RT Journal Article T1 New Approaches in Nanomedicine for Ischemic Stroke A1 Correa Paz, Clara A1 Silva Candal, Andrés da A1 Polo Tobajas, Ester A1 Parcq, Jerome A1 Vivien, Denis A1 Maysinger, Dusica A1 Pelaz García, Beatriz A1 Campos Pérez, Francisco K1 Cell tracking K1 Diagnosis K1 Drug carriers K1 Drug control release K1 Nanomedicine K1 Neuroprotection K1 Recovery K1 Stroke K1 Tissue plasminogen activator AB Ischemic stroke, caused by the interruption of blood flow to the brain and subsequent neuronal death, represents one of the main causes of disability in developed countries. Therapeutic methods such as recanalization approaches, neuroprotective drugs, or recovery strategies have been widely developed to improve the patient’s outcome; however, important limitations such as a narrow therapeutic window, the ability to reach brain targets, or drug side effects constitute some of the main aspects that limit the clinical applicability of the current treatments. Nanotechnology has emerged as a promising tool to overcome many of these drug limitations and improve the efficacy of treatments for neurological diseases such as stroke. The use of nanoparticles as a contrast agent or as drug carriers to a specific target are some of the most common approaches developed in nanomedicine for stroke. Throughout this review, we have summarized our experience of using nanotechnology tools for the study of stroke and the search for novel therapies PB MDPI YR 2021 FD 2021 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/26254 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/26254 LA eng NO Pharmaceutics 2021, 13(5), 757; https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics13050757 NO This project was supported by the FRQS, ISCIII (AC19/00031 and AC20/00041), and ANR under the framework of EuroNanoMed III_2020 (PLATMED_project); the European Union program FEDER and the European Regional Development Fund–ERDF; and the Xunta de Galicia (IN607D2020/03 and ED431G2019/03). E.P. and B.P acknowledge the AEI grants (PID2019-111218RB-I00 and RyC-2017-23457). Finally, F.C. thanks the ISCIII and Miguel Servet program (CPII19/00020) DS Minerva RD 27 abr 2026