Neurotransmitters, Drugs and Brain Function
Will be published approx. on 27. September 2001
Book
Hardback
X, 534 pages
978-0-471-97819-0 (ISBN)
Description
Neurotransmitters, Drugs and Brain Function aims to link basic aspects of the activity of neurotransmitters at the receptor and synaptic level with their role in normal brain function, disease states, and drug action. Thus, the material considers to what extent our knowledge of the central synaptic action of certain drugs can explain their possible roles in the cause of diseases and in the modes of action of drugs effective in those conditions.
It offers a working explanation of drug and neurotransmitter action in CNS function, with a clear, comprehensive, and challenging style of writing. The authors review the chemical basis for drugs and the conditions they treat. It also, includes numerous illustrations and schematic diagrams.
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Product info
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 251 mm
Width: 173 mm
Thickness: 38 mm
Weight
1048 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-97819-0 (9780471978190)
Schweitzer Classification
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R. Webster
Neurotransmitters, Drugs & Brain Function
Book
Wiley
€55.71
The article will not be published
Person
Roy Webster is the editor of Neurotransmitters, Drugs and Brain Function, published by Wiley.
Content
List of Contributors.
Preface.
SECTION A: BASIC ASPECTS OF NEUROTRANSMITTER FUNCTION.
Neurotransmitter Systems and Function: Overview (R.A. Webster).
Control of Neuronal Activity (D.A. Brown) .
Neurotransmitter Receptors (A.J. Gibb).
Neurotransmitter Release (S.C. Stanford).
SECTION B: NEUROTRANSMITTERS AND SYNAPTIC TRAANSMISSION.
Basic Pharmacology and Drug Effects on Neurotransmitter Function (R.A. Webster).
Acetylcholine (R.A. Webster).
Dopamine (R.A. Webster).
Noradrenaline (S.C. Stanford).
5-Hydroxytryptamine (S.C. Stanford).
Amino Acids: Excitatory (A.H. Dickenson).
Amino Acids: Inhibitory (M. Farrant).
Peptides (A.H. Dickenson).
Other Transmitters and Mediators (R.A. Webster).
SECTION C: NEUROTRANSMITTERS IN DRUG ACTION AND DISEASE STATES.
Study and Manipulation of Neurotransmitter Function in Humans (R.A. Webster).
Disease of the Basal Ganglia (R.A. Webster).
The epilepsies (R.A. Webster).
Schizophrenia (R.A. Webster)
Alzheimer's Disease (R.A. Webster).
Anxiety (S.C. Stanford).
Depression (S.C. Stanford).
Pain and Analgesia (A.H. Dickenson).
SECTION D: NEUROTRANSMITTERS AND BEHAVIOUR.
Sleep and Waking (R.A. Webster and S.C. Stanford)
Drug Dependence and Abuse (A.H. Dickenson).
Index.