels modulate the affinity of oxytocin
receptors for oxytocin in vitro, low serum Mg2+ is correlated with migraine headache onset …

Potential treatment targets for migraine: emerging options and future prospects

CC Chiang, F Porreca, CE Robertson… - The Lancet …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Migraine is a leading cause of disability worldwide. Despite the recent approval of several
calcitonin gene-related peptide-targeted therapies, many people with migraine do not …