Drug delivery to the central nervous system

E Nance, SH Pun, R Saigal, DL Sellers - Nature Reviews Materials, 2022 - nature.com
Despite the rising global incidence of central nervous system (CNS) disorders, CNS drug
development remains challenging, with high costs, long pathways to clinical use and high …

[HTML][HTML] On a highway to the brain: A review on nose-to-brain drug delivery using nanoparticles

ML Formica, DA Real, ML Picchio, E Catlin… - Applied Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
The administration of drugs to the central nervous system (CNS) is primarily controlled by
the blood-brain barrier (BBB), a structure that prevents the passage of foreign compounds …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of intranasal delivery route of drug administration for brain targeting

F Erdő, LA Bors, D Farkas, Á Bajza, S Gizurarson - Brain research bulletin, 2018 - Elsevier
The acute or chronic drug treatments for different neurodegenerative and psychiatric
disorders are challenging from several aspects. The low bioavailability and limited brain …

Nanotherapeutics for nose-to-brain drug delivery: an approach to bypass the blood brain barrier

D Lee, T Minko - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Treatment of neurodegenerative diseases or other central nervous system (CNS) disorders
has always been a significant challenge. The nature of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) limits …

Nanoemulsions for “nose-to-brain” drug delivery

MC Bonferoni, S Rossi, G Sandri, F Ferrari, E Gavini… - Pharmaceutics, 2019 - mdpi.com
The blood–brain barrier (BBB) plays a fundamental role in protecting the brain from toxic
substances and therefore also controls and restricts the entry of therapeutic agents. The …

Nanoparticle crossing of blood–brain barrier: a road to new therapeutic approaches to central nervous system diseases

V Ceña, P Játiva - Nanomedicine, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Diseases of the CNS constitute a significant burden in terms of both personal suffering of the
patients and also in economic terms for the health systems. It has been estimated that the …

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 …

Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of intranasal solid lipid nanoparticles and nanostructured lipid carriers for nose-to-brain delivery

TTL Nguyen, HJ Maeng - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Nose-to-brain drug delivery has been of great interest for the treatment of many central
nervous system (CNS) diseases and psychiatric disorders over past decades. Several …

Recent advances in nanomaterials for sonodynamic therapy

T Xu, S Zhao, C Lin, X Zheng, M Lan - Nano Research, 2020 - Springer
Sonodynamic therapy (SDT), as a novel non-invasive strategy for eliminating tumor, has the
advantages of deeper tissue penetration, fewer side effects, and better patient compliance …

[HTML][HTML] Surface-modified lipid nanocarriers for crossing the blood-brain barrier (BBB): A current overview of active targeting in brain diseases

MI Teixeira, CM Lopes, MH Amaral, PC Costa - Colloids and Surfaces B …, 2023 - Elsevier
The blood-brain barrier (BBB) restricts the access of therapeutic agents to the brain,
complicating the treatment of neurological diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease (AD) …