Materials Research and Technology

Nanotechnology in Neuroscience and Neuroengineering

Neuroengineering concentrates on the development of artificial devices and novel materials to be functionally and structurally interfaced with the central nervous system (CNS). Today, there is the expectation that materials science and nanotechnology will be able to address these challenges and conduct to breakthroughs at the level of the interfaces between artificial transducers/actuators and living cells. Nanoparticles have ability to penetrate the BBB of in vitro and in vivo models; and therefore can be utilized to develop diagnostic tools as well as nano-enabled delivery systems that can bypass the BBB in order to make conventional and novel neurotherapeutic interventions such as drug therapy, gene therapy, and tissue regeneration.