Use of Bio-Materials in the Treatment of Neurological Disorders

A special issue of Brain Sciences (ISSN 2076-3425). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2021) | Viewed by 581

Special Issue Editors

Department of Anatomy, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Interests: stroke; ageing; drug delivery; neuroprotection; neurorepair; learning and memory; behavioural neuroscience; neuropharmacology; CNS diseases; neuroinflammation; epilepsy; extracellular matrix; glial biology
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Department of Anatomy, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Interests: biomaterials; regenerative medicine; drug delivery; nanomaterials; lab on chip; organ on chip; polymers; molecular biology; biochemistry

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

An increasing number of patients are being diagnosed with neurological diseases, but are rarely cured due to the lack of therapeutic compounds or poor blood–brain-barrier transport. This situation creates an urgent clinical need to develop effective diagnosis and treatment strategies for the repair and regeneration of injured or diseased neural tissues. In this regard, biodegradable functional biomaterials provide promising solutions for meeting this demand, owing to their unique responsiveness to external stimulation fields, which enable neuro-imaging, neuro-sensing, specific targeting, hyperthermia treatment, controlled drug delivery, and nerve regeneration.

A wide variety of biomaterials have been and are being trailed in various neurological diseases: drugs or gene carriers such as liposomes, nanoparticles, and exosomes for the treatment of neurological disorders and brain tumors; bio-polymer hydrogels and scaffolds for promoting tissue regeneration; cortical neural prosthetics; and shunt systems for hydrocephalus.

This Special Issue in Brain Sciences will provide an up-to-date summary of the above-listed biomaterial and delivery systems for the treatment of various neurological disorders, with a primary focus on the regulation of molecular and cellular mechanisms. 

Dr. Andrew Clarkson
Dr. Muhammad Qasim
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • biomaterials 
  • central nervous system 
  • neuro-imaging 
  • neuro-sensing 
  • drug delivery 
  • neural-tissue engineering

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