Novel Approaches for the Delivery of Therapeutics in Ischemic Stroke

Overview

Journal Drug Discov Today

Specialty Pharmacology

Date 2020 Jan 25

PMID 31978522

Citations 19

Authors

Saeideh Nozohouri

Ali Ehsan Sifat

Bhuvaneshwar Vaidya

Thomas J Abbruscato

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Abstract

Here, we review novel approaches to deliver neuroprotective drugs to salvageable penumbral brain areas of stroke injury with the goals of offsetting ischemic brain injury and enhancing recovery.

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