2020
The rate of dasotraline brain entry is slow following intravenous administration
Lew R, Constantinescu CC, Holden D, Carson RE, Carroll V, Galluppi G, Koblan KS, Hopkins SC. The rate of dasotraline brain entry is slow following intravenous administration. Psychopharmacology 2020, 237: 3435-3446. PMID: 32813030, PMCID: PMC7651685, DOI: 10.1007/s00213-020-05623-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSynaptic dopamine levelsDopamine levelsDAT occupancyPositron emission tomographyIntravenous administrationSynaptic dopamineRhesus monkeysSlow oral absorptionNorepinephrine reuptake inhibitorsBlood-brain barrierHalf-maximal displacementDopamine transporter inhibitionRecreational drug abusersBrain entryResultsIntravenous administrationReuptake inhibitorsPharmacodynamic effectsD2 receptorsRaclopride bindingAssociated elevationDasotralineDrug abusersMethylphenidateTransporter inhibitionEmission tomography
2019
Anti-edema and antioxidant combination therapy for ischemic stroke via glyburide-loaded betulinic acid nanoparticles
Deng G, Ma C, Zhao H, Zhang S, Liu J, Liu F, Chen Z, Chen AT, Yang X, Avery J, Zou P, Du F, Lim KP, Holden D, Li S, Carson RE, Huang Y, Chen Q, Kimberly WT, Simard JM, Sheth KN, Zhou J. Anti-edema and antioxidant combination therapy for ischemic stroke via glyburide-loaded betulinic acid nanoparticles. Theranostics 2019, 9: 6991-7002. PMID: 31660082, PMCID: PMC6815966, DOI: 10.7150/thno.35791.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAntioxidantsBetulinic AcidBrain EdemaDrug Delivery SystemsDrug Therapy, CombinationDrugs, Chinese HerbalEucommiaceaeGlyburideHumansMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLNanoparticlesPentacyclic TriterpenesPositron Emission Tomography Computed TomographyRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyStrokeTriterpenesConceptsBA nanoparticlesFunctional nanomaterialsMultifunctional nanoparticlesAcid nanoparticlesNanoparticlesSingle-agent pharmacotherapyNanomaterialsDrug deliveryCombination therapyComplementary targetTherapeutic benefitPositron emission tomography-computed tomographyEmission tomography-computed tomographyTomography-computed tomographyIschemia-induced infarctionIschemic brainIschemic strokeStroke treatmentBrain penetrabilityBetulinic acidClinical managementEffective pharmacotherapyIntravenous administrationEffective treatmentMost therapeutics