Main description:

Understanding the importance of nanosciences is somewhat problematic as a great deal of text can be rather technical in nature with little consideration to the novice. In this book information is readable as it has sections for the novice and expert alike. Each chapter has an abstract, "key facts", and a "mini-dictionary" of key terms and phrases within each chapter. Each chapter has a summary in point form The book covers for example, introductions to the field, lipid matrix nanoparticles, atomic force microscopy, characterization of tissues at the nanometer scale, antisense oligonucleotides, carbon nanotubes, nanocomposites, nanorods, carbon nanomaterials, nanolabeled diabetogenic, nanofiber wound dressings, and nanotechnology footsocks.

Contents:

General Aspects: Safety of Carbon Nanotubes for Neuronal Tissue. Nanoparticle-based Immunoassays and their Applications in Nervous System Biomarker Detection, Electrical Stimulation of Brain Tissue with Carbon Nanofiber Microbrush Arrays, Nanoelectrode Arrays for Monitoring and Modulating Nervous System Electrical and Chemical Activity. Probing Protein Nanoassemblies in Neurodegenerative Disease. Nanoparticle-assisted Laser Desorption/ionization (nano-PALDI)-based Imaging Mass Spectrometry (IMS) and its Application to Brain Sciences. Nanomaterials and Ion Channels: Observed Effects and Possible Mechanisms. Biomolecular Engineering for the Regulation of Alpha-synuclein Nanostructure toward the Development of Alpha-synuclein Targeting Nanomedicine. Nanomaterials for Stem Cell Imaging in the Central Nervous System. Carbon Nanotubes and Neuronal Performance.Therapeutics: Nanotechnologies for Treatment of Stroke and Spinal Cord Injury. Delivering siRNA Using Nanoparticles to the Central Nervous System. Targeting Drug Delivery to the Brain via Transferrin Anchored Nanoparticles. Therapeutic-loaded Lipid Nanostructures and Brain Diseases. Nanocarriers for the Treatment of Brain Tumours. Electrospinning of Nanofibres for Repair of the Injured Peripheral Nervous System. Bridging the Gap for Regeneration after CNS Injury by Nanofiber Scaffolds: Use of SAPNS for Traumatic Brain and Spinal Cord Injury. Nanoparticle-iron Chelator Conjugates as Multifunctional Disease-modifying Drugs for Prevention and Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease. The Pharmacological and Toxicological Profiles of Carbon Nanotubes as Drug Carriers toward Central Nervous System.