Neurotransmitters and Drugs
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| Formato: | eBook |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,
1991.
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| Edición: | 3rd ed. 1991. |
| Colección: | Croom Helm Biology in Medicine Series
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| Acceso en línea: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3134-6 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1 Neurotransmission: Sites at which drugs modify neurotransmission
- 1.1 The neurone
- 1.2 Axonal transport
- 1.3 Neuronal cell membranes
- 1.4 Precursors
- 1.5 Synthesis
- 1.6 Storage
- 1.7 Organelles and enzymes
- 1.8 Release
- 1.9 Receptors
- 1.10 Inactivation
- 1.11 Neurotransmitters or neuromodulators
- 1.12 Neurotransmitters in the nervous system
- 1.13 Neurotransmitters and drugs
- Further reading
- 2 Acetylcholine
- 2.1 Synthesis
- 2.2 Storage
- 2.3 Release
- 2.4 Cholinergic receptors
- 2.5 Inactivation of acetylcholine
- 2.6 Therapeutic applications and consequences of drugs acting at cholinergic synapses
- Further reading
- 3 Noradrenaline
- 3.1 Synthesis
- 3.2 Storage
- 3.3 Release
- 3.4 Adrenoreceptors
- 3.5 Inactivation of noradrenaline
- 3.6 Therapeutic applications and consequences of drugs acting at noradrenergic synapses
- Further reading
- 4 Dopamine
- 4.1 Synthesis
- 4.2 Storage
- 4.3 Release
- 4.4 Dopamine systems
- 4.5 Inactivation of dopamine
- 4.6 Therapeutic applications and consequences of drugs acting at dopaminergic synapses
- Further reading
- 5 5-Hydroxytryptamine
- 5.1 Synthesis
- 5.2 Storage
- 5.3 Release
- 5.4 5-HT receptors
- 5.5 Inactivation of 5-HT
- 5.6 Therapeutic applications and consequences of drugs acting at 5-HT synapses
- Further reading
- 6 Histamine
- 6.1 Synthesis
- 6.2 Storage
- 6.3 Release
- 6.4 Histamine receptors
- 6.5 Inactivation of histamine
- 6.6 Therapeutic applications and consequences of drug action on histamine systems
- Further reading
- 7 Inhibitory amino acids: GABA, glycine and taurine
- 7.1 Amino acids as neurotransmitters
- 7.2 ?-aminobutyric acid
- 7.3 Glycine
- 7.4 Taurine
- Further reading
- 8 Excitory amino acids: L-glutamic acid and L-aspartic acid
- 8.1 Synthesis
- 8.2 Storage
- 8.3 Release
- 8.4 Excitatory amino acid receptors in the CNS
- 8.5 Inactivation of released excitory amino acids
- 8.6 Functional roles of cerebral excitory amino acid neurotransmitters
- Further reading
- 9 Peptides and neuronal function
- 9.1 Peptides as neurotransmitters and hormones
- 9.2 Synthesis, storage, transport, release and inactivation of neuropeptides
- 9.3 Co-existence and co-transmission of peptides with classical neurotransmitters
- 9.4 Opioid peptides
- 9.5 Substance P (the tachykinins)
- 9.6 Cholecystokinin (CCK)
- 9.7 Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide
- 9.8 Neurotensin
- 9.9 Somatostatin
- 9.10 Bombesin
- Further reading.