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Title Molecular and cellular pharmacology / edited by E. Edward Bittar, Neville Bittar
Published Greenwich, Conn. : JAI Press, ©1997

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Description 1 online resource (3 volumes (xxviii, 1111 pages)) : illustrations
Series Principles of medical biology ; v. 8A-8C
Principles of medical biology ; v. 8A-8C.
Contents 1. Receptors: Topology, organization, and function -- 2. Adrenergic and muscarinic cholinergic receptors -- 3. 5-Hydroxytryptamine receptors -- 4. Dopamine receptors -- 5. GABAA receptors in the central nervous system -- 6. Excitatory amino acid receptors -- 7. Substance P -- 8. Pharmacology and molecular biology of opioid receptors -- 9. Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors -- 10. The LDL receptor -- 11. Angiotensin II peptide hormone receptors: Structure/function correlates -- 12. Melanocortin receptors -- 13. Pharmacology in the critically III -- 14. Principles of drug metabolism -- 15. Adrenergic drugs -- 16. Cholinergic Agents -- 17. Rational methods for site-directed drug design -- 18. The advantages of liposome-based gene therapy: A comparison of viral versus liposome-based gene delivery -- 19. The kallikrein-kinin-kininogen system -- 20. Cellular responses to eicosanoids: Molecular biology of eicosanoid receptors -- 21. Nitric oxide as a bioregulator -- 22. Medicinal Chemistry of steroids -- 23. The influence of anabolic steroids on muscular strength -- 24. Genomic pharmacology: From receptor internalization to nuclear translocation of third messengers -- 25. Cardiac glycosides -- 26. Antiarrhythmic drugs -- 27. The tissue specificity of calcium antagonists -- 28. Mode of action of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors -- 29. Mode of action of lipid-lowering drugs -- 30. The physiologic basis of diuretic drug action and synergism -- 31. Insulin and hypolycemic drugs -- 32. Hypnotics and anti-anxiety agents -- 33. Accurate diagnosis and drug selection in patients with chronic pain -- 34. Leukotrienes -- 35. Anti-inflammatory drugs: Mechanisms of action -- 36. Treatment of gout and hyperuricemia -- 37. Idiosyncratic drug reactions -- 38. Treatment of convulsive disorders -- 39. General anesthetics -- 40. Cellular mechanisms of anesthesia -- 41. Alcohol and alcoholism -- 42. The mode of action and metabolism of vitamin A -- 43. Vitamin A binding proteins -- 44. Biochemistry of the visual cycle -- 45. Vitamin B12 -- 46. Vitamin C -- 47. The prehormone vitamin D -- 48. Vitamin E -- 49. Vitamin K: Metabolic functions, mechanism of action, and human requirements -- 50. Selenium in nutrition and therapeutics -- 51. The dependence syndrome concept for alcohol and drug abuse -- 52. Opioid tolerance and dependence -- 53. Activation mechanisms of chemical toxicity -- 54. Mechanisms of cell toxicity -- 55. The blood-brain barrier as a protector against neurotoxic agents -- 56. Chelating agents as antidotes of metal poisoning
Summary Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology
Analysis farmacologie
pharmacology
medische behandeling
medical treatment
geneesmiddelen
drugs
Pharmacology
Farmacologie
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Drug receptors.
Molecular pharmacology.
Cells -- Effect of drugs on.
Pharmacy.
Medicine.
Chemotherapy.
Receptors, Drug -- metabolism
Cells -- drug effects
Drug Therapy
Neurotransmitter Agents -- pharmacology
Steroids -- chemistry
Vitamins -- pharmacology
Receptors, Drug
Medicine
medicines (material)
Chemotherapy.
Cells -- Effect of drugs on.
Drug receptors.
Medicine.
Molecular pharmacology.
Pharmacy.
Form Electronic book
Author Bittar, E. Edward.
Bittar, Neville.
ISBN 9781559388139
1559388137