Background: Parasitic infections affecting the central nervous system (CNS) present high
morbidity and mortality rates and affect millions of people worldwide. The most important …

Smart polymers react sharply to small changes in physical or chemical conditions and
present an intelligent response to chemical stimuli (ie, chemical species-including …

This chapter comments on the advantages of nanobiosensors using nanocrystals in
improving electrochemical sensors' response and their use as theragnostic tools in …

Biosignal processing is an important tool in medicine. As such, this book presents a
comprehensive overview of novel methods in biosignal theory, biosignal processing …

Over 600 different types of neurological diseases, such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's,
dementia, Huntington's, epilepsy, and stroke, affect the lives of millions of people and are a …

The central nervous system (CNS) presents unique challenges in drug delivery. The blood–
brain barrier plays a very disturbing role in drug delivery to the brain. Recent studies have …

The term polymer, and more specifically polymeric, was coined in 1832 by Berzelius [1].
Parallel to the development of chemistry as a science, and in complete analogy to its …