Drug Discovery for the Treatment of Addiction : Medicinal Chemistry Strategies.
With addiction a key target for drug discovery efforts, this book fills an important and timely need for medicinal chemists who need to understand complex neuroscience issues. The author illustrates medicinal chemistry's prominent role in treating addiction and covers specific drugs of abuse in...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Hoboken :
Wiley,
2014.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | With addiction a key target for drug discovery efforts, this book fills an important and timely need for medicinal chemists who need to understand complex neuroscience issues. The author illustrates medicinal chemistry's prominent role in treating addiction and covers specific drugs of abuse including narcotics, stimulants, depressants, nicotine, and marijuana. Interprets complex neuro- biological and pharmacological information, like the drug-reward system, for medicinal chemists Emphasizes neurotransmitters and neurochemical mechanisms of addictive drugs Pulls together information on the. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (360 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-333) and index. |
ISBN: | 9781118943670 1118943678 9780470614167 0470614161 9781322024325 1322024324 1118889576 9781118889572 |