Nanomedicine and the nervous system

 Content: General Aspects Safety of Carbon Nanotubes for Neuronal Tissue, Giuseppe Bardi Nanoparticle-based Immunoassays and their Applications in Nervous System Biomarker Detection, Chunping Jia, Qinghui Jin, and Jianlong Zhao Electrical Stimulation of Brain Tissue with Carbon Nanofiber Microbrush Arrays, Edward de Asis, Russell J. Andrews, and Jun Li Nanoelectrode Arrays for Monitoring and Modulating Nervous System Electrical and Chemical Activity, R.J. Andrews Probing Protein Nanoassemblies in Neurodegenerative Disease, Min S. Wang and Michael R. Sierks Nanoparticle-assisted Laser Desorption/ionization (nano-PALDI)-based Imaging Mass Spectrometry (IMS) and its Application to Brain Sciences, S. Hameed, Yuki Sugiura, Yoshishige Kimura, K.K. Shrivas, and Mitsutoshi Setou Nanomaterials and Ion Channels: Observed Effects and Possible Mechanisms, Lorin M. Jakubek and Robert H. Hurt Biomolecular Engineering for the Regulation of Alpha-synuclein Nanostructure toward the Development of Alpha-synuclein Targeting Nanomedicine, Natsuki Kobayashi, Jihoon Kim, and Koji Sode Nanomaterials for Stem Cell Imaging in the Central Nervous System, A. Solanki, S. Shah, Michael H. Koucky, and Ki-Bum Lee Carbon Nanotubes and Neuronal Performance, Alessandra Fabbro, Francesca Maria Toma, Giada Cellot, Maurizio Prato, and Laura Ballerini  Therapeutics Nanotechnologies for Treatment of Stroke and Spinal Cord Injury, Sarka Kubinova and Eva Sykova Delivering siRNA Using Nanoparticles to the Central Nervous System, S. Neslihan Alpay, Bulent Ozpolat, Hee-Dong Han, Gabriel Lopez-Berestein, A.K. Sood, and Hui-Lin Pan Targeting Drug Delivery to the Brain via Transferrin Anchored Nanoparticles, Jiang Chang and Didier Betbeder Therapeutic-loaded Lipid Nanostructures and Brain Diseases, Maria Luisa Bondi and Emanuela Fabiola Craparo Nanocarriers for the Treatment of Brain Tumours, Pauline Resnier, Anne Clavreul, and Catherine Passirani Electrospinning of Nanofibres for Repair of the Injured Peripheral Nervous System, Dorothee Hodde, Jose Luis Gerardo-Nava, Ronald Deumens, Jorg Mey, and Gary Anthony Brook Bridging the Gap for Regeneration after CNS Injury by Nanofiber Scaffolds: Use of SAPNS for Traumatic Brain and Spinal Cord Injury, Jiasong Guo, Gilberto K.K. Leung, and Wutian Wu Nanoparticle-iron Chelator Conjugates as Multifunctional Disease-modifying Drugs for Prevention and Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease, Gang Liu, Ping Men, George Perry, and Mark A. Smith The Pharmacological and Toxicological Profiles of Carbon Nanotubes as Drug Carriers toward Central Nervous System, Yingge Zhang and Changxiao Liu
 Abstract:             "The nanosciences encompass a variety of technologies ranging from particles to networks and nanostructures. For example, nanoparticles have been proposed to be suitable carriers of therapeutic agents whilst nanostructures provide suitable platforms and scaffolds for sub-micro bioengineering. In this book we focus on nanomedicine and nanotechnology as applied to the nervous system which includes the brain and peripheral nervous system. We cover safety, nanostructures, nanoparticle-based immunoassays, nanofiber microbrush arrays, nanoelectrodes, protein nanoassemblies, nanoparticles-assisted imaging, nanomaterials and ion channels, stem cell imaging, neuronal performance, treatment of stroke and spinal cord injury, lipid nanostructures, and many other areas. Contributors are all either international or national experts, leading authorities or are carrying out ground breaking and innovative work on their subject. The book is essential reading for neurologists, psychologists, mental health workers, research scientists, medical doctors, pathologists, biologists, biochemists, chemists and physicists, general practitioners as well as those interested in disease and nano sciences in general. Nanomedicine and the nervous system is part of the collection of books on Nanoscience Applied to Health and Medicine"