Alzheimer's disease, Nanotechnology, Blood brain barrier (BBB) Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the leading cause of dementia is a devastating degenerative disease of brain that results in progressive cognitive impairment and functional disability. AD lacks definite diagnostic approaches and effective cure at the present. Moreover, the currently available diagnostic tools are not sufficient for an early screening of AD in order to start preventive approaches. Recently the emerging field of nanotechnology has promised new techniques to solve some of the AD challenges. In this review, we present the promises that nanotechnology brings in research on the AD diagnosis ,Proposed invitro and invivo nanodiagnostic approaches, Nanoformulations investigated and therapy through nanotechnology. Applications of nanotechnology in AD therapy including neuroprotections against oxidative stress and anti-amyloid therapeutics, neuroregeneration and drug delivery beyond the blood brain barrier (BBB) are discussed and analyzed. All these applications could improve the treatment approach of AD and other neurodegenerative diseases. The complete cure of AD may become feasible by a combination of nanotechnology and some other novel approaches, like stem cell technology.Copy Right, IJAR, 2016,. All rights reserved. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………....
Introduction:-Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an acquired disorder of cognitive and behavioral impairment that is an incurable disease with a long and progressive course. In AD, plaques develop in the hippocampus, a structure deep in the brain that helps to encode memories, and in other areas of the cerebral cortex that are used in thinking and decision making. Alois Alzheimer defined "senile dementia" more than a century ago with a remarkable accuracy 1,2 . It is now known as the Alzheimer's Disease (AD), and is the main cause of the dementia syndrome 3 . The incidence and prevalence of AD increase with age. Since the elderly population is growing worldwide, AD is quickly becoming one of the major universal healthcare problems 4 . Today, however, there are neither precise diagnostic approaches nor effective therapeutic agents available for Alzheimer's disease. The degeneration of nervous tissue begins many years to even decades before the patient experiences any of Alzheimer's disease symptoms 5,7 . On the other hand, the currently available therapeutics for AD, only act to lower its symptoms 8 . Therefore, whether the disease is diagnosed early enough or not, the conventional medical approaches are incapable of complete cessation or reversal of the disease progress. The uncovering potentials of nanotechnology have been opening new chapters in many aspects of our lives, specially diagnosis and treatment of human diseases 9,11 . Through nanotechnology, the controllable Corresponding Author:-Ayesha Habeeb. Address:-Deccan school of pharmacy, Department of pharmaceutics,dar us salam, aghapura, nampally, hyderabad telangana, India.
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