Carbon Nanoparticles as Promising Neuroprotectors: Pro et Contra. II. Application of Carbon Nanoparticles in Neurobiology and Neurology

Abstract

Abstract Such carbon structures as fullerenes, endofullerenes, nanotubes, nanodiamonds, and graphenes, which were discovered over the past few decades, possess a number of unique properties and could become the basis for the design of a new class of neuroprotective agents; however, despite years of research, this has not happened yet. In the first part of the review, the significance of the functionalization of carbon nanoparticles for their use in biology and medicine is described, and the data on their toxicity are also discussed. The second part presents the works of Russian and foreign scientists demonstrating the neuroprotective properties of carbon nanoparticles and the possibilities of their application in neurobiology and neurology. The proven experience of such experiments is described and the existing problems are indicated.