Drug Delivery to the Brain: Physiological Concepts, Methodologies and Approaches by Robert G. Thorne, Elizabeth C.M. de Lange, Margareta Hammarlund-Udenaes (Paperback, 2016)
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.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
ISBN-13
9781493943661
eBay Product ID (ePID)
404105322
Product Key Features
Subject Area
Chemical Engineering
Author
Robert G. Thorne, Elizabeth C.M. De Lange, Margareta Hammarlund-Udenaes
Publication Name
Drug Delivery to the Brain: Physiological concepts, Methodologies and Approaches
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Medicine
Publication Year
2016
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
731 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
235mm
Item Width
155mm
Volume
10
Additional Product Features
Series Title
Aaps Advances in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Series
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Editor
Robert G. Thorne, Margareta Hammarlund-Udenaes, Elizabeth C.M. De Lange