Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nanoparticulate-based therapeutics : an overview / Deepak Thassu, Kris Holt, and Gerald J. Chader -- Eye anatomy, physiology and ocular barriers : basic considerations for drug delivery / Gerald J. Chader and Deepak Thassu -- Animal models to evaluate nanoparticulate drug delivery systems / Vinson M. Wang, Jingsheng Tuo and Chi-Chao Chan -- Computer modeling for ocular drug delivery / Paul J. Missel -- Challenges in the development of nanotechnology-based ophthalmic systems / Banu S. Zolnik, Sherizaq Baksh and Nakissa Sadrieh -- Blood-retinal barrier : the fundamentals / Rosa Fernandes, Andreia Goncalves and Jose Cunha-Vaz -- Barriers to transscleral drug delivery to the retina / Alexandra Almazan ... [et al.] -- Drug delivery to the vitreous humor / Francine Behar-Cohen -- Transscleral and suprachoroidal drug delivery / Damian E. Berezovsky and Henry Edelhauser -- Protein drug delivery to retina and choroid / Hogwen M. Rivers and Patrick M. Hughes -- Transscleral drug delivery to the posterior segment of the eye / Bernard F. Godley ... [et al.] -- Drug delivery to the suprachoroidal space / Sung Won Cho and Timothy Olsen -- Use of nanoparticles in the treatment of age-related macular degeneration, glaucoma and other degenerative retinal diseases / Marco A. Zarbin ... [et al.] -- Drug molecule characteristics, drug delivery strategies and their impact on ophthalmic drug delivery to anterior vs. posterior segments / Kay D. Rittenhouse -- Surface modulation of nanoparticles / Deepak Thassu and Kris Holt -- Ophthalmic drug inserts / Kay Rittenhouse and Deepak Thassu -- Nanoparticles for the treatment of retinal diseases / Amin Famili and Uday Kompella -- Gene-based medicine for ocular diseases -- Shannon M. Conley and Muna I. Naash -- Stealth-type polymeric nanoparticles with encapsulated betamethasone phosphate for treatment of intraocular inflammation / Tsutomu Sakai, Tsutomu Ishihara and Megumu Higaki -- Nanotechnology-guided imaging of retinal vascular disease / Joshua R. Trantum and Ashwath Jayagopal -- Photoresponsive polymers for ocular drug delivery / Laura A. Wells and Heather Sheardown -- Nanosuspensions in ocular drug delivery systems / Himanshu Bhattacharjee and Sonia Bedi.