Research Catalog

Title

Drug discovery for nervous system diseases / Franz F. Hefti.

Author

Hefti, Franz.

Publication

Hoboken, N.J. : J. Wiley, [2005], ©2005.

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Description

vii, 319 pages : illustrations; 26 cm

Summary

"Enormous progress in molecular biology has yielded breakthrough discoveries of the causes of nervous system diseases, opening the door for better-targeted and entirely novel therapies. Reflecting these recent advances, Drug Discovery for Nervous System Diseases presents the latest techniques and approaches for drug discovery, organizing them according to diseases rather than classes of drugs or drug targets, as past books have done. Written with optimistic anticipation of great progress still to come, this text provides both a guide to present realities and a look to future possibilities in this burgeoning field." "A unique and up-to-date guide to a field currently undergoing a major growth spurt, Drug Discovery for Nervous System Diseases offers both practitioners and advanced students an unparalleled resource."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

• Neuropsychopharmacology
• Neuropharmacology > methods
• Receptors, Drug
• Drug Delivery Systems
• Nervous System > drug effects
• Drug development
• Nervous System Diseases > drug therapy

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. Drug receptors and the fundamentals of pharmacology -- 3. Drug discovery -- 4. Drug target selection for nervous system diseases -- 5. From drug target to drug, neuroscience-specific problems -- 6. Schizophrenia -- 7. Depression -- 8. Anxiety disorders -- 9. Alzheimer's disease -- 10. Parkinson's disease -- 11. Ischemic stroke, brain and spinal cord injury -- 12. Other neurodegenerative disorders -- 13. Sleep disorders -- 14. Epilepsy -- 15. Pain.

ISBN

0471465631 (pbk.)

LCCN

2004013849

OCLC

• ocm55672081
• SCSB-5119602

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries