Molecular and cellular pharmacology /

Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology.

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology.
Group Author: Bittar, E. Edward. (Editor); Bittar, Neville. (Editor)
Published: JAI Press,
Publisher Address: Greenwich, Conn. :
Publication Dates: 1997.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Principles of medical biology ; volume 8A-8C
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Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/bookseries/15692582/8
Summary: Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (3 volumes (xxviii, 1111 pages)) : illustrations.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781559388139
1559388137
Index Number: RM301
CLC: R966
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.