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A pharmacology primer : theory, applications, and methods /

This guide has been designed especially for scientists trained in molecular biology and related fields who now need to know more about the basic theories, principles and practical applications of pharmacology.

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Main Authors: Kenakin, Terrence P
Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology
Published: Academic Press/Elsevier,
Publisher Address: Amsterdam ; Boston :
Publication Dates: 2009.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Edition: Third edition.
Subjects:
Pharmacology, Experimental
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
Pharmacology > methods
Receptors, Drug > physiology
MEDICAL > Pharmacology
Pharmakologie
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Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780123745859
Summary: This guide has been designed especially for scientists trained in molecular biology and related fields who now need to know more about the basic theories, principles and practical applications of pharmacology.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xix, 389 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9780123745859
0123745853
9780080923338
008092333X
Index Number: RM301
CLC: R96
Contents: What is pharmacology? -- How different tissues process drug response -- Drug-receptor theory -- Pharmacological assay formats : binding -- Agonists : the measurement of affinity and efficacy in functional assays -- Orthosteric drug antagonism -- Allosteric drug antagonism -- The process of drug discovery -- Pharmacokinetics -- Target- and system-based strategies for drug discovery -- "Hit" to drug : lead optimization -- Statistics and experimental design -- Selected pharmacological methods -- Exercises in pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics.

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