A historical review of brain drug delivery

WM Pardridge - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
The history of brain drug delivery is reviewed beginning with the first demonstration, in 1914,
that a drug for syphilis, salvarsan, did not enter the brain, due to the presence of a blood …

Brain‐derived neurotrophic factor and nerve growth factor therapeutics for brain injury: the current translational challenges in preclinical and clinical research

SK Sims, B Wilken-Resman, CJ Smith… - Neural …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Ischemic stroke and traumatic brain injury (TBI) are among the leading causes of death and
disability worldwide with impairments ranging from mild to severe. Many therapies are …

New frontiers in neurodegeneration and regeneration associated with brain-derived neurotrophic factor and the rs6265 single nucleotide polymorphism

CA Szarowicz, K Steece-Collier… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor is an extensively studied neurotrophin implicated in the
pathology of multiple neurodegenerative and psychiatric disorders including, but not limited …

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis clinical trials and interpretation of functional end points and fluid biomarkers: a review

JM Shefner, R Bedlack, JA Andrews, JD Berry… - JAMA …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Clinical trial activity in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is dramatically
increasing; as a result, trial modifications have been introduced to improve efficiency …

TrkB truncated isoform receptors as transducers and determinants of BDNF functions

L Tessarollo, S Yanpallewar - Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) belongs to the neurotrophin family of secreted
growth factors and binds with high affinity to the TrkB tyrosine kinase receptors. BDNF is a …

Neurotrophin-3 and neurotrophin-4: the unsung heroes that lies behind the meninges

NA Omar, J Kumar, SL Teoh - Neuropeptides, 2022 - Elsevier
Neurotrophin is a growth factor that regulates the development and repair of the nervous
system. From all factors, two pioneer groups, the nerve growth factor (NGF) and brain …

Taking Advantages of Blood–Brain or Spinal Cord Barrier Alterations or Restoring Them to Optimize Therapy in ALS?

H Alarcan, Y Al Ojaimi, D Lanznaster… - Journal of Personalized …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a devastating neurodegenerative disorder that still
lacks an efficient therapy. The barriers between the central nervous system (CNS) and the …

[PDF][PDF] Improving sensorimotor deficits after spinal cord injury with peripheral Neurotrophin-3

J Sydney-Smith - 2022 - kclpure.kcl.ac.uk
Traumatic spinal cord injuries (SCI) leave people with life changing disabilities including
paralysis. There is a high probability that the circuitry below the injury responds in a …

Methods and compositions for increasing alpha-L-iduronidase activity in the CNS

WM Pardridge, RJ Boado - US Patent 11,512,145, 2022 - Google Patents
Provided herein are methods and compositions for treating a subject suffering from a
deficiency in oL-Iduronidase in the CNS. The methods include systemic administration of a …

Triazine derivatives for treating diseases relating to neurotrophins

G Nordvall - US Patent 11,352,332, 2022 - Google Patents
There is provided herein a compound of formula (I) wherein R 1, R 2, n, X, Q, L, m, R 3 and p
are as defined herein, which compounds are useful in the treatment of treatment of diseases …