Title | Drug Delivery to the Central Nervous System [electronic resource] / edited by Kewal K. Jain |
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Imprint | Totowa, NJ : Humana Press, 2010 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60761-529-3 |
Descript | XII, 324p. 188 illus., 94 illus. in color. online resource |
An Overview of Drug Delivery to the CNS -- Receptor-Mediated Transport of Drugs Across the BBB -- Disruption of Blood–Brain Barrier by Focused Ultrasound for Targeted Drug Delivery to the Brain -- Prediction of Blood–Brain Barrier Penetration by Drugs -- Intraparenchymal Delivery and Its Discontents -- Intrathecal Drug Delivery by Implanted Pumps -- Intracarotid Drug Delivery: Revisiting the Past or Looking into the Future -- Vesicular Systems for Intranasal Drug Delivery -- Convection-Enhanced Drug Delivery and Monitoring in a Rat Model -- Intrathecal Delivery of Stem Cells to the Spinal Cord -- CNS Delivery of Peptides Across the BBB Using the Dual-Artery In Situ Brain Perfusion Model -- An Engineered Peptide Compound Platform Technology Incorporating Angiopep for Crossing the BBB -- Adeno-Associated Virus Mediated Gene Therapy in Ischemic Stroke -- Use of Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Gene Delivery to Intracranial Glioma -- Convection-Enhanced Drug Delivery to the Brain