Delivery of testosterone to the brain by intranasal administration: Comparison to intravenous testosterone

Journal of Drug Targeting

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 91-97

  Banks, William A ^a,b   Morley, John E ^a,b   Niehoff, Michael L ^a,b   Mattern, Claudia ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c M et P Pharma AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; Brain; Nasal delivery; Steroids; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

NOSEAFIX; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN TISSUE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG BRAIN LEVEL; DRUG DIFFUSION; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG DOSAGE FORM COMPARISON; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG PENETRATION; DRUG RETENTION; DRUG TRANSPORT; DRUG UPTAKE; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MOUSE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MICE; TESTOSTERONE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 58149473079     PISSN: 1061186X     EISSN: 10292330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10611860802382777     Document Type: Article

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