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ReviewCurrent drug targets2025

Unraveling Neurological Drug Delivery: Polymeric Nanocarriers for Enhanced Blood-Brain Barrier Penetration.

Aparna Inamdar, Bannimath Gurupadayya, Praveen Halagali, Vamshi Krishna Tippavajhala, Farhan Khan, Rashmi Pathak, Himanshu Sharma

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Review in Current drug targets, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Aparna InamdarDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, JSS College of Pharmacy, Mysuru, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysuru, 570015, India.ORCID 0000-0001-7838-0187
Bannimath GurupadayyaDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, JSS College of Pharmacy, Mysuru, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysuru, 570015, India.ORCID 0000-0001-7590-5160
Praveen HalagaliDepartment of Pharmaceutics, Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, 576104, Karnataka; India.ORCID 0000-0002-1619-8416
Vamshi Krishna TippavajhalaDepartment of Pharmaceutics, Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, 576104, Karnataka; India.ORCID 0000-0001-6540-9550
Farhan KhanDepartment of Medical Sciences, Fergana Medical Institute of Public Health, Fergana, 150100, Uzbekistan.
Rashmi PathakDepartment of Pharmacy, Invertis University, Bareilly, UP, 243123, India.ORCID 0000-0001-9805-1719
Himanshu SharmaDepartment of Pharmacy, Teerthanker Mahaveer College of Pharmacy, Teerthanker Mahaveer University, Moradabad, UP, 244001, India.ORCID 0000-0003-1122-3405

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Treating neurological illnesses is challenging because the blood-brain barrier hinders therapeutic medications from reaching the brain. Recent advances in polymeric nanocarriers (PNCs), which improve medication permeability across the blood-brain barrier, may influence therapy strategies for neurological diseases. PNCs have several ways to deliver medications to the nervous system. This review article provides a summary of the parts and manufacturing methods involved in making PNCs. Additionally, it highlights the elements that result in PNCs having enhanced blood-brain barrier penetration. A combination of passive and active targeting strategies is used by PNCs intended to overcome the blood-brain barrier. Among these are micellar structures, nanogels, nanoparticles, cubosomes, and dendrimers. These nanocarriers, which are functionalized with certain ligands that target BBB transporters, enable the direct delivery of drugs to the brain. Mainly, the BBB prevents medications from entering the brain. Understanding the BBB's physiological and anatomical characteristics is necessary to get over this obstacle. Preclinical and clinical research demonstrates the safety and effectiveness of these PNCs, and their potential use in the treatment of neurological illnesses, including brain tumors, Parkinson's disease, and Alzheimer's disease, is discussed. Concerns that PNCs may have about their biocompatibility and possible toxicity are also covered in this review article. This study examines the revolutionary potential of PNCs in CNS drug delivery, potential roadblocks, ongoing research, and future opportunities for PNC design progress. PNCs open the door to more focused and efficient treatment for neurological illnesses by comprehending the subtleties of BBB penetration.

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Blood-Brain BarrierDrug CarriersDrug Delivery SystemsNanoparticlesNervous System DiseasesPolymersAnimalsHumansDrug CarriersPolymersAlzheimer's diseasebiocompatibility.blood-brain barrierbrain tumorsdrug targetingnanoparticlesneurological drug deliveryParkinson's diseasePolymeric nanocarriers

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