Functionalized carbon nanotubes: Revolution in brain delivery

Nanomedicine

Volumn 10, Issue 17, 2015, Pages 2639-2642

  Wang, Julie Tzu Wen ^a   Al Jamal, Khuloud Taysir ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ARGINYLGLYCYLASPARTIC ACID; CARBON NANOTUBE; CPG OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; DNA HYBRID; DOXORUBICIN; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; BIOMATERIAL; DNA; NANOMATERIAL;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; BRAIN CAPILLARY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG TARGETING; GAMMA SCINTIGRAPHY; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTERNALIZATION; ISOTOPE LABELING; MACROPHAGE; MICROGLIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSCYTOSIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE TRANSFER; GENE VECTOR; MOUSE; NANOMEDICINE; PIG; PROCEDURES; RAT; TRENDS;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; DNA; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; MICE; NANOMEDICINE; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTUBES, CARBON; RATS; SWINE;

EID: 84941920678     PISSN: 17435889     EISSN: 17486963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/nnm.15.114     Document Type: Review

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