CNS drug design

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith, Quentin R.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Henry Stewart Talks 2008, 2008
Series:Small molecule drug discovery
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Collection: Henry Stewart Talks - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Central nervous system diseases
  • Drug market for CNS disorders
  • Traditional CNS drug targets
  • Novel CNS drug targets
  • Multiple obstacles for drug delivery to CNS
  • Pathways for drug exchange within the CNS
  • The structure of brain capillaries impedes uptake
  • Measures of drug uptake and distribution in brain
  • BBB permeability and solute lipid solubility
  • Tissues capillary PS and 95% equilibration time
  • Cerebral blood flow affects drug uptake and Kin
  • Initial uptake vs. steady-state distribution
  • Plasma protein binding and brain drug uptake
  • Brain capillary drug transporters
  • Transporters and drug distribution across BBB
  • "Enzymatic" blood-brain barrier
  • Relation between bound and free drug
  • Free drug distribution ratio at steady state
  • BBB changes in pathology and disease
  • Drug-like properties to cross the BBB
  • Early findings in BBB drug uptake
  • Measures of lipophilicity
  • Passive permeability across lipid membranes
  • Drug ionizatio