Brain Diseases and Disorders

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FIGURE 1.3

Brain diseases and disorders included in this chapter.

improved diagnostic and therapeutic approaches. The aim of this book is to

shed light on what is being done in these areas and offer some future work [29].

1.5

Diversity of Brain Disease and Disorders

There are a wide range of conditions that affect the normal activities of the

brain. These include but are not limited to neurodegenerative, mental diseases

and tumors (Figure 1.3). It should be acknowledged that the complexity of

the brain limits treatment strategies and diagnosis of associated diseases. Es-

pecially the nature of the blood-brain barrier is an obstacle to drug delivery

to CNS [30].

1.6

Neurodegenerative Diseases

Neurodegenerative diseases are multifactorial diseases that negatively affect

patient life quality and progress rapidly and are characterized by structural

and functional degeneration and/or death of nerve cells. In neurodegenerative