The Opiate Receptors

Buch | Softcover

516 Seiten

2013 | Softcover reprint of hardcover 2nd ed. 2011
Humana Press Inc. (Verlag)
978-1-61779-721-7 (ISBN)

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This new edition covers the latest knowledge on opiate receptors and related receptor subtypes. It discusses many topics pertaining to the unique integrated approach of correlating the biochemical, physiological and pharmacological aspects of opiate reaction.

In 1988, Gavril W. Pasternak published the first edition of The Opiate Receptors. Dr. Pasternak is affiliated with the Molecular Pharmacology & Chemistry department at the Sloan-Kettering Institute (Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center).

You’ve Come a Long Way Baby.- The evolution of concepts of opioid receptors.- Pharmacology of opioid drugs.- Opioid receptors: the early years.- Endogenous opioids.- Molecular biology of mu opioid receptors.- Delta Opioid Receptors.- Kappa opioid receptor gene and the regulatory mechanisms of its protein expression.- Opioid receptor signal transduction mechanisms.- Mu opioid receptor mediated analgesia and reward.- Kappa opioid receptor function.- Delta opioid receptor function.- Genetics of opioid receptor functions in mice.- Opioid receptor trafficking.- Opioid receptor dimerization.- Molecular modulation of in vivo tolerance.- Genetics of opioid actions.

Reihe/Serie	The Receptors ; 23
Zusatzinfo	XII, 516 p.
Verlagsort	Totowa, NJ
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Pharmakologie / Pharmakotherapie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Studium
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Humanbiologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
ISBN-10	1-61779-721-9 / 1617797219
ISBN-13	978-1-61779-721-7 / 9781617797217
Zustand	Neuware