Advances in Pharmacology, Volume 37

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Academic Press, 2 dic 1996 - 426 pagine
Each volume of Advances in Pharmacology provides a rich collection of reviews on timely topics. Emphasis is placed on the molecular bases of drug action, both applied and experimental.
 

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Chapter 1 Opioid and Nonopioid Cardiovascular Effects of Dynorphins
1
Chapter 2 Cytokines in Neuronal Development
35
Chapter 3 Heterogeneity and Functional Properties of Subtypes of SodiumDependent Glutamate Transporters in the Mammalian Central Nervous Sys...
69
Chapter 4 Development and Therapeutic Potential of Calpain Inhibitors
117
Chapter 5 The Pharmacology of Nicotine and Novel Cholinergic Channel Modulators
153
Chapter 6 Cryptococcosis
215
Mechanisms of Action
253
Chapter 8 The Role of Endothelin in the Pathogenesis of Atherosclerosis
299
Chapter 9 The Pharmacology and Molecular Biology of LargeConductance CalciumActivated BK Potassium Channels
319
Chapter 10 Update on Invasive Candidiasis
349
Index
401
Contents of Previous Volumes
411
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Informazioni sull'autore (1996)

Ferid Murad was born in Whiting, Indiana. Working concurrently on an M.D. and Ph.D. in Pharmacology, Dr. Murad graduated with both degrees from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, in 1965. His many honors include the Alfred S. Maschke Award for Clinical Excellence from Case Western Reserve University in 1965. He has held several distinguished positions, including Acting Chairman in the Department of Medicine and Acting Division Chief, Division of Respiratory Medicine at Stanford University. He currently is CEO and President of Molecular Geriatrics Corporation in Lake Bluff, Illinois. Dr. Murad is married and has five children.

Joseph T. Coyle, McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Belmont, Massachusetts, USA

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