Applications of Nanotechnology in Diagnostics and Therapeutics of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease

Title:Applications of Nanotechnology in Diagnostics and Therapeutics of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease

Volume: 16 Issue: 8

Author(s): Georgia Soursou, Athanasios Alexiou, Ghulam Md Ashraf, Asad Ali Siyal, Gohar Mushtaq and Mohammad A. Kamal

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Keywords: Nanotechnology, nanomedicine, neurodegenerative diseases, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease.

Abstract: In this paper, an extended review analysis has been presented concerning the developments in brain drug delivery through new and efficient applications of nanotechnology. Modern nanotechnological approaches for the diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases are described along with simultaneous analysis of safety and practical clinical usage of these strategies.

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Soursou Georgia, Alexiou Athanasios, Ashraf Md Ghulam, Siyal Ali Asad, Mushtaq Gohar and Kamal A. Mohammad, Applications of Nanotechnology in Diagnostics and Therapeutics of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease, Current Drug Metabolism 2015; 16 (8) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/138920021608151107125049