Pharmacology and Therapeutics of Cough - Chung, K. Fan.; Widdicombe, John.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2009)
Cough: Setting the Scene -- Cough Sensors. I. Physiological and Pharmacological Properties of the Afferent Nerves Regulating Cough -- Cough Sensors. II. Transient Receptor Potential Membrane Receptors on Cough Sensors -- Cough Sensors. III. Opioid and Cannabinoid Receptors on Vagal Sensory Nerves -- Cough Sensors. IV. Nicotinic Membrane Receptors on Cough Sensors -- Cough Sensors. V. Pharmacological Modulation of Cough Sensors -- Peripheral Mechanisms I: Plasticity of Peripheral Pathways -- Peripheral Mechanisms II: The Pharmacology of Peripherally Active Antitussive Drugs -- Central Mechanisms I: Plasticity of Central Pathways -- Central Mechanisms II: Pharmacology of Brainstem Pathways -- Central Mechanisms III: Neuronal Mechanisms of Action of Centrally Acting Antitussives Using Electrophysiological and Neurochemical Study Approaches -- Central Mechanisms IV: Conscious Control of Cough and the Placebo Effect -- Clinical Cough I: The Urge-To-Cough: A Respiratory Sensation -- Clinical Cough II: Therapeutic Treatments and Management of Chronic Cough -- Clinical Cough III: Measuring the Cough Response in the Laboratory -- Clinical Cough IV:What is the Minimal Important Difference for the Leicester Cough Questionnaire? -- Clinical Cough V: Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Therapy of Cough -- Clinical Cough VI: The Need for New Therapies for Cough: Disease-Specific and Symptom-Related Antitussives.
Keywords: Pharmacology; Human physiology; Allergy; Respiratory organs-Diseases.; Internal medicine; Gastroenterology .; Pharmacology/Toxicology.; Human Physiology; Allergology; Pneumology/Respiratory System; Internal Medicine; Gastroenterology