Nanotechnology Methods for Neurological Diseases and Brain Tumors: Drug Delivery Across the Blood-Brain Barrier

Nanotechnology Drug Delivery Techniques for Neurological Diseases and Brain Tumors: Nanoscience in Delivery across the Blood-Brain Barrier compiles the latest (and future potential) treatment strategies for brain tumors and neurological diseases, in particular Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and stroke, that bypass the BBB. Current understanding of brain drug delivery and access are discussed in Chapter 1, delving into drug transport and drug metabolism. Chapter 2 focuses on the implementation of the nose-to-brain intranasal route in brain-targeted drug delivery. Furthermore, nanotechnology-based brain drug delivery, discussed in Chapter 3, can offer impressive improvement in the treatment of neurological diseases and brain tumors by using bio-engineered systems interacting with biological systems at a molecular level. In Chapter 4, additional emphasis is placed on the need for brain-targeted experimental models that mimic disease conditions. Finally, Chapters 4 and 5 discuss the very latest advances in targeted treatment strategies for neurological diseases and brain tumors. A comprehensive yet compact book created to guide the audience through an up-to-date view of the latest and challenging advances in targeted treatment strategies for brain tumors and neurological diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and strokeDesigned with a multidisciplinary approach that links neurology, neuro-oncology and nanoscience involving drug delivery to the brain with an emphasis on the blood-brain-barrier, in a treatment-integrated perspective compiled by leading investigators in this fieldProvided from material that makes it easy to understand nanotechnology drug delivery techniques not only to scientist and clinicians but also to individuals with limited scientific backgroundWritten to contribute in new investigations and collaborations among scientists and clinicians in order to increase knowledge and clinical applicability of therapeutic methodsUnique book focus not only on brain targeted drug delivery but more specifically focus on advanced treatment approaches of neurological diseases and brain tumors