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Title Pharmacology and therapeutics of cough / Kian Fan Chung, John Widdicombe, editors ; contributors, M.G. Belvisi [and others]
Published Berlin : Springer, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 375 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Series Handbook of experimental pharmacology ; v. 187
Handbook of experimental pharmacology ; v. 187
Contents Cough: Setting the Scene -- Cough Sensors. I. Physiological and Pharmacological Properties of the Afferent Nerves Regulating Cough -- Cough Sensors. II. Transient Receptor Potential Membrane Receptors on Cough Sensors -- Cough Sensors. III. Opioid and Cannabinoid Receptors on Vagal Sensory Nerves -- Cough Sensors. IV. Nicotinic Membrane Receptors on Cough Sensors -- Cough Sensors. V. Pharmacological Modulation of Cough Sensors -- Peripheral Mechanisms I: Plasticity of Peripheral Pathways -- Peripheral Mechanisms II: The Pharmacology of Peripherally Active Antitussive Drugs -- Central Mechanisms I: Plasticity of Central Pathways -- Central Mechanisms II: Pharmacology of Brainstem Pathways -- Central Mechanisms III: Neuronal Mechanisms of Action of Centrally Acting Antitussives Using Electrophysiological and Neurochemical Study Approaches -- Central Mechanisms IV: Conscious Control of Cough and the Placebo Effect -- Clinical Cough I: The Urge-To-Cough: A Respiratory Sensation -- Clinical Cough II: Therapeutic Treatments and Management of Chronic Cough -- Clinical Cough III: Measuring the Cough Response in the Laboratory -- Clinical Cough IV:What is the Minimal Important Difference for the Leicester Cough Questionnaire? -- Clinical Cough V: Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Therapy of Cough -- Clinical Cough VI: The Need for New Therapies for Cough: Disease-Specific and Symptom-Related Antitussives
Summary This text shows that basic studies are pointing to many potentially valuable approaches to the treatment of cough, based on understanding the basic peripheral receptor mechanisms, the brainstem pathways in the control of cough, and the sensitization processes that may apply in disease
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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In Springer eBooks
Subject Cough.
Cough -- Treatment
Cough -- Chemotherapy
Respiratory organs -- Diseases.
Diseases.
Antitussive agents.
Respiratory agents.
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Disease
Pharmacologic Actions
Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms
Chemical Actions and Uses
Chemicals and Drugs
Antitussive Agents
Cough
Respiratory System Agents
Signs and Symptoms, Respiratory
Respiration Disorders
Central Nervous System Agents
Therapeutic Uses
Signs and Symptoms
Cough -- drug therapy
Antitussive Agents -- pharmacology
Antitussive Agents -- therapeutic use
Cough -- physiopathology
MEDICAL -- Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Respiratory.
Cough -- Treatment.
Cough -- Chemotherapy.
Cough.
Sciences de la vie.
Biomédecine.
Respiratory organs -- Diseases
Respiratory agents
Diseases
Antitussive agents
Cough
Cough -- Treatment
Pharmakotherapie
Husten Drolshagen
Form Electronic book
Author Chung, K. Fan, 1951-
Widdicombe, John G
Belvisi, M. G. (Maria G.)
LC no. 2008929590
ISBN 9783540798422
3540798420
9783540798415
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