Research Catalog

Title

Pharmacology of smooth muscle / contributors, M.L. Cohen [and others] ; editors, Laszlo Szekeres and Julius Gy. Papp.

Publication

Berlin ; New York : Springer-Verlag, [1994], ©1994.

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Additional Authors

• Cohen, M. L.
• Papp, J. Gy.
• Szekeres, L.

Description

xxiv, 727 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Handbook of experimental pharmacology ; v. 111

Uniform Title

Handbook of experimental pharmacology ; v. 111.

Subjects

• Smooth muscle > Effect of drugs on
• Muscle, Smooth > drug effects
• Smooth muscle > Physiology
• Muscle, Smooth > physiology

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Ch. 1. Structure of Smooth Muscles / G. Gabella -- Ch. 2. Ionic Channels in Smooth Muscle / T. Tomita and S. Iino -- Ch. 3. Excitation-Contraction Coupling Mechanisms in Visceral Smooth Muscle Cells / T. Itoh and H. Kuriyama -- Ch. 4. Eicosanoids and Smooth Muscle Function / K. Schror and H. Schroder -- Ch. 5. Angiotensin, the Kinins, and Smooth Muscle / D. Regoli and N.-E. Rhaleb -- Ch. 6. Effect of Histamine on Smooth Muscle / E. Masini and P. F. Mannaioni -- Ch. 7. Angiohypotensin / J. Knoll -- Ch. 8. Neuropeptides (Neurokinins, Bombesin, Neurotensin, Cholecystokinins, Opioids) and Smooth Muscle / D. Regoli, N. Rouissi and P. D'Orleans-Juste -- Ch. 9. Serotonin and Smooth Muscle / A. L. Killam and M. L. Cohen -- Ch. 10. Excitation-Contraction Coupling in Gastrointestinal Smooth Muscles / K. M. Sanders and H. Ozaki -- Ch. 11. Airway Smooth Muscle / A. J. Knox and A. E. Tattersfield -- Ch. 12. Uterine Smooth Muscle: Electrophysiology and Pharmacology / J. Mironneau.
• Ch. 13. Effect of Potassium Channel Modulating Drugs on Isolated Smooth Muscle / G. Edwards and A. H. Weston -- Ch. 14. Smooth Muscle of the Male Reproductive Tract / E. Klinge and N. O. Sjostrand -- Ch. 15. Urinary Tract / K. E. Creed -- Ch. 16. Molecular Mechanisms of Action of Antihypertensive Agents, Ca-Antagonists and K-Channel Openers on Vascular Smooth Muscle / K. Kitamura and H. Kuriyama -- Ch. 17. Drug Effects on the Smooth Muscle of the Coronary System Under Physiological and Pathological Conditions / L. Szekeres and J. Gy. Papp -- Ch. 18. Drugs Affecting the Cerebrovascular Smooth Muscle / M. Fujiwara and I. Muramatsu -- Ch. 19. Altered Responsiveness of Vascular Smooth Muscle to Drugs in Diabetes / G. Pogatsa.

ISBN

• 3540578889
• 0387578889

LCCN

94017635

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries