{"title":"Nanomedicine-Based Approaches for Therapeutic Delivery Across the Blood-Brain Barrier in Neurological Disorders.","authors":"Anuj Garg, Khusboo Lavania, Rabinarayan Parhi, Gireesh Kumar Singh, Javed Ahmad, Ankit Jain","doi":"10.2174/0113816128412258251127103243","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Therapeutic delivery to the Central Nervous System (CNS) is challenging for formulation scientists due to the transfer of therapeutics across the Blood-Brain Barrier (BBB). The BBB consists of a selective semi-permeable anatomical structure of the capillary basement membrane, capillary endothelial cells, pericytes, and astrocytes. It restricts the drug transfer from the blood compartment to the brain tissues. Therefore, the desirable effects of various therapeutics in different CNS disorders (like Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, etc.) require the transfer of drugs across the BBB. Hence, various approaches have been explored for deeper penetration of CNS-acting drugs across the BBB. Among various formulation approaches, Drug Delivery Systems (DDS) utilizing colloidal carrier systems are one of the most promising strategies to overcome BBB limitations and achieve brain targeting in different CNS disorders. This review provides a comprehensive discussion of drug delivery challenges across the BBB and technology advancements utilized to achieve improved therapeutic efficacy in different CNS disorders.</p>","PeriodicalId":10845,"journal":{"name":"Current pharmaceutical design","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8000,"publicationDate":"2026-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Current pharmaceutical design","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.2174/0113816128412258251127103243","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"PHARMACOLOGY & PHARMACY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Therapeutic delivery to the Central Nervous System (CNS) is challenging for formulation scientists due to the transfer of therapeutics across the Blood-Brain Barrier (BBB). The BBB consists of a selective semi-permeable anatomical structure of the capillary basement membrane, capillary endothelial cells, pericytes, and astrocytes. It restricts the drug transfer from the blood compartment to the brain tissues. Therefore, the desirable effects of various therapeutics in different CNS disorders (like Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, etc.) require the transfer of drugs across the BBB. Hence, various approaches have been explored for deeper penetration of CNS-acting drugs across the BBB. Among various formulation approaches, Drug Delivery Systems (DDS) utilizing colloidal carrier systems are one of the most promising strategies to overcome BBB limitations and achieve brain targeting in different CNS disorders. This review provides a comprehensive discussion of drug delivery challenges across the BBB and technology advancements utilized to achieve improved therapeutic efficacy in different CNS disorders.
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Current Pharmaceutical Design publishes timely in-depth reviews and research articles from leading pharmaceutical researchers in the field, covering all aspects of current research in rational drug design. Each issue is devoted to a single major therapeutic area guest edited by an acknowledged authority in the field.
Each thematic issue of Current Pharmaceutical Design covers all subject areas of major importance to modern drug design including: medicinal chemistry, pharmacology, drug targets and disease mechanism.