Drug Delivery to the Brain - Physiological Concepts, Methodologies and Approaches (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014)

The development of new CNS drugs is notoriously difficult. Drugs must reach CNS target sites for action and these sites are protected by a number of barriers, the most important being the blood -brain barrier (BBB). Many factors are therefore critical to consider for CNS drug delivery, e.g. active/passive transport across the BBB, intra-brain distribution, and central/systemic pharmacokinetics, to name a few. Neurological disease and trauma conditions add further complexity because CNS barriers, drug distribution and pharmacokinetics are dynamic and often changed by disease/trauma. Knowledge of all these factors and their interplay in different conditions is of utmost importance for proper CNS drug development and disease treatment. In recent years much information has become available for a better understanding of the many factors important for CNS drug delivery and how they interact to affect drug action. This book describes small and large drug delivery to the brain with an emphasis on the physiology of the BBB and the principles and concepts for drug delivery across the BBB and distribution within the brain. It contains methods descriptions for studying drug delivery, routes and approaches of administering drugs into the brain, the influence of disease, and drug industry perspectives. Therewith, it contributes to an in-depth understanding of the interplay between brain (patho)-physiology and drug characteristics. Furthermore, the content is designed to be both cutting-edge and educational, so that the book can be used in high-level training of academic and industry scientists with full references to original publications.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	AAPS Advances in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Series, 10
Release date:	August 2016
First published:	2014
Editors:	Margareta Hammarlund-Udenaes • Elizabeth C.M. De Lange • Robert G. Thorne
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 38mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	731
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
ISBN-13:	978-1-4939-4366-1
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > Medical equipment & techniques > Medical research Books > Professional & Technical > Industrial chemistry & manufacturing technologies > Industrial chemistry > Pharmaceutical technology
LSN:	1-4939-4366-9
Barcode:	9781493943661

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