Strategies for transporting nanoparticles across the blood–brain barrier

TT Zhang, W Li, G Meng, P Wang, W Liao - Biomaterials science, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
The existence of blood–brain barrier (BBB) hampers the effective treatment of central
nervous system (CNS) diseases. Almost all macromolecular drugs and more than 98% of …

Formulation and device design to increase nose to brain drug delivery

ZN Warnken, HDC Smyth, AB Watts, S Weitman… - Journal of Drug Delivery …, 2016 - Elsevier
A major limiting factor for the treatment of central nervous system (CNS) related disorders is
the inability for drug substances to cross the blood-brain barrier. Some medications may …

Brain targeting of temozolomide via the intranasal route using lipid-based nanoparticles: brain pharmacokinetic and scintigraphic analyses

A Khan, SS Imam, M Aqil, A Ahad… - Molecular …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The aim of the present work was to investigate the efficacy of temozolomide nanostructured
lipid carriers (TMZ-NLCs) to enhance brain targeting via nasal route administration. The …

Hydrogel nanoparticles and nanocomposites for nasal drug/vaccine delivery

S Salatin, J Barar, M Barzegar-Jalali, K Adibkia… - Archives of pharmacal …, 2016 - Springer
Over the past few years, nasal drug delivery has attracted more and more attentions, and
been recognized as the most promising alternative route for the systemic medication of …

Intranasal insulin protects against substantia nigra dopaminergic neuronal loss and alleviates motor deficits induced by 6-OHDA in rats

Y Pang, S Lin, C Wright, J Shen, K Carter, A Bhatt… - Neuroscience, 2016 - Elsevier
Protection of substantia nigra (SN) dopaminergic (DA) neurons by neurotrophic factors
(NTFs) is one of the promising strategies in Parkinson's disease (PD) therapy. A major …

Nose to brain delivery of astaxanthin-loaded solid lipid nanoparticles: Fabrication, radio labeling, optimization and biological studies

PC Bhatt, P Srivastava, P Pandey, W Khan… - RSC advances, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
The present study was carried out to investigate the intranasal delivery of astaxanthin as
solid lipid nanoparticles with the intention of improving brain targeting of astaxanthin for …

Application of RPMI 2650 as a cell model to evaluate solid formulations for intranasal delivery of drugs

VSS Goncalves, AA Matias, J Poejo, AT Serra… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
During the development of intranasal drug delivery systems for local/systemic effect or brain
targeting, it is necessary to assess its cytotoxicity and drug transport through nasal …

In vitro, ex vivo and in vivo performance of chitosan-based spray-dried nasal mucoadhesive microspheres of diltiazem hydrochloride

AD Kulkarni, DB Bari, SJ Surana… - Journal of Drug Delivery …, 2016 - Elsevier
Present investigation deals with design, development and evaluation of chitosan-based
spray-dried nasal mucoadhesive microspheres loaded with diltiazem hydrochloride (DTZ …

Brain–blood ratio: implications in brain drug delivery

AD Kulkarni, HM Patel, SJ Surana… - Expert opinion on …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: The brain–blood ratio is an important model correlating the brain-targeting
ability of neurotherapeutics with the CNS pharmacokinetics, which need to be presented …

Perillyl alcohol and its drug-conjugated derivatives as potential novel methods of treating brain metastases

TC Chen, CO Da Fonseca, AH Schönthal - International journal of …, 2016 - mdpi.com
Metastasis to the central nervous system remains difficult to treat, and such patients are
faced with a dismal prognosis. The blood-brain barrier (BBB), despite being partially …