Abstract
Although effective symptomatic treatments for Parkinson’s disease (PD) have been available for some time, efficient and well-controlled drug delivery to the brain has proven to be challenging. The emergence of nanotechnology has created new opportunities not only for improving the pharmacokinetics of conventional therapies but also for developing novel treatment approaches and disease modifying therapies. Several exciting strategies including drug carrier nanoparticles targeting specific intracellular pathways and structural reconformation of tangled proteins as well as introducing reprogramming genes have already shown promise and are likely to deliver more tailored approaches to the treatment of PD in the future. This paper reviews the role of nanoparticles in PD including a discussion of both their composition and functional capacity as well as their potential to deliver better therapeutic agents.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1981-1994 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | Journal of Neurology |
Volume | 268 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - May 2021 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Blood–brain barrier
- Inorganic nanoparticles
- Lipid-based nanoparticles
- Nanoparticles
- Parkinson’s disease
- Polymeric nanoparticles
- Targeted delivery