Delivery of nerve growth factor to the brain via the olfactory pathway

XQ Chen, JR Fawcett, YE Rahman… - Journal of …, 1998 - content.iospress.com
Purpose: To assess the potential of delivering nerve growth factor (NGF) to the brain along
the olfactory neural pathway for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. Methods …

Intranasal administration of nerve growth factor (NGF) rescues recognition memory deficits in AD11 anti-NGF transgenic mice

R De Rosa, AA Garcia, C Braschi… - Proceedings of the …, 2005 - National Acad Sciences
Nerve growth factor (NGF) delivery to the brain of patients appears to be an emerging
potential therapeutic approach to neurodegenerative disease, such as Alzheimer's disease …

Delivery of NGF to the brain: intranasal versus ocular administration in anti-NGF transgenic mice

S Capsoni, S Covaceuszach, G Ugolini… - Journal of …, 2009 - content.iospress.com
Nerve growth factor (NGF) has a great potential for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.
However, the therapeutic administration of NGF represents a significant challenge, due to …

Delivery of nerve growth factor to brain via intranasal administration and enhancement of brain uptake

SRK Vaka, SM Sammeta, LB Day, SN Murthy - Journal of pharmaceutical …, 2009 - Elsevier
The main objective of the study was to investigate the efficacy of chitosan to facilitate brain
bioavailability of intranasally administered nerve growth factor (NGF). In vitro permeability …

Glial cell line‐derived neurotrophic factor promotes olfactory ensheathing cells migration

L Cao, Z Su, Q Zhou, B Lv, X Liu, L Jiao, Z Li, Y Zhu… - Glia, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Olfactory ensheathing cells (OECs) are a unique type of macroglia with axonal growth‐
promoting properties. The migrating ability of OECs in CNS is essential for neural …

Intranasal nerve growth factor enhances striatal neurogenesis in adult rats with focal cerebral ischemia

W Zhu, S Cheng, G Xu, M Ma, Z Zhou, D Liu, X Liu - Drug delivery, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Nerve growth factor (NGF) has been proved with the potential of promoting neurogenesis in
adult mammalians. This study was aimed to investigate the effect of intranasal (IN) NGF on …

Nerve growth factor receptor expression in the young and adult rat olfactory system

H Vickland, LE Westrum, JN Kott, SL Patterson… - Brain research, 1991 - Elsevier
Nerve growth factor (NGF) and its receptor (NGFR) are proteins that have a role in the
normal development and survival of neurons in the peripheral and central nervous systems …

Cultured olfactory ensheathing cells express nerve growth factor, brain-derived neurotrophic factor, glia cell line-derived neurotrophic factor and their receptors

E Woodhall, AK West, MI Chuah - Molecular brain research, 2001 - Elsevier
In the primary olfactory pathway axons of olfactory neurons (ONs) are accompanied by
ensheathing cells (ECs) as the fibres course towards the olfactory bulb. Ensheathing cells …

Nerve growth factor and galantamine ameliorate early signs of neurodegeneration in anti-nerve growth factor mice

S Capsoni, S Giannotta… - Proceedings of the …, 2002 - National Acad Sciences
Phenotypic knockout of nerve growth factor (NGF) activity in transgenic anti-NGF mice
(AD11 mice) results in a progressive neurodegenerative phenotype resembling Alzheimer's …

Localization and regulation of low affinity nerve growth factor receptor expression in the rat olfactory system during development and regeneration

Q Gong, MS Bailey, SK Pixley, M Ennis… - Journal of …, 1994 - Wiley Online Library
Nerve growth factor (NGF), a classic neurotropic factor, promotes neuronal survival,
maintenance, regeneration and differentiation in the peripheral nervous system and parts of …