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ReviewCNS neuroscience & therapeutics2023

Nano-delivery systems as a promising therapeutic potential for epilepsy: Current status and future perspectives.

Ahmad Movahedpour, Rasul Taghvaeefar, Ali-Akbar Asadi-Pooya, Yousof Karami, Ronia Tavasolian, Seyyed Hossein Khatami, Elahe Soltani Fard, Sina Taghvimi, Neda Karami, Khojaste Rahimi Jaberi and 2 more

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Review in CNS neuroscience & therapeutics, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Ahmad MovahedpourBehbahan Faculty of Medical Sciences, Behbahan, Iran.
Rasul TaghvaeefarBehbahan Faculty of Medical Sciences, Behbahan, Iran.
Ali-Akbar Asadi-PooyaEpilepsy Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Yousof KaramiDepartment of Clinical Science, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran.
Ronia TavasolianDepartment of Clinical Science and Nutrition, University of Chester, Chester, UK.
Seyyed Hossein KhatamiDepartment of Clinical Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-8579-5097
Elahe Soltani FardDepartment of Molecular Medicine, School of Advanced Technologies, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran.
Sina TaghvimiDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Science, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran.
Neda KaramiTU Wien, Institute of Solid State Electronics, Vienna, Austria.
Khojaste Rahimi JaberiDepartment of Neuroscience, School of Advanced Medical Sciences and Technologies, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Mortaza Taheri-AnganehCellular and Molecular Research Center, Cellular and Molecular Medicine Research Institute, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-9659-7491
Hassan GhasemiAbadan University of Medical Sciences, Abadan, Iran.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Epilepsy is a common chronic neurological disorder caused by aberrant neuronal electrical activity. Antiseizure medications (ASMs) are the first line of treatment for people with epilepsy (PWE). However, their effectiveness may be limited by their inability to cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB), among many other potential underpinnings for drug resistance in epilepsy. Therefore, there is a need to overcome this issue and, hopefully, improve the effectiveness of ASMs. Recently, synthetic nanoparticle-based drug delivery systems have received attention for improving the effectiveness of ASMs due to their ability to cross the BBB. Furthermore, exosomes have emerged as a promising generation of drug delivery systems because of their potential benefits over synthetic nanoparticles. In this narrative review, we focus on various synthetic nanoparticles that have been studied to deliver ASMs. Furthermore, the benefits and limitations of each nano-delivery system have been discussed. Finally, we discuss exosomes as potentially promising delivery tools for treating epilepsy.

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EpilepsyExosomesAnticonvulsantsBlood-Brain BarrierDrug Delivery SystemsHumansAnticonvulsantsdrugepilepsyexosomesnanoparticlesseizure

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PMID37452477
PMCPMC10580365

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