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 …

Lipid nanoparticles strategies to modify pharmacokinetics of central nervous system targeting drugs: Crossing or circumventing the blood–brain barrier (BBB) to …

AC Correia, AR Monteiro, R Silva, JN Moreira… - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2022 - Elsevier
The main limitation to the success of central nervous system (CNS) therapies lies in the
difficulty for drugs to cross the blood–brain barrier (BBB) and reach the brain. Regarding its …

[HTML][HTML] Intranasal delivery of nanostructured lipid carriers, solid lipid nanoparticles and nanoemulsions: A current overview of in vivo studies

CP Costa, JN Moreira, JMS Lobo, AC Silva - Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2021 - Elsevier
The management of the central nervous system (CNS) disorders is challenging, due to the
need of drugs to cross the blood‒brain barrier (BBB) and reach the brain. Among the …

[HTML][HTML] Solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs): an advanced drug delivery system targeting brain through BBB

MK Satapathy, TL Yen, JS Jan, RD Tang, JY Wang… - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
The blood–brain barrier (BBB) plays a vital role in the protection and maintenance of
homeostasis in the brain. In this way, it is an interesting target as an interface for various …

[HTML][HTML] Tailoring formulations for intranasal nose-to-brain delivery: a review on architecture, physico-chemical characteristics and mucociliary clearance of the nasal …

S Gänger, K Schindowski - Pharmaceutics, 2018 - mdpi.com
The blood-brain barrier and the blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier are major obstacles in
central nervous system (CNS) drug delivery, since they block most molecules from entering …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

Interpreting non-linear drug diffusion data: Utilizing Korsmeyer-Peppas model to study drug release from liposomes

IY Wu, S Bala, N Škalko-Basnet… - European journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
The aim of this work was to clarify the dynamics behind the influence of ionic strength on the
changes in drug release from large unilamellar vesicles (LUVs). For this purpose, we have …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

[HTML][HTML] Key for crossing the BBB with nanoparticles: The rational design

SM Lombardo, M Schneider, AE Türeli… - Beilstein journal of …, 2020 - beilstein-journals.org
Central nervous system diseases are a heavy burden on society and health care systems.
Hence, the delivery of drugs to the brain has gained more and more interest. The brain is …