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Pharmacology / H.P. Rang [and others].

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Pharmacology / H.P. Rang [and others].
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New York : Churchill Livingstone, [2001], ©2001.

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Rang, H. P.
Description
x, 839 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
  • Sect. 1. General Principles. 1. How drugs act: general principles. 2. How drugs act: molecular aspects. 3. Method and measurement in pharmacology. 4. Absorption and distribution of drugs. 5. Drug elimination and pharmacokinetics -- Sect. 2. Chemical Mediators. 6. Chemical mediators and the autonomic nervous system. 7. Cholinergic transmission. 8. Noradrenergic transmission. 9. Other peripheral mediators: 5-hydroxytryptamine and purines. 10. Peptides and proteins as mediators. 11. Nitric oxide. 12. Local hormones, inflammation and allergy. 13. Anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressant drugs -- Sect. 3. Drugs Affecting Major Organ Systems. 14. The heart. 15. The vascular system. 16. Atherosclerosis and lipoprotein metabolism. 17. Hemostasis and thrombosis. 18. The hemopoietic system. 19. The respiratory system. 20. The kidney. 21. The gastrointestinal system. 22. The endocrine pancreas and the control of blood glucose. 23. Obesity.
  • 24. The pituitary and adrenal cortex. 25. The thyroid. 26. The reproductive system. 27. Bone metabolism -- Sect. 4. The Central Nervous System. 28. Chemical transmission and drug action in the central nervous system. 29. Amino acid transmitters. 30. Other transmitters and modulators. 31. Neurodegenerative disorders. 32. General anesthetic agents. 33. Anxiolytic and hypnotic drugs. 34. Antipsychotic drugs. 35. Drugs used in affective disorders. 36. Anti-epileptic drugs and centrally acting muscle relaxants. 37. Analgesic drugs. 38. Central nervous system stimulants and psychotomimetic drugs. 39. Drug dependence and drug abuse. 40. Local anesthetics and other drugs that affect ion channels -- Sect. 5. Chemotherapy of Infectious and Malignant Disease. 41. Basic principles of chemotherapy. 42. Cancer chemotherapy. 43. Antibacterial drugs. 44. Antiviral drugs. 45. Antifungal drugs. 46. Antiprotozoal drugs. 47. Anthelminthic drugs -- Sect. 6. General Topics.
  • 48. Individual variation and drug Interaction. 49. Harmful effects of drugs. 50. Gene therapy. App. Some Important Pharmacological Agents.
ISBN
0443065748
LCCN
2001028414
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries