Neurotransmitters and Drugs /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kruk, Zygmunt L.
Otros Autores: Pycock, Christopher J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint : Springer, 1991.
Edición:Third edition.
Temas:
Medicine.
Neurosciences.
Toxicology.
Medicine
Neurosciences
Toxicology
Médecine.
Toxicologie.
medicines (material)
toxicology.
medicine (discipline)
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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.

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