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ReviewNeurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics2009

Nanotechnology for delivery of drugs to the brain for epilepsy.

Margaret F Bennewitz, W Mark Saltzman

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Review in Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers.

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49citing papers in PubMed
4.0field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

49 citing papers in PubMed, 142 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Margaret F BennewitzDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA.
W Mark Saltzman
Yale University · US

Funding

Pre-doctoral Training Program in Neuroengineering(RMI)T90DK070068 · NIDDK · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI SALTZMAN, W. MARK · 2004 to 2008
$2.0M
Microfluidic/controlled systems on brain microprobesR01NS045236 · NINDS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI SALTZMAN, W MARK · 2003 to 2007
$1.3M
Pre-doctoral Training Program in Neuroengineering (RMI)R90DK071501 · NIDDK · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI SALTZMAN, W. MARK · 2004 to 2008
$59k
NIDDK NIH HHS R90 DK071501NIDDK NIH HHS T90 DK070068NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS045236
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Epilepsy results from aberrant electrical activity that can affect either a focal area or the entire brain. In treating epilepsy with drugs, the aim is to decrease seizure frequency and severity while minimizing toxicity to the brain and other tissues. Antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) are usually administered by oral and intravenous routes, but these drug treatments are not always effective. Drug access to the brain is severely limited by a number of biological factors, particularly the blood-brain barrier, which impedes the ability of AEDs to enter and remain in the brain. To improve the efficacy of AEDs, new drug delivery strategies are being developed; these methods fall into the three main categories: drug modification, blood-brain barrier modification, and direct drug delivery. Recently, all three methods have been improved through the use of drug-loaded nanoparticles.

Indexed as

AnimalsAnticonvulsantsBlood-Brain BarrierDrug Delivery SystemsEpilepsyHumansNanotechnologyAnticonvulsants

Identifiers

PMID19332327
PMCPMC2673491
OpenAlexW2013861515

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