Screen LibraryAdenosine in the nervous system /
This volume in a series on neuroscience provides an overview of the last 20 years of research into the biochemistry, physiology, pharmacology and clinical therapeutic potential of adenosine and its analogues in the nervous system. Among the topics covered are adenosine transport in nervous systemtis...
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Academic Press,
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| Publisher Address: | London ; San Diego : |
| Publication Dates: | 1991. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Neuroscience perspectives
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780126726404 |
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This volume in a series on neuroscience provides an overview of the last 20 years of research into the biochemistry, physiology, pharmacology and clinical therapeutic potential of adenosine and its analogues in the nervous system. Among the topics covered are adenosine transport in nervous systemtissues, adenosine production and metabolism and the electropharmacology of adenosine. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xvii, 278 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Index Number: | QP625 |
| CLC: | Q593 |
| Contents: | Adenosine transport in nervous system tissues -- Adenosine production and metabolism -- ATP receptors and their physiological roles -- Adenosine receptor subtypes: classification and distribution -- The adenosine receptor molecule -- Post-receptor mechanisms -- Adenosine receptor agonists and antagonists -- Release of adenosine and ATP from nervous tissue -- Electropharmacology of adenosine -- Potential therapeutic roles for adenosine in neurologic disease -- Adenosine and the central nervous system control of autonomic function -- Purine metabolism disorders and neurological dysfunction. |